Story Day - Fortune & Wanderer
Once again, the story for today was so short I decided to give y'all another one along with it. You're welcome. XD The Prompt This was...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 238 min read
Getting Blood on Your Pages - what I learned from Fight Write
A long long time ago, I entered in a giveaway and won several books. One of those books was Fight Write by Carla Hoch, a "trained fighter...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 167 min read
75 Prompts for the Uninspired Writer (with pictures)
What writer doesn't like being able to plagiarize without getting sued? That's what these prompts are for: take 'em, leave 'em, take half...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 910 min read
Introducing... Song of the Wind
Those of you who are subscribed to my newsletter know that I've been working on a Top Secret project for several months now. I've been...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 210 min read
The Trauma of Moral Injury (featuring a military chaplain)
Way back in April, I spent four days at Mount Hermon, CA, attending a missions conference put on by the same organization I'm a summer...
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joellestoneauthor
Jun 254 min read
Story Day - Toad & Bounce
Once again, I had a couple short stories next to one another. SO I decided to go ahead and give y'all both of them. You're welcome. XP...
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joellestoneauthor
Jun 1110 min read
The Corruption Arc: a case study of King Saul
I, for one, struggle with negative character arcs. Mostly because I operate from a false sense of the "good" in humanity, and I really...
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joellestoneauthor
May 282 min read
Story Day - Drip
For the record, I'm slightly claustrophobic and really hate not being able to see the sky. Also knowing I'm trapped usually freaks me...
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joellestoneauthor
May 2110 min read
20 Obscure, Underrated Weapons for Your Next Novel
If you've never browsed The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons by Leonid Tarassuk & Claude Blair, you have been missing a vital part...
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joellestoneauthor
May 93 min read
Study With Me (Psalm 1)
It has been forever since I shared one of these with you guys. After the book of Mark, I picked up Psalms. Yes, I'm hand-copying the...
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joellestoneauthor
Apr 234 min read
When Jax Interviews His Frienemies...
April 15th-April 18th, I had some people at my house. Specifically, three of the other four writers of Aqua Vitae. And because I need a...
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joellestoneauthor
Apr 124 min read
3 Ways to Brainstorm New Superpowers for Your Next Novel
On Saturday, I sent out a newsletter with a challenge for my subscribers to come up with a unique superpower - something they'd never...
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joellestoneauthor
Apr 26 min read
Google's Top 10 Questions About INTJs Answered (by INTJs)
Waaaay back in September, I posted a Q&A between me and Google - Google asking the questions, me answering them. Google has this handy...
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joellestoneauthor
Mar 264 min read
Story Day - Dodge & Map
Today, you get a treat: two stories instead of just one. Dodge was so short I decided to go ahead and make up for it by sharing the next...
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joellestoneauthor
Mar 57 min read
Amalek's Villain Song
One of my favorite things to do when I finally let an idea become an official WIP is create a playlist. Songs that could be the...
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joellestoneauthor
Feb 207 min read
Story Day - Path
Inktober this year yielded a lot of great stories, but this was the first that I felt I could turn into a whole novel. There's so much...
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joellestoneauthor
Jan 295 min read
Story Day - Spiders
With a new year comes a new blogging plan. Which means I decided to start posting stories more often - as in, the last Monday of every...
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joellestoneauthor
Jan 155 min read
Creating a Character in 5 Songs
Pinterest is bad for me, I'm convinced. I've never had so many writing prompts in my life and I don't have time to do them all even...
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joellestoneauthor
Dec 12, 20236 min read
Know the Novel - Part 3: Words Written
Well, it's December. And I'm actually doing Know the Novel in the right month, now. XP This is the third and last installment in...
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joellestoneauthor
Dec 4, 20236 min read
Know the Novel - Part 2: Within the WIP //and a NaNo Update
NaNoWriMo has officially ended, and I am officially tired of writing. XP That's what my brain says, anyway - but once I make myself start...
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