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kevinholochwostaut
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Book Review: Black Sun Rising, by C.S. Friedman
I recently reread this book, the first in the Coldfire series, and a long-standing favorite of mine. Now clocking in at about 35 years...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Aug 8
- 4 min
Editing 104: Why to Consider Architectural Editing
After the last post, a question was posed: why should we consider doing it this way? Today, I want to spend some time answering that...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Find Your Metaphorical Garden
I want to introduce a new series on this site, which will be about your metaphorical garden and my literal one. Sort of. I don’t mean I...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Aug 1
- 3 min
Editing 103: The First Passes
You finished a draft of your novel. Congratulations are in order! Let’s talk about the next steps. Whenever you choose to edit, remember...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Bibliotherapy part 3: The Children
Children are stressed. In interviews with adolescents and children at remarkably young ages, they are self-reporting depression, sadness,...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jul 25
- 3 min
Editing 102: When to Edit?
When should you edit your work? Much like how you should write your book, there is no right answer. There are many options, and you need...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jul 23
- 2 min
Read Locally
I am recently back from a work trip and short vacation in the same area, and I am reminded once again of the statement I decided on...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jun 22
- 1 min
When Nobody Believes
You have exercised every day for a month, but you barely lose one pound. You lift every day for three months and can barely add a pound...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Editing 101: Part I
It has taken me two years of concerted effort, reading several books, listening to many podcasts, and writing multiple novels and short...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jun 19
- 4 min
Don't Outsource Your Knowledge
This morning an ad on YouTube mentioned that I could have an AI assistant to help tie together all my known financial inputs and outputs...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jun 13
- 2 min
What's Your Percentage?
How much negativity in your feedback can you stand? 10%... 20%? 90%? Every writer needs negative criticism. We need to be told no. We...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jun 11
- 2 min
The Empire's Ruin (Ashes of the Unhewn Throne, Book 1)
I am a new reader of Brian Staveley’s work. I regret to admit I had not seen his previous trilogy when it hit the shelves and haven’t...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jun 6
- 5 min
Perspective
Who you link to for a Point of View (POV)is extremely important in storytelling. I am going to give an example of a very short piece told...
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kevinholochwostaut
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Dialogue: When to Shut up
We have talked before about good and bad dialogue. In summary, bad dialogue is dialogue that is long-winded, generic, tells us nothing,...
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kevinholochwostaut
- May 28
- 2 min
Bibliotherapy part 2:
Do you want to reduce stress levels, lower heart rate, and ease tension in the muscles? Usually, this kind of claim is a start toa bad...
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kevinholochwostaut
- May 24
- 2 min
Dialogue: Filler Words
Crafting dialogue that sounds like real speech while still being purposeful and engaging can be difficult. Real conversations often...
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kevinholochwostaut
- May 21
- 2 min
To reread, or not to reread: Dune
I read Dune many years ago, when I was in my teens, and I didn’t care for the book. I never moved on to other books in the series. But....
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kevinholochwostaut
- May 19
- 1 min
Be Motivated, or Be Manipulated
“People are not lazy, … they have goals which do not inspire them.” – Tony Robbins. I have never particularly subscribed to Tony Robbins...
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kevinholochwostaut
- May 16
- 4 min
Dueling Dialogue
We have talked about dialogue tags, action tags, and the setting dialogue inside of a larger context of the tale. For the moment I want...
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