September - 2022

Tessa Barron

TODD by Turi T. Armstrong

Short story from The Beginning and End of All Things. Amidst a robot zombie apocalypse, an old man must deal with guilt and loneliness.

Tessa Barron

Fiction Writing: Shallow Relationships and How to Write Yours Better

Many writers have a problem with writing relationships in their fiction that feel believable and relatable. Here are 5 steps to help.

Tessa Barron

Cool Ideas, and the #1 Method I Know of to Come Up With Them

How does a fantasy writer come up with an epic, unique idea? Creativity can be hard. I know of only one tried and tested method that works.

Tessa Barron

4 Tips to Improve Your Writing Through Emotion not Facts

These 4 tips will strengthen the emotional impact of your story and make your writing better. Find out more.

Tessa Barron

The One Thing Great Science Fiction Writers Have in Common

This post will be a bit of a rant about the meaning we find in our writing and the example we can take from science fiction authors.

Tessa Barron

What's the Rush? Why you Should Hold Off Publishing that First Book in Your Series

Fantasy writers have an obsession with getting their first book in a series out as quickly as possible, but this is a huge mistake!

Tessa Barron

2 Strange Horror Writing Prompts Inspired by Even Weirder Real World Mysteries

So today, I decided to change things up and describe a couple of crazy unsolved mysteries, followed by a writing prompt.

Tessa Barron

Writing "Rules." Should We Stick to Convention?

Do you know where your precious grammar and punctuation rules come from? Did you know in the not-so-distant past, there really weren't any?

Tessa Barron

THE FAIR: Blood Meridian. A western that puts horror to shame

Blood Meridian is a terrifying read not just because of the graphic violence, but because of the way it presents a world without hope.

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