Purpose of the "Dreaded" Critique
Critiques should not be scary. I want to start by dispelling that myth. Putting your work out there and being told it is not good enough...
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Sylvia Woodham
Nov 20, 20204 min read
On Women Leadership
This is a topic I have posted a variety of ways on Twitter, but after working on my query letter I thought it would be a good idea to...
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Sylvia Woodham
Oct 17, 20205 min read
On Omniscient POV - modernising and bringing sexy back
This week, we had a workshop to discuss some of the use of omniscient narration by some of us in the writing group, and we looked at a...
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Sylvia Woodham
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Spooky October WIP edition
It's October! I expect a lot of spooky writing themes to be coming up. I am looking forward to creating a full section on this site for...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 25, 20204 min read
On POV
This, again, follows some things I have tweeted about. Writers everywhere debate about which POV to use. In my fraught discussions with...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 16, 20204 min read
On my New Project
I thought it might be fun to write a post discussing the development progress of the new project I started last week. It is fitting in...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 12, 20208 min read
Updated Reading and Writing Journey
Because I have a few books in progress, both on the reading and writing side, and that tends to make me feel overwhelmed and shut down...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 4, 20202 min read
New Project - About Drugs
I started one of my slated projects this week and I think it's so crazy and unique that I will be talking excitedly about it, and I am...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 2, 20204 min read
On George Martin
Since I started a new project, my new content in blog posts will probably decrease. However, one topic I realize I have not written about...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 29, 20203 min read
Chat with Charles Wachter
Recently a friend posted that he was releasing his first novel this week. I had no idea he was writing one, but immediately I was curious...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 24, 20204 min read
Behaviour modifications with Publishing industry Changes
This is a follow-up to my previous post about the Publishing industry which should strive to represent the best in literature, and story...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 18, 20204 min read
Main Character Arch, Disbelief
I was also thinking of writing a post to go into the layers of inspiration for my current #WIP, but I am trying to brainstorm about how...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 16, 20208 min read
On Dating: Archetypes and Gender Roles
Last week I went on a date with a guy who has US/ Iran dual citizenship, but has not lived in the US since he was a child. My writer...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 11, 20204 min read
On Dating: A Series
I have been thinking about a lot of overlapping issues, since I write about gender relations as a theme that comes up in a few of my...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 6, 202013 min read
On Faith and Belief Systems
I mentioned previously that I have had some strange influences this week, and this comes in my trajectory of my faith journey, which...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 6, 20203 min read
On Genocide
Ok, I should preface this with the strange inspirations I have been considering this week. However, in the Spring, there was a MS contest...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 3, 20205 min read
Oh the Places we will... Talk about
This is another topic which borders on my professional life, because I am able to speak about these things because of business...
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Sylvia Woodham
Jul 31, 20207 min read
Potential Projects
Agents and Publishers who are interested in building a career with a writer like to know what other ideas are in the pipeline, so as...
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Sylvia Woodham
Jul 28, 20207 min read
My Voice vs. Current Times
There is something I have wanted to write more in depth, but have been hesitant, because I want my writing to be separate from my...
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Sylvia Woodham
Jul 27, 20204 min read
Typical Writing Hangups
Someone suggested I should write a post about how I deal with typical snags of the writing process, so two come to mind as not really...
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