How to Make a Fantasy Language (And What I Use for the Shadows of Light)
As a writer, you have a couple options for fantasy languages, and by a couple, I really mean two.
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effiejoestock
Jan 28, 20233 min read
5 Tools Writers Need to Start Worldbuilding
I could spend hours talking about worldbuilding and the different ways of going about it, but today I wanted to start at the very beginning
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effiejoestock
Jan 14, 20233 min read
How Long Should it Take to Write a Book?
The short answer? However long it takes you. The long answer however is a bit more complicated ...
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effiejoestock
Sep 22, 20224 min read
Re-asking myself some important questions, and how I answered them.
Why do I write and who is my audience? I must re-answer these questions for myself and face the consequences of their influence.
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effiejoestock
Jul 7, 20216 min read
Camp NaNoWriMo (July 2021) Project and Goals
With Child of the Dragon Prophecy released and my readers dying for more, I decided to go to camp with book 2, Heir of Two Kingdoms!
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effiejoestock
Jun 23, 20212 min read
Heir of Argos (Collab Contest Entry Part 1)
Heir of Argos. Blessed by Hera.
To prove her claim to the throne, Daphne must retrieve one of the Goddess Hera's illusive golden apples.
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effiejoestock
Jun 13, 20217 min read
Where Rain May Fall
Now, as the raging, cold water rushed up to meet me and darkness consumed me, I knew, truly knew, what they other name had meant.
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effiejoestock
May 17, 202115 min read
Say My Name
“Say my name, darling. Let me hear you say my name. Let me hear you say you love me.”
But only silence spoke to him.
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effiejoestock
May 9, 20216 min read
The Price to Truly Live
Together, they nodded. “There is nothing left for us to do but live … truly live."
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effiejoestock
May 3, 20214 min read
Waiting Like I Promised
“I’m waiting. Like I promised I would be.” But I knew I could wait no longer. With a deep breath, I let go.
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effiejoestock
Feb 6, 202113 min read
On Writing Grief (Part 7): Guide and Tips for Writing Grief
Take my words and use them. Quote them if you want. It is only one way to portray grief, but it is a truthful way.
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effiejoestock
Jan 30, 20219 min read
On Writing Grief (Part 6) Time Doesn't Heal, it Changes
Time doesn’t heal, it only changes us until we can remember the pain no longer.
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effiejoestock
Jan 23, 202111 min read
On Writing Grief (Part 5) Everything Dies Eventually
I'd never thought there would be a time I wouldn’t have to live without Tron. But everything dies eventually.
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effiejoestock
Jan 16, 202111 min read
On Writing Grief (Part 4): Last of Everything
It was the last time I would play with him. The last time we would be together like this—happy and free.
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effiejoestock
Jan 9, 202112 min read
On Writing Grief (Part 3): Invincibility
Living on a farm has taught me that you can't outrun death. But, somehow, I think we believed we had become invincible.
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effiejoestock
Jan 2, 20216 min read
On Writing Grief (part 2): An Impending Death
She said I had acted very maturely and was handling it well. But oh I wasn't handling it well. I only knew how to lie was all.
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