Writing Martial Arts, Part 2: Philosophies
One of the things that I have learned about being pregnant is that nothing happens quite as you expect. For instance, this post, which...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 25, 2014
- 4 min
Writing Martial Arts, Part 1: MA Basics
One of the topics that we have thoroughly enjoyed speaking on, at LTUE and elsewhere, is how to create and write martial arts in fiction....
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Aug 16, 2012
- 1 min
Superhero Shakedown
Sam and I sat down for a brainstorming session today–I’m actually really excited to be returning this evening to resume the...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jul 26, 2012
- 1 min
This is why I write
Yesterday evening I received a text message from a dear friend of mine. She and her husband have been apart for some time, and it’s going...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- May 25, 2012
- 5 min
Writing & Revising: A Step by Step Process
There are a number of stages that we go through as writers to prepare a manuscript for publication. This differs slightly from writer to...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- May 6, 2012
- 2 min
The Avengers & Hanu Zan the Hero
I went to the midnight showing of The Avengers. I will admit to you, dear reader, that I am a total nerd for superhero movies. I love...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Apr 20, 2012
- 2 min
Gemmel Award, Reading Aloud, and the Tournament
A blog post of many topics! First, I learned from the blog of Patrick Rothfuss that voting is open on the David Gemmel Legend award for...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Apr 11, 2012
- 2 min
All night revisions
Today is the day. We are presenting the manuscript of Buk Tu to our editor for his first review. This is both a major event, and a minor...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Apr 7, 2012
- 3 min
Epigraphs, poetry, and rhyming in fictional languages
I have a great love of epigraphs. With my own work, I am particularly fond of fictional quotations or works from in-world sources. For...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Mar 13, 2012
- 2 min
A strange sort of vanity?
I love reading The Tale of Telsharu. Is this weird? I’ve heard of fellow authors who cannot look at their works, once they are published....
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 8, 2012
- 2 min
Writing, solitary? Hardly.
I always have to laugh a little when I hear people discuss the solitary art of writing. Talking about writers who holed up in an...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jan 27, 2012
- 2 min
The Episodic Novel
I have never been a big TV watcher. I still never watch TV shows on TV, but rather I watch shows on DVD, a season at a time (when I watch...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jul 29, 2011
- 1 min
Forthcoming Tales of the Seventh Empire
If you look down and to your right, you will see a section labeled “Current Projects” and contained therein, a progress bar. This would...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- May 4, 2011
- 2 min
What Makes Characters Believable?
What makes our characters engaging to readers? The other night, I was discussing with Ashley Stubbs two books that I recently read at her...
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