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B&N Week 162: How Often Do You Set Stories Aside?

| January 28, 2014
B&N Week 162: How Often Do You Set Stories Aside?

Another Tuesday is upon us! While the northeast part of the country gets snow, here in Tucson it’s sunny and getting into the mid 70s during the day. The days are getting longer, too! I’m loving it. Know what I’m also loving? Some Bolts & Nuts. This week’s question is simple: how often do you […]

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B&N Week 161: How Do You Approach Your Stories?

| January 21, 2014
B&N Week 161: How Do You Approach Your Stories?

It’s another Tuesday, and that means that I’m still asking questions! [What, you thought I’d forgotten already? Another question!] Let’s just get to the Bolts & Nuts of it, shall we? This week’s question: How Do You Approach Your Stories? Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On […]

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B&N Week 160: What Exercises Can Strengthen Your Skills?

| January 14, 2014
B&N Week 160: What Exercises Can Strengthen Your Skills?

It’s another Tuesday! I don’t know about you, but I really wish I were in Australia right now. I’m a tennis watcher, and right now, we have the Australian Open going on. If I were in Australia, I’d have done a lot of writing and scheduling beforehand, so that I’d have no problems or worries […]

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B&N Week 159: What Are Your 2014 Goals?

| January 7, 2014
B&N Week 159: What Are Your 2014 Goals?

It’s 2014! New year, new goals, and something of a new format for Bolts & Nuts! What’s changing? Just a couple of things. This year, I’m going to try not to be as wordy, so these will be somewhat shorter than we’re used to. [Notice the word try. It’s important.] Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose […]

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B&N Week 158: Top 10 ComixTribe Posts of 2013

| December 31, 2013
B&N Week 158: Top 10 ComixTribe Posts of 2013

It’s another Tuesday! Not only that, it’s also New Year’s Eve! What are we doing? We’re still doing countdowns. The last countdown of the year, as a matter of fact. First, I want to thank all of you for reading. It’s been a great year, and we really and truly wouldn’t be here without all […]

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B&N Week 157: Top 10 Things Creators Forget

| December 25, 2013
B&N Week 157: Top 10 Things Creators Forget

Not only is it Tuesday, but it’s also Christmas Eve! No, I’m not going to do a present themed B&N this week. Instead, I want to talk about the top things that creators forget to do as they do their thing. These are in no particular order. Let’s get to it, shall we? Related Posts:TPG […]

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B&N Week 156: Top 10 Habits Of Successful Creators

| December 17, 2013
B&N Week 156: Top 10 Habits Of Successful Creators

It’s another wonderful Tuesday, and we’re still doing countdowns! This week, I wanted to count the ten habits that successful creators have. These will not be in any particular order. So, with that said, let’s get to it! Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week […]

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B&N Week 155: Top Five Horror Stories & Lessons Learned

| December 10, 2013
B&N Week 155: Top Five Horror Stories & Lessons Learned

It’s another Tuesday, and since we’re still in December, we’re still doing countdowns! T  his week, we’re going to do my five greatest horror stories, and the lessons I’ve learned from them. Hopefully, you’ll learn from them, too. Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week […]

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B&N Week 154: Top 10 Reasons You’ll Fail At Making Comics

| December 4, 2013
B&N Week 154: Top 10 Reasons You’ll Fail At Making Comics

It’s not only Tuesday, but it’s also December! Where has the time gone? I have no idea, but we’re here, it’s nearing the end of the year, and you know what that means. Countdowns! So for the next few weeks, we’re going to do countdowns. Let’s get settled in, shall we? Related Posts:The COZ Top […]

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B&N Week 153: What’s Your Professional Attitude?

| November 26, 2013
B&N Week 153: What’s Your Professional Attitude?

There’s another Tuesday staring us straight in the eye. Must mean it’s time for more Bolts & Nuts! This week, I want to ask a simple question: do you have a professional attitude? Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week 268: It’s A Race!TPG Week […]

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B&N Week 152: Engaging Two Types of Readers

| November 19, 2013
B&N Week 152: Engaging Two Types of Readers

We have another Tuesday upon us! Was I missed? I certainly missed you. Let’s get into some Bolts & Nuts, shall we? This week, I want to discuss engaging the reader. However, there are two types of readers that you have to do this for: the editor, and the audience. Related Posts:How to Sell Your […]

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B&N Week 151: Are You Building Your Worlds Correctly?

| November 12, 2013
B&N Week 151: Are You Building Your Worlds Correctly?

We’ve got another Tuesday! Just as water flows, time marches on, my friends! This week, I want to talk about world building. Related Posts:TPG Week 73: Another Copyrighted Character!TPG Week 261: Christmas RewriteTPG Week 210: New Year, Same Bad StorytellingTPG Week 200: Blast From The Past ResubmissionTPG Week 197: Another Resubmission That Didn’t Learn

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