The Beautiful Season
The Beautiful Season (a micro story)
She lives in the beautiful season in which everything dies.
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egradcliff
- Aug 25, 2020
- 2 min
Language Speaks the Culture
I wanted to use linguistic differences to highlight the social dichotomy of the Maze and the White City, the two major components of the Gut
egradcliff
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Taking Up My Pen, Without Words
The run up to launching a book has lots of moving parts. Sometimes it's good to take a breather, and my go-to respite is drawing.
egradcliff
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
Writing Effective Profanity
Profanity is not my cup of tea. But it can serve my purposes as an author if used effectively.
egradcliff
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
Why NOT Writing is Good for My Writing
While writing is my #1 creative outlet, varying the type of my creative output helps me write better.
egradcliff
- Nov 6, 2019
- 3 min
Untitled Document
Writers and words may seem like obvious friends, but wringing a story out of an arrangement of words can be exhilarating--or frustrating.
egradcliff
- Aug 13, 2019
- 2 min
Research and The Hidden King
If I wanted to bend the truth into a story, I at least had to know what the truth was, so I dug into the research.
egradcliff
- Jul 30, 2019
- 3 min
Áed takes a Personality Test
Being the main character meant he had to be compelling, and he needed to have his own agenda, habits, strengths, flaws... a personality.
egradcliff
- Jul 16, 2019
- 4 min
The Interview
A glimpse into the writing life (ahem... compulsion)...
egradcliff
- Jun 16, 2019
- 1 min
A Father's Day Post
Happy Father’s Day to my lovely dad: In my closet, there is a shelf. On the shelf, there is a box. ...
egradcliff
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
How To Writing Engaging Stories
An engaging story has only a few vital needs; the rest remains within the artistic domain of the author. The most obvious necessity, and...
egradcliff
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
Get Unblocked, Get Inspired
Sometimes, to write, you must first do something that isn't. Take a Walk This isn’t about going somewhere--it’s about the motion. Pick a...
egradcliff
- May 21, 2019
- 3 min
How I Stir the Creative Pot
Writing a book, unfortunately, is not the kind of thing that happens by magic. Even the greatest authors struggle with writer’s block,...
egradcliff
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Dreaming Big
Before it was a novel, The Hidden King was a dream. I don’t mean this in a metaphorical way--I mean that I woke up one summer Sunday...