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Long Time No See

It’s been a long time with no see, but that’s alright because there’s lots of things to do. I’ve written lots of poetry and have been working on art skills to teach you guys more. And have been working with universities, colleges, and famous authors around the world to better be able to support you guys!

So what would you guys like to see me write about first? (Feel free to be specific)

Writing advice

Artwork advice

Poetry I’ve Written

Recent Artworks

Leave a reply, what would you like?

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Briskwriter.com !!!

I finally got a regular website to start blogging and writing on! I invite you to join me at briskwriter.com

The website is a little rough because it’s just been launched and is still in the works but it’s fully functions for you guys to browse and use.

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Publishing For The Underdog

So recently I’ve been poking around at publishers, trying to find an indie publisher that is perfect for a brand new author. I found Moonstruck Media, a publishing company.

The website ( www.moonstruckmediapress.com ) Is fairly user friendly and helps you get your work submitted to them easily. At the moment, they don’t market individual authors well on the company website but after I dug around I found out that they tend to get their authors into every major bookstore. They are the publisher’s for Lacey Weatherford (A New York Time’s #1 Bestseller and she used to be one of the top fifty authors in the world.)

I’ve been trying the publishing company out myself recently with some smaller books, and they have been giving great royalties. They also made minor edits and gave suggestions for improving just for sending in a submission (Usually I have to pay or bribe a friend for editing of any sort)

If you’ve never tried submitting your book to a publishing company before I would highly suggest you give Moonstruck Media a try. It’s a great place for us writing underdogs.

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Submit A Story

If you want to be a writer in the future, you have to start somewhere. My suggestion for you to start is by diving right in headfirst and writing a novel. While you write that novel, you also will build writing habits (by writing everyday), explore styles (by reading books you like and new genres, along with writing in new styles), and learn to love writing (by finding communities and just having fun banging on a keyboard or making marks on paper).

After you have made that first move though, you need to keep moving. The biggest obstacle for writers is giving up before they ever get to publishing. So my solution and advice is to submit a story you wrote to a publisher.

The story doesn’t need to be a whole novel. It can be a short story, poetry, a how-to or guide, or anthing else you would like. But you need to send in something. Publishers can be harsh, and you won't get published BUT you made the next move to become a writer! So you keep the momentum going and continue to become a better writer.

If your story is published then that's all the better. You can count that as a success and use it for motivation. Don’t get cocky though. If a publisher accepts your writings, then you need to keep the ball rolling by continuing to write everday and submit writings as often as you can.

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Often I imagine a story like this picture I sketched. You draw world’s and characters in clunky shapes and designs. I made this picture mostly out of triangles. The more important charcters and designs received more triangles, more details, and plot points. However, in the end, it was still made with basic clunky shapes. The catch is, I have enough shapes in the end to create a clear picture. And once the reader has a was picture, they can fill in the details, round the edges, ans feel the life made from the simple lines I made. And now that the reader is doing the hard part you just need to move your shapes around a little and let them reorganize the chaos.

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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I was in a car crash and suffered some head trauma. But I'm going to be up and at 'em again soon! Be prepared for my posts five days a week

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The best villains are the ones you want to high five and punch in the face at the same time.

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Poetry Crazy

A big part of being a writer is sitting down and writing everyday. Because of how life works, it’s usually difficult to set aside the time to do that. One thing leads to another and you haven’t written in a relatively long time. You’ve lost your edge, that writing zone that you’ve created. So what do you do to get back into the writing groove?

Well, whether you’re trying to get your skill back or your developing it for the first time I suggest that you write poetry like crazy!

Writing a ton of poetry is a great idea for so many reasons. Many of them being for more than just getting back into a writing groove. My favorite reasons for writing a ton of poetry are:

You don’t have to worry about correct grammar as much. Just straight writing.

You get experience expressing your ideas, emotions, and concepts.

It doesn’t usually take as much time to write a poem, so it’s easier to fit into your schedule.

A single expression is good, if you express it with confidence. Symbolism can change the expression from good to powerful. Poetry is a great way to express powerful messages.

Writing poetry is fun, and more importantly it can help relieve stress.

You can write an entire story/ finish an entire writing project in a shorter amount of time. This helps boost your confidence and can act as milestones as you grow your project size.

When you write poetry you can submit it in a writing competition. It’ll be like a mini publishing experience.

You can share your poetry with other people. Almost everyone is willing to read a poem. When you share you can get feedback, support, and recognition as a writer/poet.

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You don't know the true joy of banging on random keys on a keyboard until you've typed for three hours straight or better yet a whole 24 day. Cgw fjchchcudhvhdhdkLajc ducoabap qwelddyenalsvdlavdlsvx sofvspx socvlsvdos do a ocvsodvsoc ma cnalc akxbslx jdncvs lalM somldbskdvdl Yep... That felt good

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What's your take on werewolves and vampires? Is the topic too tired or has the market calmed down enough that people would try something like that?

I’m actually very grateful that you asked this question. I think that if you want to write about werewolves and vampires you totally should. In this case I think that the market has calmed down, but even if it hadn’t I still would say that you should because the topic doesn’t matter as long as you write a unique story.

Let’s take Snow white for an example. When I go to my local library I’ve found that recently a lot of stories have been written that are based on the story Snow White. How many books? Well I got to ten before I decided to stop counting. As I searched online I found thousands of unique Snow White books. You would think that the story will have been tired, over done, and just dead by now…. but it’s not

So if you want to write a book about werewolves and vampires (or anything at all) I would write about it. Especially with classic subjects like werewolves and vampires. Thank you for asking that question. It’s always exciting to read about people that can turn into powerful wolves or blood sucking super humans.

(P.S. If it were to come down to a fight between werewolves and vampires, I’m voting for werewolves. I think that they are equal when it comes to a fight so I’m just going to vote for the guy that doesn’t require sucking someone else’s blood to live.)

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Write a Parable

Everyone knows a parable or two. Actually you probably know about a hundred. They are the stories that taught us the lessons and morals that shape us today. They are the little stories that you can’t help but think that you have learned something after you read it. And everyone likes to learn more about this world that we live in.

Another thing that I like about parables is that they are great to write yourself. You write them by taking a message, lesson, or principle that you want to teach and writing a story to it. The story will be someone of something (parables usually use symbolism) living the message, lesson, or principle by example.

Remember when you are writing a parable to keep the message clear. The difference between a good parable and a “neat” short story is how powerful or clear the lesson/moral at the end of the story is.

When a writer works on a parable they are doing some of the following things: 1. Teaching a lesson or sharing a message that’s important to them. 2. Learning to better use symbolism (which can help you learn about plot and subplots if you try). 3. Using your writing muscles. 4. Writing a short story so that you can print it out and put it on your shelf. Yay Progress! 5. Give you a basic story that you can turn into a bigger story if you would like. 6. Help you to relearn msseages, lessons, and principles that you might be slowly forgetting. 7. Having fun without the stress of having a complicated story.

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Memorial Day Poem

I didn't get many changes to honor our fallen soldiers this memorial day, so I'm going to at least honor them in a small way by sharing a poem with you great readers. I hope your day was clear and fair Honoring all our fallen soldiers That your work ended with prayer That you helped lift another shoulder I pray that you have healed the sick I pray you protected the needyladies I pray you pushed through the whips licks To honor this countries fallen men and ladies

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For Memorial Day

Today I just want to honor an American Holiday. Monday is Memorial day, and I want to express my gratitude for the men and women that have paid the ultimate price for us to keep our rights. I am thankful that they have portected our ability to write our thoughts, opinions, and stories. I am thankful that we live in a world where we can share what we have to say with others. Please take some time today to honor the people that have used their lives to protect us.

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Ancient Inspiration

Recently I was working on my genealogy. I was searching for names of my ancestors and figuring out their stories. I had many friends reasearching their lineage, too. I found that many of my ancestors (at least the one’s from England) were knights, and a few were lords and one baron. Two of my friends found out that they were related. The nearest common ancestor was King Pepin of France (born 714). They were distantly related, but they were still related. As I researched more into my ancient history I got to learn about my ancestors most memorable adventures. I got inspiration from the titles they were given (whether it be the sword of “insert ancient township” or horse thief). I got inspiration from their history and stories. I got inspired as I learned how I came to be and why I have certain traditions. Genealogy can a be a huge source of inspiration for writing and just learning about who you are. Sadly, doing the research can be a very daunting task. I’m not a fantastic genealogist myself, but I do know a few things to help you get started or get some quick inspiration. Ask your parents about their parents or grandparents. Every place needs a start and the family closest to you makes the most sense. What’s especially good about the stories you will hear is that you will be able to easily relate to them. The stories will have close relatives as characters, and maybe places you personally know as a setting. You also will be more familiar with the techonologies. Use genealogy websites to your advantage. There are a few really good website for helping you find your ancestors. Ancestry and Family Search are my favorite websites. They don’t only help you find you’re ancestors quickly, they help you find stories about them, connect with distant relatives (who can tell you their stories) and store what information you may have or learn about them. Learn about your ancestors’ culture. This is where most of your inspiration is going to come from. When you find an ancestor and figure out something about them, you can reasearch those subjects and use everything that you find as inspiration. Occupations, royal lineages and places where they lived tend to give me inspiration the most. I have an ancestry that can be very hard to track down, but that is what’s so great about it. Being about to imagine the journey of them moving to different countries, changing their names, or what it must have been like being a medieval baron inspires me to tell exciting and realistic stories today. What hero will you find from your past?

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Inspiring Inspiration

Some of the most inspiring things I have ever read or watched talk about a person who has gone through tremendous trials and didn’t only come out on top, but they came out being grateful for either what they had left, or even the trial itself. And for that reason, I would like to talk about using your gratitude for inspiration. If you get writer’s block write a about your own gratitude for inspiration. As you count your blessings you will find lots of little stories that you can adapt to your own story. And each line of gratitude can be a prompt for you to use as writing inspiration. If you feel down, list your blessings. Writing can be tough. And I personally feel a little down when I spend hours upon hours trying to write something, just to end up with just a few words or a product that I don’t like. When I find myself feeling depressed because of these moments, I try to list my blessings and be grateful. And as I write, I feel better. Even when I’m not able to count a lot of blessings, each one I do manage to count acts as an anchor to the good things in life. Give your characters gratitude, it gives them character. Like I said earlier, the most inpirational stories for me is where a character gets put through heck and comes out not only alive, but grateful. Making a character grateful gives them dimension, it makes them more real. Our heroes aren’t the people that fought the monster and said, “that really stank” and give up. Our heroes are the ones that fought the monster, got whooped, and say, “I still got some fight in me, who’s next?” Gratitude is a great quality for people and pages alike, and I hope that you take a moment today to make a list of things you are greatful for, and count your blessings.

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for making maps: use inkarnate[.]com trust me

Thank you for showing me the website! I checked it out and signed up. I think it is a great way to make a possible map for your story, or at least get the basics down. It's especially helpful for anyone that doesn't have any experience.

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Share Your Ideas

We all have ideas and many of us spend lots of time researching them, expounding on them, turning them into reality and so forth. But many people don’t share there ideas outside a small group. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, but I suggest you share with as many people as you can. When you share with people you open up doors, make it easier to work on your idea and leave a legacy. When you share your knowledge with multiple people, you start to become an expert and open up doors. People are allowed to review your work and start to make it credible. Even if they point out flaws, they always make your more of an “expert”. Why? Because you take their advice, learn, fix your ideas, and now have a more perfected and helpful work. Sharing your work also lets you interact and get advice from everyone you meet. When you share your work you are likely to receive work from others. And when you share your work with as many people as you can, you leave a seed of legacy in each person. You also have work that is likely to stay around for decades, which may be picked up by the younger generation. Who wouldn’t want to ripple through the centuries?