the Racewood Post

Everything you'll find on my official Cult of Racewood blog, plus a whole lot more.

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A quick note:

Being that i have another tumblr account more of a primary account I'm currently trying to merge the two in order to allow myself to post more frequently (as I keep forgetting I even have a separate account). Unfortunately Tumblr does not allow for Primary blogs to have members and as such I will have to move everything by hand, forfeit this account and come up with a different name. Hopefully this will allow me the opportunity to add more posts to my Tumblr page. If you wish to follow my new tumblr the link is below. 

http://romancingthemuse.tumblr.com

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Racewood Post's Favorite Goodies: 2013

It’s that time of year again! Christmas is just around the corner which means it’s time for the…

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Hallow-WriMo

It’s hard to believe that another year has come and gone and tomorrow starts Halloween, and with…

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Not the End

There’s an unfortunate idea that has been around for decades now that somehow literature and books and the whole of art is somehow dying. The reality is… that’s just not true. Books are changing. The way in which readers consume books, the way in which we…

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Writing Tip: Numbers (Apple's answer to Excel) is a great way to keep track of the agents/publisher's you've sent out too, when and their responses. 

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I love fonts. I always have. I really don't understand how people can not appreciate fonts. They're everywhere, there is no where where fonts don't exist in some form or another, even your own handwriting is a type of font. Some are admittedly better than others, but they're all important in their own way. Except for Comic Sans. Stop that.

me

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Writing tip: Use your Facebook page, Pinterest, Tumblr and other blogs to follow architecture, and fashion blogs for inspiration for characters and settings.

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Writing tip: If you have an iDevice you probably have iCloud, and therefore  free Word Processor, Presentation and Excel apps that you can use anywhere, even on your PC! You're welcome.

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I think you’d strive to write female characters as great as you would male characters. You make them as complex. As heroic. As flawed. As compelling. As powerful or as weak. You do not ignore that they are girls or women. Of course they can be flawed. They should be. Because great characters are. But their flaws and complexities are not because they are women. You needn’t elevate them onto a pedestal. You needn’t drop them into the pit. You just need to make sure they and their experiences are represented. And fully-formed — not some caricature, not some cardboard cut-out, not some sex object or silly goose. Women in this world, the real one, can do anything. Make sure the women who populate your fictional worlds have that same opportunity.

Chuck Wendig -On the subject of the “strong female character”[X] (via merilsell)

as I continue to say... EVERYONE ON TUMBLR SHOULD BE IN LOVE WITH CHUCK WENDIG!

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Double exposure, New York x London

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where can i buy a boyfriend

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eboy

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Amanzon has more variety

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Fictitious Dishes, Famous Meals From Literature by Dinah Fried

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Who's ready for NaNoWriMo in a few weeks? 

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Now A Major Motion Picture!

Yesterday on her Facebook page, Jordanna East shared a rant that we as writers often have. Why is it when a book becomes a movie, suddenly the cover has to be changed to feature the actors from said movie? Actually there is an answer: Money.

Here’s a true…

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NaNoWriMo 2013

Ah October, the month of Halloween and (for Nevada residents) Nevada day, which is basically the same day as Halloween and the day we were ratified as a state. October is also NaNoWriMo prep month. The month wherein those planning to participate in…

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It's Never Quite Like You Remembered

This weekend, as a late birthday gift I decided to purchase the first four Harry Potter novels via ebook from the Pottermore shop. Sometime between my move to Seattle and back again I lost my entire Harry Potter collection and devastated though I was, I…

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the Almost Epilogues (Repost)

Remember how a few weeks ago I wrote a blogpost about how I had come up with the outlines for 5 different novels, but I’ve kept them pretty hush hush?

The reason for this is, that two of the novels, were the bare bones for what would have been a fourth…

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