Hours with the Muses


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Slap Him with a Fish


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Slap Him with a Fish is a crash course in the craft of fiction for beginning to intermediate fiction writers. Written by an indie author and writing instructor and made to address often-asked questions from the author’s students and fellow writers, this handbook covers an assortment of writing topics. Told in a conversational, easily digested format, this book provides an in-depth look at the craft of fiction with a practical-yet-encouraging perspective. Topics covered include: What Makes a Story “Work” Creating Emotional Impact The Writing Process Terminology Genres and Genre Expectations The True Meaning of Show, Don’t Tell Backstory and the Iceberg Theory Significant Detail versus Excess Detail Writing for an Audience How Characters, Setting, Plot, and Theme Interconnect Hooking Your Reader Crafting Realistic Conflict & Building Story Tension Thematic Threads and Emotional Resonance Using Description in Your Story Using Exposition in Your Story Point of View (POV) Narrative Style & Authorial Voice Crafting Strong Dialogue Making Every Word Count Worldbuilding Developing Characters Plotting & Planning Basic Story Structure Drafting: Tips for getting started The Magic of “Flow” Surviving the Suck How To Finish That First Draft! Editing/Rewriting Tips for Self-Editing Choosing a Title and Writing a Blurb/Description Publishing Options And more! Grab this handy resource now and level up your skills in the craft of fiction.













Muses Inc.


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MUSES INc is a highly imaginative story about helping people achieve their dreams. Set in present-day Toronto, we discover that most of the characters are Greek gods and goddesses. To harness the human energy they need to sustain themselves, the nine muses have formed an energy company, MUSES INc. The central character of the book, Kit Shepherd, is an immortal Greek Corybant and son of Thalia, one of the nine muses. Kit tries to help everyday humans reach their dreams, but the muses see his actions as interfering, and punish him. Not to be dissuaded, Kit seeks the help of friends, both immortal and human, to strive toward his goal while trying to stick it to the muses.




The Helicon Muses Omnibus: Books 1-4


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The first four books in the Helicon Muses series, bundled at a discounted price When Nora Sparrow was a little girl and Owen Asher told her she was special, she believed him. But Nora’s fifteen now, and she’s too old to believe in magical happily-ever-afters or mystical otherworlds where she can create all day long and do what she likes. Sure, there are inexplicable things about her and Owen, like that trick he can do with his eyes that bends people to his will or the fact that storm clouds gather if she ever does one creative thing, but… Special? Her? She doesn’t even want to be special. She only wants to be like everyone else. When he begs her to try another ritual to open the dimensions, she agrees mostly to humor him. Owen’s rituals never work. Except this one does, and it’s all real. She’s a muse, not a human, and this world is Helicon—a bohemian world where the muses play hard, drink hard, throw parties, and create constantly. It’s Woodstock with magic, and here everyone is like her. She finally belongs. But Owen was right after all. Half-god Owen, the son of Dionysus, the powerful and single-minded boy whose little eye trick doesn’t work on her anymore? He was right, because she is special. She’s the only one Owen is obsessed with. And he’ll do anything to have her, to keep her, anything at all. Even tear Helicon apart at the seams. The Helicon series is a soapy, irreverent portal fantasy wherein the drama of teen relationships tends to overshadow whatever magical threat they’re trying to fight. Lots of drinking, swearing, inappropriate sexual decisions, grappling with sexual orientation and gender, and random appearances by mythological figures thrown in for good measure. It’s genre-bending, impossible to categorize, and for everyone out there who equally loves Gossip Girl, Rocky Horror, and Narnia.




The Dramatic Works


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