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About Character, and a New Thieftaker Short Story
Today, I have a new short story out at Tor.com, under the D.B. Jackson pseudonym. The story is called “The Price of Doing Business.” It’s set in the Thieftaker world and it tells the story of Ethan...
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Joshua Palmatier — What The EDITOR Is Looking For
Today is the second post here at Magical Words related to the upcoming SF&F anthology release CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE: STEAMPUNK vs ALIENS, the first book from the new small press Zombies Need...
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Joshua Palmatier — from Kickstarter to Antho
And now it’s time for the third post here on Magical Words related to the upcoming release of the anthology CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE: STEAMPUNK vs ALIENS, the first release from the new small press Zombies...
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Joshua Palmatier — Clockwork Universe: Steampunk vs. Aliens
This is the fourth and final post here on Magical Words related to the upcoming CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE: STEAMPUNK vs. ALIENS anthology, being released by the new small press called Zombies Need Brains...
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D.B. Jackson: Drawing Inspiration From Short Fiction
Hello, MW! It is great to be back — I’ve missed being here. [Glances around] The place looks great — you’ve taken good care of it while I’ve been gone. And now that I’m here, I’m sticking around for...
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Quick Tip Tuesday: Coming up With Story Ideas
It happened again the other day. I was at a holiday party and someone I know — someone who knows I’m a writer — told me that he had an idea for a story, and that I should write it. This actually...
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Friday Fundamentals: Pull the Thread or Take the Shot?
Happy Friday, Magical Words folks! Today I’m going to talk a little about short stories and how much to include in the tale. There are several directions you can take a short story, but two of my...
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