Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language

Posted on 2014/05/30 by Foil & Phaser

A comprehensive list of body language and the emotions it conveys. Click the link for more. Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language (via Writers Write) If you have any helpful writers resources you’d like to share, you can add them to…

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Posted in Non-Fiction, Writing Resources

Why Is The Media Ignoring Author Exploitation By Publishers?

Posted on 2014/05/29 by Foil & Phaser

Tagged with: science fiction, writer, writers workshop, writing, Writing Advice
Posted in Non-Fiction, Publishing

Sign Up for Beta Readers Club

Posted on 2014/05/28 by Foil & Phaser

WANTED: Beta Readers and Novel Writers Based on your response to our polls, we’ve decided to go ahead with a trial run of our Beta Readers Club. If you are a voracious reader with an interest in helping out new…

Foil and Phaser Wiki

Posted on 2014/05/22 by Foil & Phaser

As part of the ongoing effort to improve this blog, we’ve decide to move the Writers Resources section to its own wiki. The new Foil and Phaser Wiki allows the links to be better organized and formatted. But more importantly, as a…

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Posted in Announcements, Writing Resources

Beta Readers Club

Posted on 2014/05/16 by Foil & Phaser

We’ve had some great successes with our workshops, and now it’s time to think about expanding them to longer works. What we’re proposing is to start a club for writers and beta readers where novels and novellas would receive the…

Writers Workshop 3 Update

Posted on 2014/05/12 by Sean Sandulak

In the interest of getting more people to participate, I will be making my selection for this workshop public. All other submissions will remain private to the group. However, please note that any comments you make on my story will…

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Posted in Announcements, Workshops

Writers Workshop #3 Sign-Up

Posted on 2014/05/07 by Foil & Phaser

Foil & Phaser will be starting a new critique workshop soon. The submissions will not be published, so this is the perfect opportunity to get feedback on a piece that has been giving you trouble, to tame your NaNoWriMo beast, or for new…

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Storium (Beta)

Posted on 2014/05/06 by Sean Sandulak

Storium is a successful Kickstarter project which aims to merge creative writing with the mechanics of interactive gameplay. Each team of players works together on a collaborative story using a set of virtual cards as both plot devices and character outlines. The…

Tagged with: Creative writing, fantasy, Fiction, Foil & Phaser, online communities, online writing, science fiction, Storium, Writers Resources
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Site Update

Posted on 2014/04/19 by Foil & Phaser

I’ve been busy with other projects and haven’t had a lot of free time lately, so I thought it would be a good time to take a break from blogging and let the batteries recharge. Hopefully within the next week…