non-fiction

  • Navigating the Writer’s World: Standing Out in a Sea of Stories

    It is estimated that each year about 4 million books are published in the United States alone, between traditional publishing and self-published authors.  4 Million.  Doing some quick back of the napkin math, that is about 77,000 books per week, on average.  That’s 11,000 books per DAY.  And we, as writers, want to climb to

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  • By Chad Anctil I’ve been writing for a long time, let’s say thirty years, give or take.  Novels, short stories, flash fiction, non-fiction.  I’ve been published, I’ve self published, I’ve been featured in anthologies, made the cover of magazines, I’ve even been translated into Spanish once.  I have been professionally edited, I’ve self edited, I’ve

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  • Aphantasia – The inability to form mental images of objects that are not present. Before we get started, I want you to try something.  Close your eyes and picture a skull (I write horror, remember?).  What do you see?   For over 90% of the population, you pictured a skull of some sort in your minds’

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