The Story Tree

Ciao, SEers! Happy Arbor Day! Today is a day (in several countries, the US included) dedicated…

In the Tree’s Shadow #newbook

Hi all. We have a guest here today in the form of DL Finn. She’s here…

Poetry Day: Drink With Me

(I did quite a few humorous drinking poems.  Probably because I had a better tolerance back…

Poetry Day: Dreamless Child

Yahoo Image Search (I came up with this poem after seeing a couple get angry at…

Let’s Talk Covers

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. The topic of book covers has been covered before…

Creature Feature #3

Hi, Gang. Craig with you once again to wrap up this mini-series about creature creation. We…

Metaphysical elements in writing – tarot cards oracle cards

Hello, SE’ers! Image by Alexa from Pixabay It’s Jan again with another post about including metaphysical…

Celebrate the Day of Awesomeness

Photo by Tudor Baciu on Unsplash Hi SEers. John with you on this TGIF Fri-Yay. This…

The Forced Inspiration of Daily Word Counts!

Greetings, SE’ers! Beem Weeks here with you again. Today, I’m discussing daily word counts and forced…

WRITERS AND BETA READERS

Hi SEers! Denise here to talk about using beta readers once the story is written and…

Creating Character Voice

Hi, SEers. Welcome to another Mae Day on Story Empire. Thanks for joining me for a…

Writing Personal Essays!

Greetings, SE’ers! Beem Weeks here with you again. Today, I’m discussing personal essays as a form…

Elements of Setting: Locale

Ciao, SEers! The last time we met, we talked about time. Today, we’re moving on to…

How to Use Prologues, Part 11, Prologues and Epilogues

Image courtesy of Tumisu via Pixabay Hi SErs! It’s a day of Harmony here at Story…

Writing the End – Part III

Greetings Storytellers!  For a couple of months now, we’ve been exploring the topic of endings and…

BIRTH ORDER and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Hello SE friends, Recently I read a book that involved the troubled relationship between the oldest…

Using Dialect and Vernacular

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and…

Poetry Day: Day of Darkness

Yahoo Image Search (In Windemere, there is a day where it is eternal night.  For 24…

Poetry Day: Darwin Slepsnor

Google Image Search (Totally forgot that I did a poem on Darwin Slepsnor.  He’s definitely evolved…

Fairies, Myths, & Magic II

Let’s welcome a special guest to Entertaining Stories today. Coleen is a long-time friend and she…

Writing through the Seasons

Hello SE friends. Gwen with you today. Winter is upon us in the northern hemisphere, and…

Understanding Humor – Just a Little More

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Hi SEers. John with you again. The last time I…

Let’s learn from a case study

Hi, Gang. Craig with you again today. On occasion, I like to do a case study…

Tracking Unfollowers in Twitter

Hi SEers! You’re with Mae today. This is going to be a short post, but one…

Holidays and the Hemingway Code

Ciao, amici! Today, I’m deviating from my Story Development and Execution series because it’s a special…