Help! It's Time to Query My Novel
Annie dips her toes into the querying pool... but how's her approach? Help needed!
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- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Aldous Huxley on How to Write Forward
If we consider art fluid, but our publications static, then we have to accept the fact that each piece will represent us at a time point.
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Editors
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Five Actions that Can Derail Your Writing
A blog post dedicated to the newer writers in and around the world of social media... how to avoid some common pitfalls.
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Editors
- Oct 5, 2022
- 4 min
Another Year, Another NaNoWriMo: But, Should You?
Another NaNoWriMo is upon us, but I'm a slow writer. I'm still trying to figure out what to do next.
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Editors
- Jun 22, 2022
- 2 min
Random First Lines from Fiction: A Bookstore Game
We pulled 10 random first lines from fiction books to judge a book by its first line. What do you think? Would you read on?
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Editors
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Try Jeff Tweedy's Writing Exercise! (We Did!)
We attempted a writing exercise from Wilco-frontman Jeff Tweedy. The results were... well, wow.
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Editors
- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
Can Reading Go Extinct? A World Without Words
In a world becoming increasingly digital, is the art of reading headed the way of dinosaurs?
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Editors
- Mar 9, 2022
- 5 min
Hurling Bricks, or How to Get it Going: a Look at First Lines
Guest blogger John E. Meredith takes us on a tour of great opening lines in literature... and adds a few clunkers!
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Editors
- Feb 23, 2022
- 5 min
The Surprising Intersection of Medicine and Literature
What do Alice, Dracula, and The Yellow Wallpaper have in common? The answer may surprise you!
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Editors
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
Stirring the Pot and Twisting the Plot: Creating Written Suspense
Good suspense includes four key elements: surprise, inevitability, escalation, and revelation. How can you keep a reader in suspense?
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Editors
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
12 Days of Loud Coffee Press: a New Year's Wrap-Up!
In our own tribute to another year gone by, we've created a list of 12 gifts you have given us!
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Editors
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
Staying Tense in the Best Way Possible: Lessons from Chuck Palahniuk
Up the tension in your writing with these helpful hints from master writer Chuck Palahniuk.
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Editors
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everything, or 42
There’s not a whole lot of ways to explain this concept other than to illustrate it by mind-blowing example.
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Editors
- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
Douglas Adams, Memento Mori, and the Meaning of Life
The universe works in strange and unpredictable ways. On May 11th, 2001, exactly four months before the tragic events of 9/11, Douglas Noel
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Editors
- Aug 25, 2021
- 3 min
This is How I Sing
I was listening to a wonderful singer recently, and had a small lightbulb moment that might help keep the imposter syndrome beast at bay.
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Editors
- Aug 4, 2021
- 3 min
Who Killed the Fly that was Sitting on the Wall? A Cautionary Tale
What does an eighth grader, the best book fair ever, and a modus operandi have to do with life goals? Find out in this cautionary tale.
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Editors
- Apr 14, 2021
- 2 min
8 Surefire Ways to be a Completely Unsuccessful Artist
We’re here to give it to you straight. There’s no quicker path to becoming a completely unsuccessful artist than these eight steps!
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Editors
- Apr 7, 2021
- 4 min
Seven Novels that Wildly Defy the Three-Act Structure
So here it is - our list of books that defy the three-act structure.
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Editors
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Let's Talk Words
I'm talking about words. And this week's blog post is dedicated to them, in their goodness, badness, and all their lettery glory.
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Editors
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
New Book Release: Funny Plastic Flowers by Fred Charles!
Loud Coffee Press is excited to announce our second book, Funny Plastic Flowers, by Fred Charles!
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