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J.D. Mitchell
Apr 26, 20234 min read
How I Wrote a Gamebook: Apps
Last year I wrote about why I created The Citadel of Bureaucracy (and what the heck it is). Let's talk about how I went about it; the...
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J.D. Mitchell
Oct 3, 20226 min read
How Not to Self-Publish
Let's be honest, there are as many ways to self-publish as there are books. This article is based on my experience with my book...
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J.D. Mitchell
Apr 11, 20226 min read
How I Wrote a Gamebook: The Basics
Last month, I wrote about why I created "The Citadel of Bureaucracy." Over the next few months I want to cover the how. Being a horrific...
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J.D. Mitchell
Jan 3, 20224 min read
Three Years a Writer
Ah, the pandemic. Funny how an entire year can slip away in this uncertain time, like an untethered ship on an ebbing tide that's sucked...
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J.D. Mitchell
Feb 2, 20214 min read
Two Years (and a bit) On . . .
Picture it: Ottawa, 2018; a cold January. A thirty-something sits at his dining room table for some old-school First Edition D&D solo...
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J.D. Mitchell
Jul 27, 20204 min read
What it's Like to Seek Publication
So, what's it like to pour your heart and soul into a short story and pursue publication? I thought I'd start out with something hopeful...
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J.D. Mitchell
Mar 28, 20206 min read
How to Dodge the Wily Writer Shark
I entered the writing world tentatively, via competitions and the murky waters of social media. Thirty days later, I had been targeted by...
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J.D. Mitchell
Feb 29, 20204 min read
5 Things to Know About Writing Competitions
I like to learn the hard way, sink or swim, by jumping in with both feet. Okay, maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but it's a hard . . .
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J.D. Mitchell
Feb 7, 20204 min read
Rewrite Hell; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Process
Being an emerging writer (read: aspiring n00b), I learned a lot over the past year, when I . . .
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J.D. Mitchell
Jan 18, 20204 min read
10 Tips to Write Better Short Fiction
I'm sure there are zero-to-novel writers out there, but I suspect most first dabble in drabbles, twabbles and flash these days. I was...
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