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William Mangieri is a karaoke junkie, former theater student, and recovered wargamer, who spends a lot of time wondering 'What if?'. He writes from Texas, but needed to find somewhere less solid to hold his thoughts. This is the place…

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Writing Wednesday: A Pantser’s Swirling Cosmos of Interdependencies
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Writing Wednesday: A Pantser’s Swirling Cosmos of Interdependencies

Posted on February 3, 2022 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals All my posts went out on schedule. Two more pieces returned from market and were turned around and submitted to other publications. I wrote on seven days and made my daily quota on five of them. I made my weekly quota with 3,958 words. The draft of Swordsmaster #3 is over 28,000 … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: How This Pantser Is Working On Swordsmaster
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Writing Wednesday: How This Pantser Is Working On Swordsmaster

Posted on January 19, 2022 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were posted on schedule. I sent another piece back to market within a day of its return. I wrote on seven days, and made my daily quota on five of them. I made my weekly 3,500 word quota with 3,560 words of fiction. The draft of Swordsmaster #3 has … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: How Hard Can It Be to Create an Outline?
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Writing Wednesday: How Hard Can It Be to Create an Outline?

Posted on November 17, 2021 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals All blog entries posted on schedule. All returned stories were sent back out to market. I failed to make my weekly quota with only 1185 words of fiction – this was in three days of writing, and I only made one of those days’ daily quotas. This was on a writing prompt … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: When the Journey Determines the Destination
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Writing Wednesday: When the Journey Determines the Destination

Posted on August 4, 2021 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

As a PANTSER especially, it helps to realize that every series you write – even every story – has its own rhythms and patterns. No matter how confused and in the dark you might feel at times, you will eventually get to your destination. Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Getting Out of the Story’s Way

Posted on March 3, 2021 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were all posted on schedule, and all my available stories are out to market. My next indie release will be on April 16th, and most likely will be Herc Tom #11 (that’s as close as I’ve gotten to a working title so far.) I’m still promoting with Indies Unlimited … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: You Must Give Your Story Its Head

Posted on February 24, 2021 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

My blog entries were all posted on schedule, and all my available stories are out to market. “The Rendering” completed its release weekend – two weeks later than scheduled, so I’ll need to be more proactive on planning my next release – still slated for April 16th. Not sure what it will be yet – … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Chasing Your Story Down, Wither It Decides To Go

Posted on February 10, 2021 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were all posted on schedule. I had three stories return from market, and two are back out the door. As to the third: If you were paying attention last Friday, I neither launched a new release nor explained what I was going to do to right my Indie-Publishing goal … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: My Struggle with Additive Creativity
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Writing Wednesday: My Struggle with Additive Creativity

Posted on January 27, 2021 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

How do I wrangle a story into a place it doesn’t want to run to? Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Learning About Free Marketing

Posted on October 21, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals I continued to make my blog posts on schedule. I also posted my requisite comments on others’ blogs. I had one story return from market and sent it right back out to the next potential publisher. My next release (WEIRD, But Not TOO Scary Tales, already set up for preorders and presales … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Maintaining Draft Continuity

Posted on August 5, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last week’s goals: Made my three blog posts on time, but fell backwatds on my blog commenting (it was one of those life happens things that pretty much crashed the week – big enough that I’m NOT going to feel guilty about failing to reach goals, which IS a big deal for me…) I had … Continue reading →

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