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May 6th Plotting Workshop at the Pickerington, OH Library

March 9, 2017 Lucy A. Snyder 0

On May 6th from 11am-1pm, I’ll be leading a free writing workshop for teens and adults at the Pickerington Library in Ohio. “The Plot Thickens” […]

Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction

March 4, 2017 Lucy A. Snyder 0

2022 update: I can no longer recommend this program. It, like many other MFA programs, relies heavily on adjunct labor and instructors are not fairly […]

What is Gaslighting?

March 2, 2017 Lucy A. Snyder 0

I’ve worked with a number of horror writers, and many of my students’ manuscripts deal with characters who are in emotionally or psychologically abusive situations. […]

Who’s Mary Sue?

March 1, 2017 Lucy A. Snyder 0

“Write what you know” is good advice for most any author. And authors typically know themselves better than anyone else (or at least they should; […]

What’s a tuckerization?

February 28, 2017 Lucy A. Snyder 0

A tuckerization is the intentional use of a real person’s name in a fictional story without necessarily basing the fictional character’s personality or appearance on […]

On Alpha Males

February 27, 2017 Lucy A. Snyder 1

If you have been writing mostly horror but are interested in branching out into urban fantasy or paranormal romance, there are some genre conventions to keep in […]

Sprinting For The Deadline

April 25, 2010 Lucy A. Snyder 0

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams “C’mon, pencil! Make words!” – SpongeBob SquarePants Many […]

Convention Writing Workshop Tracks

April 25, 2010 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Right now, I’m in the process of putting together the writing workshop track for Context 23. The convention has grown considerably in the past four […]