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Post Traumatic Bliss
I was carrying all my otherworldly secrets with me. Sometimes at night I would just close my eyes and feel myself shooting through the...
Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20227 min read


Post Traumatic Bliss
I was carrying all my otherworldly secrets with me. Sometimes at night I would just close my eyes and feel myself shooting through the...
info590613
Feb 1, 20227 min read


He's going to die tonight.
I had been to see him the day before and sat next to him a while as his chest heaved and rattled. I whispered to him. Stroked his...
Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20225 min read


He's going to die tonight.
I had been to see him the day before and sat next to him a while as his chest heaved and rattled. I whispered to him. Stroked his...
info590613
Feb 1, 20225 min read


Fighting my way out of a long coma.
The ICU at night is a terrifying nightmare world. Not even Dean Koontz or Steven King could imagine the nights of terror. It was cold and...
info590613
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Fighting my way out of a long coma.
The ICU at night is a terrifying nightmare world. Not even Dean Koontz or Steven King could imagine the nights of terror. It was cold and...
Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Waking up from a long coma
I have watched movies about people waking from a coma. They opened their eyes and the fog cleared. It’s nothing like that. Waking up from...
Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Waking up from a long coma
I have watched movies about people waking from a coma. They opened their eyes and the fog cleared. It’s nothing like that. Waking up from...
info590613
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Called to come home
Floating. Aeons ago I left the world of men, of form and substance. I am floating away in the universe. I know it is the universe as I...
Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Called to come home
Floating. Aeons ago I left the world of men, of form and substance. I am floating away in the universe. I know it is the universe as I...
info590613
Feb 1, 20223 min read


The Coma Stage 3: Limbo in a coma
I have shot out of the hospital. I have long left my body. It was so fast I didn’t even notice it. One second I was hovering somewhere...
Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read


The Coma Stage 3: Limbo in a coma
I have shot out of the hospital. I have long left my body. It was so fast I didn’t even notice it. One second I was hovering somewhere...
info590613
Feb 1, 20223 min read


The 4 Questions Every Author Should Ask
It’s a romantic idea ... to ‘write a book’. It gives us a purpose and something to do. It gives us somewhere to pour our time into. It is...
info590613
Jan 24, 20223 min read


The 4 Questions Every Author Should Ask
It’s a romantic idea ... to ‘write a book’. It gives us a purpose and something to do. It gives us somewhere to pour our time into. It is...
info590613
Jan 24, 20223 min read


The Madness Begins
What am I doing here? It’s an easy Sunday morning and I am sitting on a cold concrete floor with my legs stretched out in front of me and...
info590613
Jan 11, 20226 min read


The Madness Begins
What am I doing here? It’s an easy Sunday morning and I am sitting on a cold concrete floor with my legs stretched out in front of me and...
Miriam Olivier
Jan 11, 20226 min read


Find your novel's genre (and sub-genre). Don't start until you are clear
Choosing a genre is the starting point in all fiction writing. I cannot stress this enough. Please do not start your book until you are...
info590613
Jan 1, 202214 min read


Find your novel's genre (and sub-genre). Don't start until you are clear
Choosing a genre is the starting point in all fiction writing. I cannot stress this enough. Please do not start your book until you are...
info590613
Jan 1, 202214 min read


I stopped mucking about and finally wrote my book - Zoe Scholz
Zoë Scholtz, June 2020 Early in January 2020, it was a weekday, a day like any other. I was at the office minding my own business,...
Zoe Scholtz
Dec 14, 20217 min read


The types of scenes your book needs
Books are loooooong and so many can be really boring. As an author that is your problem to solve, and it often means you need to engage...
info590613
Dec 8, 20213 min read
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