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Jeff Deck, Author & Novel Coach

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"City of Ports" is the first book in the ongoing "The Shadow Over Portsmouth" urban fantasy / portal fantasy series.

2018

Stories

Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Self-Care for Authors

More notes from panelists at NECON last year

Jul 18, 2024

Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Self-Care for Authors

Jul 18, 2024

Horror in Sword & Sorcery

And the writerly dread of AI

Jul 15, 2024

Horror in Sword & Sorcery

Jul 15, 2024

In your novel, everything must pay off

Try to leave no threads dangling in your fiction

May 13, 2022

In your novel, everything must pay off

May 13, 2022

Five women mystics to inspire your fiction

Historical figures to steal from for your writing

May 3, 2022

Five women mystics to inspire your fiction

May 3, 2022

Use archetypes in your novel like Japanese RPGs do

Here’s an example of starting with strong definition

Apr 28, 2022

Use archetypes in your novel like Japanese RPGs do

Apr 28, 2022

Are you creating your novel characters backwards?

Start with strong definition, then add depth

Apr 27, 2022

Are you creating your novel characters backwards?

Apr 27, 2022

Create a soundtrack to enrich your fictional characters

Your characters need a playlist

Apr 26, 2022

Create a soundtrack to enrich your fictional characters

Apr 26, 2022

Settings for your novel are freely available

Seriously, stop wasting so much brain energy on this

Apr 26, 2022

Settings for your novel are freely available

Apr 26, 2022

Holding on for another sunrise

Why “We Got This, Kids” is one of the most important books I’ve ever worked on

Feb 28, 2022

Holding on for another sunrise

Feb 28, 2022

Constructing your inspiration machine

Don’t wait for the Muse to arrive — build one instead

Feb 14, 2022

Constructing your inspiration machine

Feb 14, 2022

Jeff Deck, Author & Novel Coach

Jeff Deck, Author & Novel Coach

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