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About fmoebius

I'm a writer and coach. I love helping writers be more creative, more productive and more profitable. With EFT, life gets easier. Blocks can fall away. Limiting beliefs just shift. You can build your dream life. Let me help you do this.

Three Elements that Make a Character Irresistible

Posted on 19. March 2015 by fmoebius

The one thing that draws readers into a story is a character they can relate to. A character that makes them care. A character that the readers want to succeed. An irresistible character. But how can I create such a … Continue reading →

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Write What you Like

Posted on 12. March 2015 by fmoebius

When Rita Mae Brown was snowed in one winter, with no electricity, and nothing that she really wanted to read in her home, this happened: Still, I wanted something to read to escape my troubles […] Travel was impossible for … Continue reading →

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Editing a Story to Death

Posted on 5. March 2015 by fmoebius

The other day, I talked about the three levels of editing, which was about the bare minimum needed to make a story clean. And then there are some who never stop editing. “Just one more pass, then it’ll be perfect.” … Continue reading →

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The Plot and the Hero

Posted on 26. February 2015 by fmoebius

The other day I read a book that I had waited to read. It was part of a series, and it was long in coming. I set aside an evening, got some beer and chips, and settled in for a … Continue reading →

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The Three Levels of Editing

Posted on 19. February 2015 by fmoebius

Everyone knows we should have an editor before publishing our stories. Publishers give manuscripts to editors, and self-publishers search out and pay editors. And that makes sense. It’s always good to have more than just the writer’s eyes on the … Continue reading →

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The True Power of Mindset

Posted on 12. February 2015 by fmoebius

This is a true story. Ten days ago, I decided to radically shift my mindset about my books. (I’m writing fiction under a pen name.) You see, I self-published my first book early in 2013. By now, I have three … Continue reading →

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Story Fatigue

Posted on 5. February 2015 by fmoebius

You started out loving this story, the characters, and the world but then it went all downhill. The characters are only bickering and navel-gazing, they refuse to meet your eye, and quite frankly, you don’t even want to visit that … Continue reading →

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Writing and Healing

Posted on 29. January 2015 by fmoebius

After I had been writing for a few years, and started training to become a counselor, I noticed something strange: In most of my stories, the mothers were dead or had disappeared. My heroes were orphans, as a rule. Granted, … Continue reading →

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How to make Marketing non-icky

Posted on 23. January 2015 by fmoebius

Marketing is icky. I know many writers feel like that. I mean, we’re writers because we don’t mind at all being alone, we enjoy immersing ourselves in our stories and hanging out with our characters. Most of us are not … Continue reading →

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Three Reasons why New Year Resolutions are Dangerous

Posted on 15. January 2015 by fmoebius

January is two weeks old today. So are your resolutions. You did make resolutions, didn’t you? Yeah, well, that might not actually be a good idea. I know, it’s quite a tradition, and everyone does them, right? So how could … Continue reading →

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