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Origin Story for “Harvest Grove” by Archer Atwood

August 11, 2022

The second story in the Willow’s Moon Song series is “Harvest Grove : In the Year of the Comet 2230” Story Teaser: Turmoil has swirled around Casey’s head since childhood. It would bubble over in hints from stories written, or from sketches of images dreamed. What was being suppressed so strongly? This last sketch of the little girl in a puritan like outfit haunted Casey day and night. Those dark eyes had to hold the key. Who could help solve this puzzle? Miss Moon of the Willow Library could, but instead, she sends Casey over an old New England covered ...

People and Places of the series Willow’s Moon Song by Archer Atwood

February 7, 2022

Welcome to the Willow’s Moon Song Universe As each book is published, this list may grow. Each name or place will be matched up with the book they appear in. Enjoy!! Miss Moon: She will be in every book! It is her the comet years are based on. Amber: Youngest sister of Chandra. Talented Healer. She can be found in “Jesse Monroe and Company”, “Oak Ridge Shadows”, “Moonlit Meadow” and “Winter and Spring”. Ann Monroe: You will learn about her childhood through young adulthood in the book “Jesse Monroe and Company”. Has a cameo in “Ceremony of the Rose”. ...

Origin Story of “Ceremony of the Rose” by Archer Atwood

February 6, 2022

“Ceremony of the Rose” by Archer Atwood is ready to come home with you! But first, a little bit about how the story and artwork came about. “Ceremony of the Rose” Determined to ace her “History of Women” college course, Claire finds herself at the Willow Library. There she meets Miss Moon who hands her an old book that leads her to a special elderly woman. This woman hints about a ceremony that fuels Claire’s imagination and creates an obsession. An obsession to find the meaning of the Ceremony of the Rose. Did the ritual really happen? Or was it ...

The Positivity Project:Introduction

April 7, 2018

The New Year begins allowing us to re-set. Re-set? Yes, on January 1st we have 356 unknown days ahead of us. Sure, some are predetermined such as holidays, birthdays, vacations, and such, but the actual content of those days is not yet set in stone. When we were kids the passing of time seemed so slow! Then as we grew older, time seems to be slipping by too quickly!! There never seems to be enough of it to finish projects, to relax, or to spend time with others. Or, is it we are really allowing time to slip through our ...

Writing Workshop:How to Use Resources to Make Your Characters More Believable

March 18, 2018

In the previous Writing Workshop, I discussed the importance of observing and recording what you see, hear, feel and experience in order to improve your stories. https://www.archeratwood.com/archeratwoodthewritingworkshop/writing-workshop-better-writer-observe-record/ I would like to expand on that idea by reviewing how you can use written resources to move your story along, improve your character’s personality, and help build the world they exist in. If you are a fiction writer, you have to invent believable characters and the places they walk through. The key word here is believable. That means you have to do your homework. This is especially true for my writer friends ...

Books by Chapter

March 4, 2018

Books by Chapter “I usually take my time writing, editing, and reworking a story, and probably reworking it to death! That’s my biggest fault… Back in the day I use to write episodic stories on-line, cold, without thinking. For almost a year I would write several paragraphs or chapters a day! It was great fun. I decided to try that again and most recently I had posted “Sleep Medicine” here. I posted a chapter a day till the story ended. Like my previous on-line chapters, I never planned them out. I would leave myself with a cliff hanger and no ...