Kal Spriggs

Tag: tools

  • Writing Toolbag: Expectation Management

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    We’ve all been there, you’ve got all these grand ideas and images, you’re certain you have the best story, best thing ever.  You’re going to write it and awards, accolades and money are going to shower down from the heavens… And then as you sit there in front of the computer, you feel that your…

  • Author’s Toolbag: Maps and Drawings

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    The number one job of an author is to tell a story.  In this sense, illustrations such as maps and drawings can be excellent tools for an author, particularly when they are used to immerse the reader more fully into the world. I’m the type of reader who spends hours, sometimes days pouring over the…