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The Main Attraction

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Brainstorming

Where I’ll be doing all of the story planning and brainstorming of ideas. (Click to view posts in this category)

News

Looking for announcements? Look no further! (Click to view posts in this category)

Personal Life

What’s going on in my life including emotional checkups and how it’s affecting my writing. (Click to view posts in this category)

Writing Process

The how of my writing life. How I use various tools and theories and what works for me and doesn’t. (Click to view posts in this category.)

Writing Tools

Books, classes, software, etc. What I work with and why. (Click to view posts in this category.)

Brainstorming
How Old Is Tim?

How Old Is Tim?

(Edit: My spouse thought the original post was a little confusing with all the time frames criss-crossing so I reworked it, hopefully explaining things a little better. Sorry if you read the original and were confused before. Believe me, it confused me for a while,...

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Personal Life
Week 1 Check-in

Week 1 Check-in

Emotional Overview A quick check-in showing my current emotional state. (Higher numbers mean greater degrees of emotion.)DepressionAnxietyStress(I'll probably try to do check-ins on Saturday or Sunday nights during my dead times at work. Of course, if something...

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News
And We’re Live!

And We’re Live!

Welcome to the web site for Mystical Bear! It's been a long time coming as I first had this idea several years ago. There was one half-hearted attempt then to bring it into being but it got nowhere. Now, however, I've had a major attitude shift and I've been...

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Brainstorming
Deciding on a genre

Deciding on a genre

(Note: what you're about to read isn't the usual format for a post in the "Brainstorming" category. Usually, you would see the complete back and forth of ideas. This post only shows an abbreviated version of what I did offline recently. I'm only including it out of...

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