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Read more about the article Back to Work!

Back to Work!

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:July 16, 2023
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Helping writers this summer but also needing help with a sick plant.

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Read more about the article Being Selective: Writing and LEGO Building

Being Selective: Writing and LEGO Building

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:June 28, 2022
  • Post category:Blog/Lego/Writing
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There are a number of ways in which my profession -- writing -- and my principal hobby -- LEGO building -- come together. Right now is one of those moments,…

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Read more about the article I Get to Teach Adults

I Get to Teach Adults

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:June 14, 2022
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:2 Comments

After many years of teaching history and writing to children and teens, I'm now teaching adult writers for the first time and applying some of my methods.

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Read more about the article Writing Sequels, Developing Your Dystopian World: An Encore Guest Post by Madeline Dyer

Writing Sequels, Developing Your Dystopian World: An Encore Guest Post by Madeline Dyer

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:August 27, 2016
  • Post category:Blog/Serialized Fiction/Writing
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Tips from YA dystopian author Madeline Dyer on deepening worldbuilding and incorporating new genres into a sequel.

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Read more about the article Waylaid in Winter Village: Setting
These plates and tiles are not coming off so easily.

Waylaid in Winter Village: Setting

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:October 25, 2013
  • Post category:Blog/Lego/Writing
  • Post comments:4 Comments

Details are important, and a story with a well-drawn and well-integrated setting cannot take place anywhere else.

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