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The most essential tools for being a writer are already inside you. This publication invites you to study how your imagination works, accept the material that comes to you, investigate rituals for your writing practice, and trust your writing impulses.
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You’re invited to Writer’s Refuge! A NEW FBC Membership on Saturdays (opens the original)
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We have a big announcement! (We have a lot of big announcements coming up, so stay tuned!)The Fifth Brain Collective is proud to offer our fourth membership! The Writer’s Refuge with ames granados will meet Saturdays on Zoom from 10-11:30 am ARIZONA TIME (Note: This time will not change with daylight savings).This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider be
Fifth Brain Collective Presents: Occasional Daily Special (opens the original)
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Do you long to write, but don’t have the time? During the weekly FBC membership Zoom meetings, we write in 20-minute bursts. This series features examples of what FBC writers have created during that time — you can have a vibrant writing life no matter how much time you spend on the page!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bfq3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fc
Registration Open! Creative Studio with Osahon Ize-Iyamu Sunday, Sept. 20 on Zoom (opens the original)
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The Fifth Brain Collective is thrilled to welcome Osahon Ize-Iyamu as the host of our upcoming Creative Studio. Subscribe nowOver the years, I have received multiple questions about how to write speculative fiction. The questions were somewhat similar. Whereas other genres allowed you to work within the constraints of the world we currently live in, speculative storytelling requires you to imagine beyond the reality we currently exist in; it required you to pr
Fifth Brain Collective Presents: Occasional Daily Special (opens the original)
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Do you long to write, but don’t have the time? During the weekly FBC membership Zoom meetings, we write in 20-minute bursts. This series features examples of what FBC writers have created during that time — you can have a vibrant writing life no matter how much time you spend on the page! <div class=
Fifth Brain Collective: Meet Our Members! (opens the original)
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The Fifth Brain Collective is a writing community for all levels, all genres, all voices. We celebrate the diversity of our identities, styles, and imaginations. Meet Nannette Palmer, who has been writing with us since the FBC was founded.<im
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