
WORLD-BUILDING & RELIGION: Cultural Influences
Q: Do you agree that religion influences culture? Does culture influence religion? If so, how much do or should you take that into consideration while preparing
Q: Do you agree that religion influences culture? Does culture influence religion? If so, how much do or should you take that into consideration while preparing
The question I fielded about literary license in a Q&A in a Catholic Writers Conference I participated in as a non-Catholic guest, (I’m a Baha’i)
This is the second in a series built around Q&A sessions from an online Catholic Writers Conference I was invited to participate in as an
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The advice I wanted most and never got as a teenage writer was not about craft but about the writing business. My English teachers didn’t
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