Articles & Resources
Writing insights, book news, teaching resources, faith, music, and creative projects.
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Creating Sing We Now of Christmas During a Difficult Season
Michael D. Young reflects on completing Sing We Now of Christmas during unemployment and illness, and what the project taught him about hope and…
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Writing Fireworks: Why First Drafts Need Time to Cool
Why writers should let a first draft rest before revision, what to do during the break, and how to revise from structure down to…
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Writing Motivation: How to Keep Going When the Words Come Slowly
Practical ways to keep writing when motivation fades, including specific goals, progress tracking, external accountability, and easier starts.
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How Writers Can Prevent Data Loss: Lessons from a Hard-Drive Crash
A hard-drive failure taught Michael D. Young why writers need multiple verified backups, version history, and protection for every publishing asset.
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Interview with Eden Fortuna: Love, Possession, and Courage
A spoiler-light character interview with Eden Fortuna about love, supernatural possession, danger, and courage in The Last Archangel.
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Avoiding Clichés in Fiction: Three Types and How to Twist Them
Learn to identify and revise clichéd phrases, plots, and characters by adding specificity, consequence, and purposeful twists.
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Interview with Jarom: An Ambrosia-Making Cherub
Meet Jarom, the ambrosia-making cherub assigned to a destroying angel, in a humorous spoiler-light interview from The Last Archangel.
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Interview with Xandir: The Destroying Angel
A spoiler-light, in-character interview with Xandir, the cynical destroying angel at the center of Michael D. Young’s apocalyptic fantasy.
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Behind The Canticle Chronicles: Canticle of Night and The Frozen Globe
Michael D. Young traces The Canticle Chronicles from the Canticle of Night serial through The Frozen Globe and the series’ later books and audiobooks.
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Gratitude, Giving, and the Origin of Sing We Now of Christmas
Michael D. Young explains how a Thanksgiving reflection on family, faith, music, and his son Bryson became the charitable anthology Sing We Now of…
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