For years, I existed on the internet as “Awakedragon.” (I think my Twitter handle might still be that.) I’m claiming my own name now, but as a nod to my beginnings, this is now the AwakeDragon Blog!
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The Benefits of the Self-Publishing Mindset
Something interesting came up in conversation with a writer-friend of mine, the fantastic Nicole Evans. We’ve been talking about my decision to self-publish, what that means, how things are different, and she mentioned something about a self-publishing mindset. For some reason it stuck with me.
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My Debut Novel has been Unleashed Upon the World
My debut novel, Jagged Emerald City, is published. And it’s so surreal. A year ago, I was finishing up revisions and neck-deep in querying; but after some serious thought, and then visiting the place where…
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An Important Date for You to Remember
Guiz, I finally have it: my tentative date of publication for Jagged Emerald City. And wow has it been a hard road getting to this point. After I walked through the place my book is…
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I Traveled To My Book’s Location For the First Time
The last two weeks of June and the first week in July, I traveled through Spain and Galicia. This is exciting for writing reasons because the magical city in my Obsidian Divide fantasy series (called Farfalla) is located on the coast of Galicia.
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It’s Official: I’m Publishing My Obsidian Divide Series
Okay! So! I am both excited and proud to announce that I’ve made the decision to self-publish my Obsidian Divide fantasy series, which starts with JAGGED EMERALD CITY. This has been such an interesting journey….
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To Be or Not To Be Self-Published
So I’m sitting here thinking in circles and decided it might be more productive to get my thoughts out about self-publishing in my future.
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Why I Love Sandboxing
I’m coming down to the last few edits on my Work In Process before I’ll declare this ecopunk fantasy romance manuscript about life after trauma good to go!
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Art Is Never Finished: AKA beta-reading round two
You know that feeling when you’ve quoted a phrase for years, but then something happens that gives you a much deeper understanding of it? Read about my realization with this quote here!
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How to streamline your manuscript
I want to share my process on how I recently took a 160k word manuscript to 126k without killing myself or the heart of the story. I’m a character writer. I love immersing myself into places and relationships, and playing out heart stories within epic worlds and situations. That can lead to a lot of…