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Debut Novels: How My First Publication Came to Exist
My debut novel, Jagged Emerald City, has a particular story of how it came to be, why it came to be, and what I learned while doing so.
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My First Book Convention
I attended my first convention with my book this previous weekend! It’s called OryCon, and it’s the premier fantasy and sci-fi convention in Oregon (according to them, anyway). It’s been held since 1979, so it’s…
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When Writing Plans Derail, Time to Reassess
Weeelll… my plan to have Obsidian Divide Book 2 drafted by today did not pan out. Writing plans: derailed. So now, I’m trying to find the middle ground between not beating myself up but also…
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How to Craft Writing Goals to Keep on Track
Book 2 of the Obsidian Divide series needs to be finished, and now that I’m *officially * an author, I should do things like make deadlines and build discipline to make sure I meet them. Thus, I’m diving into creating writing goals for the next several months.
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How Migraines Inspired My Main Character’s Superpower
I’m curious, have any of you read books where the main character has migraines? Sometimes I can be really oblivious to elements in my writing. Fairian’s “Episodes” in Jagged Emerald City turns out to be…
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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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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!
