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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 been around a while. I ended up attending because a family member, months ago, was like hey! I’m going to…
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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 holding myself accountable. Overall, I think it came down to a few factors: Middle Act Frustrations I’m not sure what’s…
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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 one of those things. Minor spoilers ahead if you haven’t read JEC already!! I’ve suffered from migraines since I was…
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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 my story is set, I decided it was time to get this story out there on my own. I’ve been…
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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 set, I came home inspired and ready to publish. I dove back into researching how to make it happen, started…
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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. At the beginning of the year, making this decision would have resulted in me fighting this lingering sense of “I…
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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!
