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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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Accessible Fantasy: Writing the Supernatural that Anyone Can Love
I receive a review for Jagged Emerald City the other day that got me thinking about accessible fantasy. (Before you say it, yes I know, reviews are for readers not for authors and I’m courting danger here, but I’m still in that initial stage where my book hasn’t attracted enough notice for the nasty reviewers…
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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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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. At the beginning of the year, making this decision would have resulted in me fighting this lingering sense of “I…
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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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My Beta-Reading Experiment
My soft marshmallow self actually sent my manuscript to people to be critiqued. Here’s what I did.
