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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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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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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…
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The Point of Beta-Reading is Not to Ruin Someone’s Confidence
I want to talk about a particular problem I’ve noticed in the writing community. It really bugs me when someone sends out their manuscript to be read, and the response just crushes their soul.
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Writing on Google Docs
So I started something new, this past NaNoWriMo (yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m like 5 months late, I know). What with working full time, the train not always having a seat during my commute, and being…
