Becoming a Published Author
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Becoming a Published Author- The Trenches
I have once again entered the querying trenches for my children’s book. I currently have to wait 6-8 weeks before I find out if this agent will take me on. Crossed fingers! The truth is it was a… Continue reading
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Becoming a Published Author-Pressure, Patience, and Paper
I’m still writing…although I’m not writing the book I said I was. Mortals in Flesh is the first book I ever completed and for that I am happy to say I finally did it. But as someone who has read… Continue reading
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Day 24 of Becoming a Published Author and Welcome to my Debut
I decided, admittedly on a bit of a whim, to put my title up on my social media. On IG it was in the form of a desktop background reveal for August and on Threads it was a poem…I guess?… Continue reading
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Day 23 of Becoming a Published Author and I’ll Be Gosh Dang Darned if I Don’t Accomplish This
Perhaps its burnout or the fact that I’ve been on social media a little too much as of lately but I am feeling drained. I’m also seriously worried I wont be able to finished this book in order to publish… Continue reading
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Day 22 of Becoming a Published Author and the Itch to Keep Writing is Unbearable
I didn’t post any updates for the last two days…but I didn’t take a break even though maybe I should have. I’m sure anyone who is simply working on something, whether it’s a book, a painting, maybe even a table,… Continue reading
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Day 21 of Becoming a Published Author and I’M FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT!
I’M OFFICIALLY ON MY SECOND DRAFT!!!!!! I didn’t get to 70 k words, but I did say that if the story felt it had reached its natural conclusion, I’d let myself start in on draft 2. So that feeling is… Continue reading
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Day 20 of Becoming a Published Author and I Barely Wrote Today
I didn’t write as much as I would have liked today but that’s alright. I had some other things I needed to do on my lunch break, and I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself to write… Continue reading
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Day 19 of Becoming a Published Author and I’m Feeling Emotional so Sorry for That
I’m at the home stretch and yet I’m still learning new things about my characters. It’s kind of insane how much goes into building characters and a believable back drop for those characters. They become tangible people in your head… Continue reading
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Day 18 of Becoming a Published Author and I’m Sorry for Going AWOL
Once upon a time there was a girl. A girl who was so tired that she barely wrote a single word for three whole days. The girl had to admit that the first day of no writing was due to… Continue reading
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Day 17 of Becoming a Published Author and Productivity is Our Enemy
Today will be short and sweet cause ya girl is tired and wants to read. I got temporarily distracted today when I came across my 3DS and found it was somehow fully charged. It was a pleasant surprise but a… Continue reading
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