journey
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Becoming a Published Author-Mud, Goal Setting, and Rocky
Hello from the trenches! Your girl is deep in the mud, caked and covered, and in desperate need of a warm change of clothes and a long shower. But!! When you set your mind to getting your work into the… Continue reading
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Becoming a Published Author: Finally Ready and No Longer Afraid
I hate to admit this but we all go through it. I let life get in the way of what I so desperately want out of this one life I get to have. But you know what? That’s okay. I’m… Continue reading
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Road to Becoming a Published Author-Genre Drop and Pen Name Announcement
As always, stay writing, and for those in the beginning months of winter, stay warm ❤ Oh! And you can follow me on Threads and IG Continue reading
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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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