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I feel like I'm equal parts excited and terrified that people will get to read my novel soon. I've never put my work out there like this. I hope people like it, but I've honestly been an anxious wreck since announcing the upcoming eARCs.

All artwork in the Mare is original and a majority are watercolor on cold press. The art corresponds to the chapter and works as a book mark when jumping around in timelines or scenes. Ask more of your artists, expect more #art #booksky #writerthoughts #painting #books

There are a crazy the amount of "Book Clubs" and "Famous Authors" that have been reaching out to me through my author email since @elalitmag.bsky.social picked up two of my stories. They are asking to feature my work. Man, I must be super famous now...

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Avoid Inappropriate Mystery to Create Suspense One of the greatest temptations of novice writers is to include in their stories an enigma even though it doesn’t move the story forward. Authors who do this are guilty of committing the sin o…

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Yesterday, I managed to write 12 pages, which is my personal record. I always try to stay within 5 to 7, but I went ahead and rewrote a whole chapter. My brain is still fried. Anyway, always remember to take time to care for yourself after a writing session

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Maintain tension throughout your story Any story you tell by definition has a plot, characters, setting, point of view and theme. But to really make a story pop, an author has to interweave and play these elements against one anoth…

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Avoid Inappropriate Mystery to Create Suspense One of the greatest temptations of novice writers is to include in their stories an enigma even though it doesn’t move the story forward. Authors who do this are guilty of committing the sin o…

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What is a ‘cookie cutter’ story? Q: While reading the submission guidelines to a writing contest, the rules said “no cookie cutter stories.” What do they mean?A cookie cutter story is one that lacks originality because it is …

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Creative writing takes on the problems of the world in a different way: by creating escapes that at the same time allow us to think of the problems in new ways. Potentially from different angles to the ones we are entrenched in. Fantasy is important. #Fantasy #WriterThoughts

Not me tearing up when I heard the I Love You song from Barney this morning... there isn't enough love in the world anymore.

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Maintain tension throughout your story Any story you tell by definition has a plot, characters, setting, point of view and theme. But to really make a story pop, an author has to interweave and play these elements against one anoth…

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Avoid Inappropriate Mystery to Create Suspense One of the greatest temptations of novice writers is to include in their stories an enigma even though it doesn’t move the story forward. Authors who do this are guilty of committing the sin o…

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Maintain tension throughout your story Any story you tell by definition has a plot, characters, setting, point of view and theme. But to really make a story pop, an author has to interweave and play these elements against one anoth…

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Five Quotations about Writing as Self-Discovery “What is needed is, in the end, simply this: solitude, great inner solitude. Going into yourself and meeting no one for hours on end–that is what you must be able to attain.” –&nbs…

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What is a ‘cookie cutter’ story? Q: While reading the submission guidelines to a writing contest, the rules said “no cookie cutter stories.” What do they mean?A cookie cutter story is one that lacks originality because it is …

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I've spent my life studying words and their meanings 📚, but I honestly believe none are more powerful than the word "no." It's simplicity, it's directness, it's conviction. When someone says it, they are being unequivocal 💬.

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Avoid Inappropriate Mystery to Create Suspense One of the greatest temptations of novice writers is to include in their stories an enigma even though it doesn’t move the story forward. Authors who do this are guilty of committing the sin o…

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Five Great Quotations about Escapism “We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popula…

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New fiction writer, thinking maybe other newer writers will be less intimidated by another newer writer. #writerthoughts #amwriting

5 Easy Ways to Boost Book Sales • Post PowerPoint presentations related to book • Draw attention to book via article directories • Give out free bookmarks • Update your email signature • Hold contest to get more reviews of your b…

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Five Great Quotations about Manuscript Rejection “The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you can’t, you’re dead.” – Warren Adler“Rejection slips, or form letters, however…

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Maintain tension throughout your story Any story you tell by definition has a plot, characters, setting, point of view and theme. But to really make a story pop, an author has to interweave and play these elements against one anoth…

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Avoid Inappropriate Mystery to Create Suspense One of the greatest temptations of novice writers is to include in their stories an enigma even though it doesn’t move the story forward. Authors who do this are guilty of committing the sin o…

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2/25/2025 will make one year since I decided to dive into self-publishing again. I will write a blog post on what has changed and stayed the same since I first started in 2011 and dropped it in 2015. #writerthoughts #indieauthor #blogging #blackauthorsky #keepgoing

What is a ‘cookie cutter’ story? Q: While reading the submission guidelines to a writing contest, the rules said “no cookie cutter stories.” What do they mean?A cookie cutter story is one that lacks originality because it is like …

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Oh derp, forgot to mention this is from my WIP Savage as You. Gomenasai. I do have like three WIPs I post snips from. I assure you this is not from my High Fantasy Western, Forbidden Chorus. 💀

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Five Quotations about Writing as Self-Discovery “What is needed is, in the end, simply this: solitude, great inner solitude. Going into yourself and meeting no one for hours on end–that is what you must be able to attain.” – Rainer M…

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