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Fan Fiction
A few days ago, I started a Fan Fiction story on a Fan Fiction site for a show that my thirteen year old daughter and I watch together. In case anyone isn’t aware, Fan Fiction is when people take already known TV shows, movies and books and expand and develop new story lines which they…
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To Self Publish Or Not To Self Publish; That Is The Question.
So, after talking to several literary agents, it looks like the type of books I am writing are not what the publishers are looking for right now. (Which are namely regency historical fiction/romance, supernatural or erotica, which mine are none of these things…) Therefore, since I am done with two books and half way through…
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Some Feedback Might Be Nice…
By now, I have gotten enough rejection letters that I have noticed that they are all pretty much the same: Dear Writer, Thank you for submitting your book. It is not quite what I am looking for… Best of luck on your endeavor to be published. Sincerely, Another Random Unnamed Literary Agent Though I really…
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So… Rejection Sucks!
I have slowly but surely been peddling my book to various literary agents across the US and world. Every week, I send out my query letter and whatever amount of the book they are asking to see in their submission guidelines. So far, I have only done so with the first book and not the…
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The things we do for love…. (Or sanity!)
When I first started this journey of writing books a little over a year ago, I just had an idea. I was standing in the shower, feeling panicked about life and wondering what was next; where I was supposed to turn. Then, the idea for my first book came to me. Next came the figuring…
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They Like It!
One of the hardest things an author can do, I think, is turning their work over to a friend. It is hard enough to face rejection from strangers, but when it is a possibility from those one likes and respects, then the stuff gets real! I let a friend of mine read my books because…
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The Motivation Can Be Hard to Find Sometimes…..
I have decided that I would MUCH rather write than try to get anything I write published. Writing is fun, creative, relaxing. Trying to find a literary agent takes time, isn’t fun, is stressful and can bruise the ego, too. So, my way to deal with this since Christmas was to essentially not do anything.…
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Hit by the bug….
I started on my third book back in October. I was so excited and wrote out the first 10 pages in one go. Then, life hit. First it was the holidays, then it was the clean up from the holidays and then my computer decided to die. (Okay. I lied. First came the computer dying,…
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Have no words….
I started writing as a way to bring comfort to myself that didn’t involve chewing my fingernails down past their quicks or eating to the point I would need a tent for clothing. I found over the course of the last year that writing calms me, offers me escape, so that I can focus on…
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The Eve of a Whole New Year…
New Year’s Eve…. It just dawned on me today when my son asked me to drive him to a dance tonight that I have gone from being the partier to the driver/mom of the partier. I am not quite sure how I feel about that… But, it is what it is. If you would have…
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