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April 3, 2017
Hedge King in Winter Amazon Kindle Giveaway!
The King is Crippled! Can his brother, Lord Eowain, hold the kingdom together against the machinations of their rival cousin? See where it all began! Join the growing cult gathering around the Matter of Manred Saga and read it from…
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March 30, 2017
From Rough Draft to Finished Manuscript: Guest Post by Andy Peloquin
Over the last thirteen weeks and more, I’ve shared with you my own process for rewriting the first draft of your novel manuscript. But is it my way or the highway? Hardly. And thankfully, I’ve got Andy Peloquin back with…
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March 29, 2017
13 Week Rewrite: Week Twelve – Battle Scene
This week, you’re rewriting up to the point where your hero makes a new choice. This is the climactic battle scene. Although it’s an internal battle for the hero, it may also present itself externally. It’s where your hero makes…
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March 22, 2017
13 Week Rewrite: Week Eleven – Reality
This week, you’re rewriting through approximately one-third of your Third Act. Many things are happening to your heroine at once by this point in the story. As a result of her surrender, she’s re-framed her relationship to the meaning she…
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March 15, 2017
13 Week Rewrite: Week Ten – Surrender
This week, you’ll rewrite up to the end of Act Two, where your hero surrenders the possibility of ever achieving his goal. Through this surrender, he experiences a death of his old identity and reframes his relationship to his goal.…
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March 9, 2017
13 Week Rewrite: Week Nine – Suffering
This week, you’ll rewrite up to the point where your protagonist suffers. Certainly your hero struggles in a variety of ways throughout the story, but what makes this moment of suffering unique is that her suffering is due to an…
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March 5, 2017
Brain To Books Cyber Convention and Book Exposition
There are rumblings deep under the mountain, and those who live close by swear that they have seen fire and smoke in the distance. Ever since the town was established, local bards have told tales of a great monster that…
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March 2, 2017
13 Week Rewrite: Week Eight – Act Two, the Sequel
At this point in your story, the stakes are rising. The story may be turning in a new direction and the challenge in the rewrite is to allow this to happen. You may not have seen the most dynamic possibilities…
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February 27, 2017
The Wedding of Eithne Goodreads Ask the Author Event!
Come Join The Wedding of Eithne Goodreads Ask the Author Event! On 11 March, 2017, we’ll be hosting a live Q&A on Goodreads with author Michael E. Dellert! Michael’s well-versed in both the indie and traditional publishing worlds and has…
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February 24, 2017
Fantasy Art, Book Cover Design, and the Indie Author
In past posts, I’ve spoken on the subject of what many people don’t appreciate about good book cover design. This subject has been a learning curve for me as an indie publisher, despite a publishing career handling the coding end…
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