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Third Life: New Cover

Well, it finally happened. One of many nightmares indie authors have. The original stock photo I used for my Third Life cover was being used by another author with an upcoming release. This author private messaged me and after revealing she purchased hers as a premade I decided to just make a new cover so neither of us had to show up to the ball wearing the same dress. It was a fun experiment for me. I’m not the most artistic person but I know how to have a little fun on photoshop.

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Third Life: Edits have begun

Welcome to the land of no names. I started my edits on Third Life this morning. It isn’t long, only 20k words so more or less 80 pages. It is fun though. Only two characters have names, the protagonist, and his brother. The rest are nameless, and eventually faceless, except the two leaders of warring tribes. They don’t have names but titles.

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Know Your Ending

I know the title of this post seems obvious. The most important part of a book, after all, is the ending. People can disagree with me all they want but I will stand my ground, you can come back from a shitty beginning and middle but there’s no coming back from a shitty end. The culmination of all your hard work into a rushed pile of garbage is something you want to avoid. It would be much better to smear fertilizer all over the page and let a beautiful vegetable garden sprout on the final pages.

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Upcoming Story: Third Life

So, I had this vision of a character who walked around all day with a gun to his head. The world operated on a strike system. Ya know, three strikes and you’re out sorta thing, except in this case out is—

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Workshop This: Where the Apple Falls

Well, I’m finally doing it. I’m finally doing a Workshop This post. I’m sorry that this story is a little dark. I wrote it this morning while researching antitrust laws for my international economics class (no, that’s not really related to the story lol).

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The Pathetic Tycoon, and other updates

So, I started my second round of edits on The Absolute. Some days I feel like I’m making amazing progress and others I just feel overwhelmed. Like sometimes I look at the draft as approaching a final product and see the edits as just tiny additions, maybe a couple new chapters–a few hundred or thousand words a piece.

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Rewrites DONE

I can’t believe I’m about to say this but I’ve officially finished my rewrites. Yes, that’s right, the rewrites for The Absolute are done! Now the fun part begins. Actually having to edit this. I know rewrite Sound like editing, but really all I did was delete one rough draft and replace it with a slightly better rough draft.

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Your Ideal Reader

I put up a youtube video for the most important advice I've received since I began writing. Finding your ideal reader and writing for them is really the first step to finding your voice and your audience.

Oscar Nominations

Alright, the Oscars are this Sunday and since I have a website I am clearly qualified to give an opinion on my choices.

Best Picture: Dunkirk Best

Actor: Gary Oldman

Best Actress: Frances McDormand

Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson

Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf

Best Director: Greta Gerwig

Best Animated: Coco

Best Writing Adaptation: Logan

Best Original Screenplay: Get Out

Best Original Song: This is Me

Best Original Score: Dunkirk

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Hello YouTube

So, I guess I did the thing. I started a YouTube channel. Let’s see if I actually deserve one. Like with my blog I’m hoping to just put up content that’s worth people’s time. The last thing I want to do is upload a 13-minute video of me babbling on about nothing.

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