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April 27, 2017
From Picture Books to YA Fantasy Fiction
The way I decided on writing a young adult historical fantasy novel happened like jumping from one stone to another across a creek. Eleven years ago, give or take, an idea started forming in my mind to write a children’s…
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April 4, 2017
Why I’m choosing to self-publish
At the beginning of my writing journey, I expected to do what everyone did. Or so I thought. Write a great novel, in one pass without the need of edits, send it off to an agent, sell it to a…
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February 7, 2017
What was I thinking?
Oof. I don’t think that’s a real word, but it fits. When I envisioned Ingrid, The Viking Maiden, I thought of it as a middle-grade adventure story. After all, I’ve spent the last twenty-five years concentrating on being a mom…
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January 24, 2017
Planner or Pantser?
What a hot topic for the NaNosphere. The question showed up on a regular basis – do you plan out an outline for your novel or do you wing it and see where you end up? At first, I answered…
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January 10, 2017
Wrap Up
Like the kick-off party on Halloween, our local chapter of Nanowrimo’s met for a pizza night to celebrate our month-long efforts, the first of December. It was fun to hear everyone’s stories and experiences as we wrapped up the event…
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December 16, 2016
And the winner is . . .
November 29th – mic drop! A day early but the story found it’s ending. I sat back and stared at the computer screen for a few minutes in disbelief. “Did that really just happen? Did I finish?” Yes! The story…
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December 9, 2016
Goal oriented works for me
As it turns out having a goal and a competitive environment, even if it’s only for myself, is an effective motivation for me. The accountability of an encouraging group of similarly devoted “teammates” is helpful as well, maybe most useful.…
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December 1, 2016
Ready, Set – Go!
So much for keeping up with writing down my experiences while going through the NaNoWriMo challenge. I was too focused on getting my story down to stop and do anything else. Now, I’ll have to settle for re-counting the events…
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