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Shanna Swendson

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Once upon a time ...

A little girl learned to amuse herself by making up stories in her head. She turned everyday activities into exciting adventures, and she made up new adventures for characters from her favorite movies, TV shows and books. Then one day she realized that if she wrote down those stories, she'd have a book! But that was crazy, she thought. Real people don't become novelists. That was like deciding you were going to be a movie star. You couldn't just go and do it.

But, it turns out, you can, and she did. She realized her dream of becoming a novelist and seeing her stories in bookstores.

And then she started to wig herself out by writing about herself in the third-person.

This is her story.

The Novelist's Journey

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Average rating: 3.91 · 57,783 ratings · 5,595 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	Enchanted, Inc. (Enchanted, Inc., #1) 3.86 avg rating — 13,260 ratings — published 2005 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon Stilettos (Enchanted, Inc., #2) 3.95 avg rating — 7,772 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damsel Under Stress (Enchanted, Inc., #3) 3.91 avg rating — 6,310 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Hex with Texas (Enchanted, Inc., #4) 3.98 avg rating — 6,005 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Much Ado About Magic (Enchanted, Inc., #5) 4.02 avg rating — 3,545 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Quest for the Wicked (Enchanted, Inc., #6) 3.84 avg rating — 2,990 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel Mechanics (Rebel Mechanics, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 2,934 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss and Spell (Enchanted, Inc., #7) 4.04 avg rating — 2,604 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Make Mine Magic 3.62 avg rating — 2,412 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frogs and Kisses (Enchanted, Inc. #8) 4.11 avg rating — 1,238 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Post-Book Recovery Time

I finished the first draft of book 6 of the Tales of Rydding Village series this week, and now I’m in recovery mode, when I catch up on the things that weren’t getting done while I was lost in the book. Today was an errand day. It was nice to get out of the house without having to worry about getting home and getting back to writing.

I’m planning to take it semi-easy for the rest of the year — as i

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Shanna Swendson wrote a new blog post Post-Book Recovery Time I finished the first draft of book 6 of the Tales of Rydding Village series this week, and now I’m in recovery mode, when I catch up on the things tha Read more of this blog post »
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Shanna Swendson rated a book it was amazing A Letter to the Luminous Deep (The Sunken Archive, #1) by Sylvie Cathrall (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an absolutely delightful book that draws the reader into the world and into the lives of the characters through the letters they exchange. I can’t wait for the sequel.
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Quotes by Shanna Swendson (?)

“Did someone actually have to do bad things to be a bad boy, or was it all about the potential? If it was the potential that counted, then maybe it was the restraint that was so sexy, knowing that he could do something dangerous and powerful but had the restraint not to.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

tags: bad-boys, potential, restraint

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“But when I clicked over to my e-mail program, it was just another “great opportunity” spam, this time adding the words “don’t delete!” to the subject line. With a sense of perverse satisfaction, I deleted it. It was probably the only act of rebellion I’d get away with all day.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

tags: humor

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“Ruling the world is overrated. It would really cut into your leisure time.”
― Shanna Swendson, No Quest for the Wicked

tags: owen-palmer

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Vote now for March’s Series of the Month! The series does NOT have to be read within this month. March is just the month we are featuring it.

Truly Devious Series / 4 books

by Maureen Johnson

18 votes 33.3%

Daevabad Trilogy / 3 books

by S.A. Chakraborty

16 votes 29.6%

Enchanted, Inc series / 9 books

by Shanna Swendson

10 votes 18.5%

Body Farm Series / 10 books

by Jefferson Bass

6 votes 11.1%

Necrosope Series / 16 books

by Brian Lumley

4 votes 7.4%

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