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I Love Writing—Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 10

But the point of all this was to talk about what was the ultimate motivator that pushed me to finish writing projects. It's so very easy, despite how much you or I love writing, to procrastinate, or to jump from unfinished project to unfinished project; or to be afraid of actually finishing something because it might be proof that we are not very good writers. I love writing.

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I’m Not Em—Episode 9—Djuna Shellam The Write OWL

In this Wednesday edition and 9th episode of Djuna Shellam The Write OWL video series, "I'm Not Em," I address the notion that my character Em Martín might somehow be me. I understand, in some ways, why that assumption might be made. I'm not able to speak for other writers, but for myself, I can say that there is some truth running through all aspects of my characters and storylines, so that in a way, yes, Em is me. Except she's not.

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Intro To Alice Hollywood—The Write OWL—Episode 8

Intro To Alice Hollywood Book One The Em Suite Djuna Shellam The Write OWL Episode 8 Hiya. In this Sunday episode of my video blog, or blog, Intro Alice Hollywood, I talk about my first book in the series The Em Suite. I have so much I’d like to say that gets stuck somewhere in my […]

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Holy Chickens!—Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 7

Holy Chickens!—Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 7 Welcome to this Wednesday Djuna Shellam The Write OWL episode—Holy Chickens! In this episode, number 7 to be exact, I talk about holy chickens,—real experiences in my life—and how I might possibly incorporate them into my writing. You see, for me, writing is an interesting combination of abstracts of my actual […]

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More Sex—Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 6

In all seriousness, I do address the question to a degree in my video blog, but I'd love to explore the topic a little further here. The fact is, I write adult themed novels, and do include sexual scenes into my books; but for some readers, there's either not enough of it, or it's not explicit enough. What can I say?

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