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Shannon Messenger:
Do you have any advice for aspiring authors like myself?
Shannon Messenger
The best advice I can give you--and it may seem simple--is to focus on finishing your book and making it the best it can be before you start looking into all the publishing things and deciding on indie pub vs traditional pub, getting an agent, etc. All that stuff can become a huge distraction. Get your craft as strong as possible and then deal with all the other things.
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Taylor
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Shannon Messenger:
How many books are you planning on writing for The Keeper of the Lost Cities series??
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Shannon Messenger:
First things first, I just finished Neverseen (After 3 weeks begging my mom to buy it) I really loved it I finished it in like 2 days! Once I finished it I was heart-broken, (I won't say why because of spoiler) and I was moping around my friends for 3 days!!! You should of seen me :) Anyways, my question is, as a author, do you plan everything that's going to happen out? Or do you improvise?
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