It doesn't have to be painful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpDYIGuuOEA Ah, the dreaded question: What genre is your story? When you think about it, genre is a bit…
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Plus, how to avoid making my mistakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UuK_5XNWQ4 Ten years ago, I started writing fiction as an "adult." Sure, I'd been scribbling stories since I…
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Here's the 5 things I'm doing to nurture my creativity Photo by Dev Asangbamon Unsplash One year. Can you believe it? I'm at this strange point where…
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Hello YouTube. Clearly I'm a noob at video formatting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcBu3L8jD8&t=1s It's been an interesting year. At the beginning of 2020, I was traipsing through Australia…
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I've always been a Medium fan, but for some reason, I never thought to actually publish on the platform. Kind of silly, considering I'm a…
Apparently I'm a social media hermit, because I had no idea that #boostmybio existed until today. Anyway, I'm jumping in and posting my own bio…
It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a manuscript seeking to be traditionally published, must be in want of a synopsis. It's also a truth, universally…
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Fa la la la la - okay, since it's August, I'll spare you the ear bug. For now. So I finished my first draft.…
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You may think I'm exaggerating, but I can assure you, the teeth on this draft are sharp. I guess you can say I've been on…
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