Writing Process
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Reflecting on My December Writing Goals
What an informative month. When I set these goals, I honestly wasn’t really expecting to meet them- they were lofty and meant to be more of a kick in the pants than anything. But I learned a lot about myself… Continue reading
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My Weakest Skill As a Writer: A Free Write
Time to get honest. And bitchy. I did a free write recently to warm up for a good writing session, and I ended up complaining about my perceived inability to plot for almost a thousand words. It started as a… Continue reading
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My “Gift” To You: Festive Horror Flash
Well would you look at that, I got a Christmas Eve post! When I realized a few weeks ago that one of my posting days would be so festive, I knew what I had to do. Make it scary. So,… Continue reading
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Genre Swap: Ava Writes A Fae Story
(Don’t forget to check the end of this post for my third December Writing Goals update!) Hello hello friends! Saige is quite literally the best at coming up with sister posts for us to do on here. You may remember… Continue reading
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State of the Nation / My December Goals
Hey everyone! This is an edit to let y’all know that I’ve now been published in Tumbleweird for the THIRD time!! The December issue is out now and it’s a great honor to be included- a little early birthday treat!… Continue reading
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Swappies Part 2
Welcome all to another fun writing experiment! As you will have seen in Saige’s post from Sunday, we done did a thing. Saige’s idea (of course) was to write some short fiction together. Literally. Like, we each started a piece… Continue reading
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Horror Month: There and Flash Again
Has everybody been having a good Horror Month so far? Got your costumes ready? Not to brag, but mine’s been ready since September. Yeah, I’m cool. Creeping and crawling our way through the spooky season, I’m sure we’re all having… Continue reading
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Horror Month: Fusion Flash
Now that we’re about midway through Horror Month (the most wonderful time of the year!), I thought I’d spend the rest of the month on-theme. Saige had this nuts idea to spin a wheel for a dual-genre piece, and I… Continue reading
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Eggs in Several Baskets: My Novel Projects
There are two types of readers: those who only read one book at a time, devoting all their focus on one single story, and those who nip at books like a charcuterie board, having several open at once and in… Continue reading
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Two Attempts to Start My Next Novel
Starting a project can be really daunting! With several of my drafts, I’ve wound up throwing out my progress after I get a few chapters in. I always think it’s for the best to do so, but I still want… Continue reading
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