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You Know…
So I’m sitting here contemplating character motivations and consequences. When I walk into a story I have a general idea of what’s going to happen. But I’m not always sure how the story is going to evolve from the beginning to the end. Or how exactly things are going to happen. I may even know one or two of the…
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Projects: Organization
I mentioned yesterday on Facebook how I’m one of those writers who constantly has an abundance of projects going at once even though I only have 1-2 main projects per year. This not only keeps me productive, but it means I constantly have different manuscripts in different states of completion. It’s also the reason some years I’ll only put out 1-2 books,…
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Goal Setting
Goals for the week (in order of priority): Write minimum of 2500 words on OTS #2 Write minimum of 2500 words on TC Write 1500 words on TCG Write 1500 words on GW Write 1000 words on MNE Work on the Ella project as time allows I’m almost at my halfway point for my sales goal this month. 🙂 But now that…
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Plant Cloning
So I’ve been seriously considering plant cloning experiments. I read a lot (obviously) and I’ve got some plans up my sleeve. I have an idea that I’d like to try cloning some mint (because I’ve heard it’s an easy plant to learn cloning on) and then perhaps making hybrids via cloning. I’ve read how to do it and it doesn’t…
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Curses, Hexes & Crossing: A Magician’s Guide to Execration Magick
Curses, Hexes & Crossing: A Magician’s Guide to Execration Magick Renowned Daemonolatress S. Connolly explores the taboo topic of Execration Magick from a unique “darker path” perspective. This book covers cursing from Ancient Egypt to modern times and gives the modern magician plenty to consider when it comes to cursing, hexing, and crossing enemies; as well as learning to break…
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The Author – Distributor/Printer Relationship
There are a few things the aspiring indie needs to understand about his distributors and printers if you’re using a POD service like CS or LL or even LS. First things first, the second you become an indie – you need to conduct yourself professionally. So remember this. The rules that apply when you’re dealing with service providers (distributors and printers) and…
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A Story About A Girl
A girl wanders into the CS forum looking to learn and provide helpful answers where she can. She immediately sees a post implying that CS and Amazon are in cahoots and “stealing” royalties from unsuspecting authors. Girl reads the thread and rolls her eyes. She then posts that she has had nothing but a wonderful business relationship with CS and they’ve…
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The Art of Persistence
Not everyone has it. Earlier today I was directed to a blog of an indie who has decided to give up. After five years in the game she was disgusted with having only sold 300-500 copies of any one book. So she’s going to quit. Forgive me if I don’t believe her. When you’re a writer – writing is like…