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The Crazy Pen: June 2013
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Pen? I am *raises hand*. Why am I afraid? Because I'm now bound by rules and expectations (or so I feel). I now have to worry about beta readers and editors and marketing. I now need to understand story acts and arches. I now outline instead of just letting the words flow from my fingertips. The process has turned technical in the name of being a better writer. It feels like 10% imagination and 90% everything else. But is it working? Do you have moments of fear while writing?
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The Crazy Pen: On Seeing Color
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In one of the writing communities I frequent today, a writer asked if there were any active groups for people of color. Folks immediately jumped on her, telling her it was a bad idea to segregate herself (one even reminding her that we've come so far from segregation, why continue it? I had to laugh. Some people are nuts. One could hypothesize that the reason kids today struggle with rejection among peers is that we currently live in a society that touts political correctness to the point of homogeneity&...
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The Crazy Pen: Writing the Dreaded Second Draft
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Writing the Dreaded Second Draft. There she was. A new story. A bare bones first draft of 47,000 words staring at me. I had a great time writing her. I flew through the story in thirty days last year and added a few more lines over the past week. But now it was time to face the music. The dreaded second draft. I still haven't mastered revising a first draft. The Two Worlds. Just a girl and her notepad. This time around, I wrote with a clear focus. NaNoWriMo. Posted by Alisha Howard. Promote Your Page Too.
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The Crazy Pen: What on Earth Happened to The Two Worlds Sequel?
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What on Earth Happened to The Two Worlds Sequel? Character fatigue. Plain and simple. I began writing The Two Worlds. Seven years ago, when my brother was eleven years old and totally interested in the wizarding world. The Harry Potter. Series was super popular and I wanted to write a book for him- so I did. Over the course of the seven years, I would email chapters to him and he loved it. The Two Worlds. That being said, when I write my next business plan I'm strongly considering leaving The Two Worlds.
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The Crazy Pen: On Why I Need a Business Plan
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On Why I Need a Business Plan. Earlier this year, I decided that I didn’t want to do a business plan. And for the first time in years, I didn’t. I made a simple to-do list (write, edit, edit, release, rinse and repeat) and that was that. I figured that was all I needed to focus on. Easy peasy, right? Yeah, uh.I was wrong. J. As I did my own year reflection, I saw how much money, blood and sweat I put into publishing The Two Worlds. And I realized I have a lot. Ok, your turn: Do you have a business plan?
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The Crazy Pen: May 2013
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What Should an Author Blog About? Before I even knew what that meant without realizing it. When I first decided that I was going to take my writing seriously, I began to research. Everyone said that authors (especially indie/self-published authors) should have a blog. But no one could really answer the question of what to blog about. "Find your niche," they said. "Be unique." But what did that. For the last week, I've been looking at my 'to-do' list, my eyes skittering past the Add a post on blog. I have...
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The Crazy Pen: July 2013
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Today I realized that if I had a television in my bedroom I'd never get out of bed on the weekend. I'm the Queen of Unproductive Weekends! I'm busy y'all. I commute almost two hours every day to my full time day job, I run The Brainy Bookshelf. I'm finishing up book one while writing book two of my Turgor. Series, I'm the adoptive mother of a 5-month old puppy and two cats and we can't forget about being the wife of my lovely husband. So why am I telling you all this? Maybe I'm not working hard enough!
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The Crazy Pen: March 2014
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On Why I Need a Business Plan. Earlier this year, I decided that I didn’t want to do a business plan. And for the first time in years, I didn’t. I made a simple to-do list (write, edit, edit, release, rinse and repeat) and that was that. I figured that was all I needed to focus on. Easy peasy, right? Yeah, uh.I was wrong. J. As I did my own year reflection, I saw how much money, blood and sweat I put into publishing The Two Worlds. And I realized I have a lot. Ok, your turn: Do you have a business plan?
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The Crazy Pen: May 2015
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I figured it was definitely time to update my fellow fans and authors on what I've been up to these past five months. :). On New Year's Eve, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and then proceeded to be kicked into the deep end of the parenting pool. It's been a crazy wonderful experience and my husband and I are completely in love with our daughter. That being said, for the first three months I had no. Time to properly shower let alone write and so I was forced to take a break from writing. Subscribe t...
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The Crazy Pen: January 2013
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It's been almost a month since my pre-holiday post and life has. Slowed down. I've given in to the fact that I will probably. Be working on any manuscript until. I've been reading lots, though and still writing for UrbanGirlReader.com. Fabulous site if you haven't checked it out yet). You can't be a successful writer if you're not an avid reader, so I still consider this part of my 'craft'. Hopefully post wedding I can put some new skills that I've learned from other authors to use. Halfway to the Grave.
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