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05, 2020
Surviving a novel synopsis
For this phase, I found myself face to face with that most odious and onerous of literary formats: the synopsis.
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04, 2020
Magic’s Daughter conjures up family conflict, intrigue and a dash of romance
Escape for a spell with my newly released novel, Magic’s Daughter, a coming-of-age story set in the fantasy world of Altaerra.
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03, 2020
Hear your characters’ stories in their own words
Sometimes hearing voices can be a good thing—especially if you’re an author.
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02, 2020
A paragraph evolves into a page
Welcome back to my mad experiment, where I attempt to create a novel using a ten-step approach to plotting, character development, and more.
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01, 2020
Create your main characters
Creating characters has always been my favorite aspect of storytelling, so when I saw that Step 3 of the Snowflake Method was making the major characters, I was eager to dive in.
2
12, 2019
Outline your book in one paragraph
The second step of the Snowflake Method is to expand the single sentence into a full paragraph. That seemed easier than Step 1, but I still found excuses to procrastinate.
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11, 2019
Tell your story in a single sentence
Step one of the Snowflake Method is writing a one-sentence summary of your novel. In about an hour. GULP!
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10, 2019
How does an idea become a book?
Even as Magic’s Daughter is being released, chapter by chapter, on the Radish app, I’ve been dedicating copious pockets of time to planning my next book. Back in June, I hinted about this next project—code name: Sir Larpsalot.
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09, 2019
4 freebies for 4th annual Reader Appreciation Day
For a limited time, If Souls Can Sleep and Rebels and Fools are free to download. And don’t miss out on Magic’s Daughter and Capricon and Beyond, which are also free!
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08, 2019
It’s no trick: Magic’s Daughter is live!
As of today, the first few chapters of Magic’s Daughter, my new YA fantasy novel, are available on Radish, an app that specializes in serial fiction.