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@wilder-w So exciting! Here are some of the most important things in my opinion for promoting your book: 1) a website, 2) a newsletter/email list, 3) social media.

Think of your website as your “home base.” This is where you want to direct more traffic to, because there people will learn more about your book/whatever you’re selling, how to buy it…[Read more]

@joy-caroline Something I try to remember when I’m working on side characters is that they are the main character of their own story. Even if they don’t have a POV in the story, they will have their own values, goals, motives, etc. in the story. I love working on their backstory, because it’s usually then that I discover their internal conflict…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting @emilysf @augustinaii @elishavet-pidyon @koshka

Thanks for the inputs! 😀

Bittersweet? Most definitely. Pointlessly tragic? No.

@keilah-h,

I love them too! The Arlington’s names are honestly what makes them come alive to me, haha… and I love Indi!.. and everyone else, now that I mention it.

Anyway, thank you, and I agree 🙂

@emilysf,

Ooh, those questions are super helpful and thought-provoking! I’ve thought of some of them before, but I’ll definitely use them to keep the plot churning!

(And if you ever think of more, please don’t hesitate… the further I get this, the better!)

Equally important second things second: my YA fantasy.

I’m not even writing this one until NaNo (for now I’m focusing on the above story and editing past ones), but I want to start getting comfortable with the idea and turning ideas around in my head. I want this to be a trilogy, and I don’t have enough story for that yet, so I’d love anything…[Read more]

First things first: the middle-grade contemporary.

Indium Grace Arlington lives a pretty normal life for a 10-year-old… except for her crazy family, whose escapades are generally the talk of the whole town. (Not that the town is that big, of course.)

Okay, so maybe her life isn’t all that normal.

I mean, they were kind of doomed from the…[Read more]

@godly-fantasy12,

WOAH.

THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

Seriously, that was great writing. Now I wanna read more!

@denali-christianson,

I’ve only skimmed what other people have said, but I do agree with them for the most part. If you feel like your character needs to be white, that’s totally fine. Don’t push anything on your characters that feels unnatural; trust me, I’ve tried it. Just go with the flow and what feels right for your story.

That being said,…[Read more]

@koshka

Ooh, thanks for the encouragement and suggestions! *brain starts churning, then realizes that idea is WAY too similar to the last book she wrote, haha*

Yes!! If I can get picky readers (like me and, apparently, you) to go past the blurb on the back, I’d consider that a solid win! This idea is now officially on the list of ones I hope to…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

At least for me, even though I haven’t read a ton of stories with fake character deaths, I’ve read enough to know that it cheapens the plotline. I feel like killing MCs and resurrecting them is a common enough thing to do that when you do it, people don’t take you seriously. It takes away from the power of the MC’s death,…[Read more]

@kathleenramm

Thank you!

@faith-q

He’s on life support right now, but so far nothing has really changed in the past twenty-four hours as far as I know. Thank you so much for your prayer, Faith!