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Soar, Sink, Repeat: The Writing Cycle
**Open with picture of cat to put reader at ease** Oh, hai, you’re still with me. :D Most excellent! Now we can get started. Forget about fame and fortune for a moment. Take book signings, launch...
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To Play Or Not To Play: Writers’ Choice
Dear readers, writers, aspiring writers, and anyone interested in the writing world, Brace yourself. You’re about to read a collection of personal tales of horror and deceit. This is the stuff writers...
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State Of The Author Address
Hello everyone! A quickie post to bring you guys up to date on what I’m up to these days. Since I’ve had people email me with questions, I thought it best to answer here. So here goes: Q: Is Blood Hunt...
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There MUST Be Blood!!
Anyone else get paranoid when they’re editing (or self-editing) a manuscript and there are almost no corrections on a page? I am working my way through Blood Hunt, going on 16 chapters now, and so far...
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Time Is Relative–The Weird One You Avoid At Reunions
Every year, at some point in the middle, I look back on the previous few months and bemoan the lack of a new book release. The thinking goes, if I didn’t publish a book yet, then I’m slacking, and...
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DIYDay Lesson 23: Facebook Advertising – A Case Study
Marketing, marketing, marketing: the life of an author when not writing, writing, writing. Like it or not, if you want your books to sell, you have to tell people it’s out there. Sometimes, Lady Luck...
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Follow-up on Facebook Advertising: The Circling Sharks
If you ever wanted to know why some books/products/services sell so well and others don't, read this. It'll be worth your time.
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Writing Q&A: How Thigs Work, From A to Z
This post is probably going to be long. It’s meant to provide a quick reference guide/summary to the process of writing/publishing as compiled by me. As such, it is very much subjective, and nothing I...
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Tough Love: 7 Reasons Why Rejection Is Actually Good For You
Bottom line: Rejection is good for you. Keep Zen. Avoid needless emotional upset.
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Reinventing The Wheel
Best advice I can offer: If you're writing a series, don't lock yourself into it. Work on something else alongside, so you always have something to fall back on if a particular series doesn't work out.
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Exorcising The Blurb
Call it a synopsis, a back copy, a blurb, or Satan’s revenge upon writers, the 200 or less words that describe a book always have the power to reduce a writer to tears. Over ten book into the game, I...
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Fight to Live, or Live to Fight
This is where I present to you an inspirational post about persistence and being strong in the face of defeat. Only it isn’t. I don’t want to talk about holding on today. I kind of want to address the...
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Character Development: Aiden and The Break of Chapter 26
Have you ever been asked to do a character analysis in English class as a student? I don’t remember much from the ones I did, but I do enjoy the concept. Obviously, not every character ever written is...
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The 10-Step Checklist for Self-Published Authors
Dear aspiring authors, This post is for you. This post applies to especially those of you who are considering self-publishing your book. I write it, because it needs to be said, and because I want you...
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20 Questions
Saw this on Facebook and thought it’d be fun to do… So here we go! 1.) What is you Author name? Alianne Donnelly 2.) What is the first book you ever published? Blood Moons 3.) What is your...
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How did I get here?
When I wake up tomorrow morning, Dragonblood will be available for sale across online booksellers around the world. It’ll mark my 10th original book publication, and the 7th full-length novel to be...
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Dear 2016: F*CK YOU!
I made an early 2017 resolution at the beginning of this month to plan out and schedule all my social media marketing for 2017 before the year began. If you’ve ever done social media marketing, you...
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Self-Publishing: The New Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, one lucky fellow named James W. Marshall found gold in California. For the next seven years, hordes of hopefuls flocked to the West Coast state in hopes of striking it rich with a...
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The thorn on the rose (and in my side)
I write this post for authors. Forgive me, dear readers, for pulling back the curtain behind which you may or may not want to see. I don’t do it to garner sympathy–I don’t do that–I just think better...
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Back To The Basics
One thing no writing manual will ever teach you is balance. How do you balance your imagination with the business side of things, on top of your other life responsibilities, and do it all without...
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