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  • Almost Destroyed My Book

    Indie author almost mistakenly publishes unfinished book on KDP due to unintentional click, crisis averted by missing ISBN.

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  • A Little Update

    A Little Update

    I thought I’d return to my blog here with a simple update. Life has certainly been strange and unpredictable with a baby, so last year was definitely just a survival year. In fact, “survive” was my word for the year. But this year, my word is “thrive.” My daughter is entering toddlerhood, so while I…

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  • How I Write Books

    How I Write Books

    “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put on word after another until it’s done. It’s that easy, and that hard.” – Neil Gaiman There are many ways to plan and develop a novel, and it’s up to you as a writer to figure out what works best…

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  • Banned Books in My Classroom

    Banned Books in My Classroom

    As both an English teacher and writer, the increased number of challenged or banned books in schools and libraries has me concerned. Looking closely at the trends of which books are being targeted, the motive becomes clear. Books written by black or other minority authors and their experiences, LGBTQ+ and their self-discovery, and young people…

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  • Writing to Write

    Writing to Write

    Why do people write? Why am I a writer? In a world with more ways to publish a book, short story, or poem than ever before, I don’t think a lot of writers ask these questions anymore. Over the course of what I refer to as my “writing career”, which has been just as much…

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