Author Guides!

Hello, Champions!

For all of you taking part in NaNoWriMo, here’s my annual reminder that I have an Author Resource Guide, which lists all of the resources I’ve used most over the years–and a lot of them are free!

Click Here for the guide! I updated the guide last year to include the cover artists/various computer programs that I use, in addition to books, podcasts, and youtube channels that I reference a lot!

There’s also a NaNoWriMo pintrest board, which contains links to lots of helpful blog posts/youtube videos. Click here to check it out!

I hope these resources help you, and good luck getting to 50,000 words. You can do it!

My Angelique Writing Process

Hello, Champions!

I’m still working my way through Angelique’s fourth book (Trial of Magic) and I can safely say that it is going to be quite bit longer then Reign of Magic as it is already past Reign of Magic’s word count and I’m STILL. NOT. FINISHED. YET.

It sometimes feels like I have to put a excessive amounts of energy into projects like this that have so many complex and interwoven plot lines going on. I want to make sure I get everything right, which sometimes means throw-away lines from the Timeless Fairy Tales series get their own dedicated scene in The Fairy Tale Enchantress series. (This happened with a line from Twelve Dancing Princesses.) I was trying to come up with a way to show a bit of my writing process to you, and then I remembered I already did something like this back when I wrote Snow White!

Watch this YouTube video to see the interesting… strange(?) conversations I have with myself!

Considering I made this video in 2018, it’s kind of comical how little things have changed. When you are listening to the video, just subsite “Trial of Magic” every time I say Snow White, and then when the pile of books shows up, mentally add a few more books to the pile to represent Snow White + the three Angelique books. 2018 Research “me” didn’t know how good she had it – I have even more books to deal with now!

Watch until the end of the video to see my bloopers reel!

I hope this made you laugh, Champions! Thanks for watching, and now I’d better get back to the slog…

The End of NaNoWriMo

I’m interrupting all of the Court of Midnight and Deception shenanigan’s to observe the final day of NaNoWriMo.

This year was so fun! I owe a huge thank you to Vin because this is the first year our community really made the push to complete it together, and it wouldn’t have happened without her organization skills, and all the writing sprint sessions she scheduled. And, of course, this wouldn’t have been nearly as awesome if not for all the Champions who joined in. Thanks everyone!

Whether your successfully wrote 50,000 words or not, I really feel like as a community, we won. The Spirit of NaNoWriMo is just to write your story and have fun, and we absolutely did that! Woohoo!

If you finished NaNoWriMo and now you’re wondering what to do with your story, I updated my Author Resource Guide to help you out! I am not a good teacher, and everyone’s author journey is so unique that I find my advice wouldn’t be helpful to everyone, so my guide is a list of all the resources I’ve personally used on my author journey that will hopefully be useful to you as well. I have lists of my favorite podcasts, the reference books that have had the greatest impact on me, as well as the names of all my cover artists, the kinds of software I use, and more!

Once again–and no matter how many words you completed–congratulations! You rock, Champions! Now–with December beginning tomorrow and Crown of Shadows launching soon–may the holiday fun and games begin!