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shirleycrow078
May 22, 20184 min read
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Beta Reader Campaign
I finished revising my novella Into the Fire this month. Started a beta reader project to get much needed feedback on the book. I am...
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shirleycrow078
May 2, 20182 min read
April recap
April was a month of learning and taking care of the hard stuff I had put off far to long. I started the month apartment and kitten...
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shirleycrow078
Apr 3, 20181 min read
Get Hooked
Get Hooked with “Something in the Way” I am already hooked, but I will have to wait to buy the next two books in Jessica Hawkins’...
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shirleycrow078
Feb 28, 20184 min read
How to Make a Revision Routine
Learning your editing routine versus your writer routine. Having a routine can help any writer, no matter what time works best for you....
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shirleycrow078
Feb 21, 20182 min read
How to Plot a Series
As I was working on the first draft of Into the Fire I began to realize that I wanted to make the novella part of a series. I enjoy...
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shirleycrow078
Feb 14, 20182 min read
How to Add Self-Care to Your Life
What I have tried and learned so far. When I made my year goals this year, self-care was high up on my list, under finishing the revision...
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shirleycrow078
Feb 7, 20182 min read
What I learned in January
One of my goals for January was to get my ass back to work. I do believe that I can say that I did that. I wrote 5 good blogs and worked...
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shirleycrow078
Jan 17, 20183 min read
5 Ways to Care for your Author
This is a reissue of this post with a few updates. Call it How to care for your author 2.0. Every author has their own rituals and...
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shirleycrow078
Aug 3, 20172 min read
Time off and What to Do with Yourself
As you all know I finished the first draft early last month. I choose to take the advice I was given by other authors to take at least a...
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shirleycrow078
Jul 12, 20172 min read
It is a Book.. well a First Draft anyway
It is strange to think that the idea for this book started in May of this year. I started writing the book on May 24th and finished the...
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shirleycrow078
Jul 5, 20171 min read
Inspiration for Into the Fire
I have done it. I am only three chapters away from the end of the book. So to celebrate I thought I would share the inspiration for this...
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shirleycrow078
Jun 28, 20173 min read
What it Takes
Being a author takes more than writing a book, oh so much more. I thought I would share some of the things I am doing now while I write...
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shirleycrow078
Jun 21, 20172 min read
Life of an Author
I wanted to share a few things that make me happy as I write my new contemporary romance novella Into the Fire. I am sure this list will...
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