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shirleycrow078

Oct 31, 20182 min read

Good-bye October, Hello November!

I have been a busy little author/entrepreneur. -Finished the revision for Into the Fire book 1 and handed it off to my line editor....

shirleycrow078

Oct 24, 20181 min read

I am back, with awesome news

I finished the 3rd revision of Into the Fire today. Somehow I added 10,238 words making the story itself 42,780 words long. It was not an...

shirleycrow078

Apr 24, 20183 min read

Writing the story was the easy part, it’s all this other stuff that is hard.

Last year I finished writing my novella in four months time. I was so lucky that I had a story I wanted to tell. I did my homework on how...

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...

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...

shirleycrow078

Jun 14, 20171 min read

What happens on the not so great days.

It is all a process, but we are not machines putting words on paper. There are great days where the words flow and you are in the zone,...

shirleycrow078

Jun 7, 20172 min read

Writing tips and tricks

Every writer uses a few ways to keep track of their writing. Along with important points, characters, and settings. Today I wanted to...

shirleycrow078

Jun 1, 20171 min read

7,509 Words and 5 Chapters Down

I am five chapters into the first draft and a chapter away from the end of act one of the novel. I also have a working title and...