Surprise Characters
Have you ever been working on the characters for your novel and one of them surprise you with their story? This has happened to me twice...
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shirleycrow078
Dec 12, 20182 min read
My Year in Pages
Have you ever measured your year in the books you have read? Goodreads gives you the chance to see what your year was like in books. If...
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shirleycrow078
Dec 5, 20182 min read
Over the Moon
Wow, who would have thought that I would do two beta reads in one year. Yet, here we are with the second beta read up and running. How...
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shirleycrow078
Nov 7, 20181 min read
#bookqandavember
This year I am not taking part in NaNoWriMo, due to the fact that I am working on preparing book 2 for the beta reader team and book 1 is...
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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....
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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...
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shirleycrow078
Aug 8, 20181 min read
Fall into the world of Destiny Seeker: The Messenger
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I completely loved the world building and the richness of the cultures....
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shirleycrow078
Jul 10, 20185 min read
Guest Blog Post By Emily Hornburg
Lessons I Learned Writing my First Novel Like many writers, I’ve been writing for most of my life. I remember my first short story when I...
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shirleycrow078
Jul 3, 20182 min read
Guest Blog Post
The irony of Neverland is that there is no ever after. Or is there? Nya is the granddaughter of Captain Hook, and she has no intention of...
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shirleycrow078
Jun 26, 20182 min read
Camp NaNoWriMo
3 days and counting till the start of July’s Camp NaNoWriMo. What are you going to write. This is my first ever NaNoWriMo event and I am...
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shirleycrow078
Jun 19, 20182 min read
Sweet Lake Summer Vacation
The Comfort of Secrets (Sweet Lake Novel #2) by Christine Nolfi review by S. A. Crow Christine Nolfi has done what only great writers can...
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shirleycrow078
Jun 12, 20182 min read
Google Slides to make Character Booklets for your Novel
Hello, my name is Shirley and I am a Google Docs user. I make mind maps for my books, organize and run my beta read project all from this...
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shirleycrow078
Jun 5, 20183 min read
Mid-year Check in
Mid-year check in Wow, May was a so full of events and planning. I accomplished so many things that are bearing fruit already. Last year...
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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 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...
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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
Mar 27, 20182 min read
The 5 Things I Learned on My Meditation Challenge
1)Pick a date, the number of days, and time of day. I picked up Mantra Meditations 40 Day Challenge from a Pinterest post. Picking to...
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shirleycrow078
Mar 20, 20182 min read
The Rainbow Bridge Between your Dreams and your Life
Slay Your Goals Planner It’s All You Boo What we look for in planners? We have seen it all, when it comes to planners. I have tried every...
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shirleycrow078
Mar 14, 20182 min read
Hygge What is it Anyway?
This year my word of the year, is self-care. When I started to research self-care on my favorite list site, you know the name and here is...
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