Category: Special
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10 Randomly Selected Quotes From My Book
There is this fun game I see authors play with their readers. Usually, on Twitter or Instagram, authors will ask their followers to pick some numbers between 1 and however long their book is. Whichever numbers their followers pick, the author will provide them with a quote from that page number. The quote should be…
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My Favorite Essay Collections
In lieu of me releasing my essay collection in a week, I thought it would make sense to recommend some of my favorite essay collections that I’ve read. If you’re a fan of essay collections, the ones listed here should be on your list to read if you haven’t read them already. And even if…
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How I Created Author Merchandise & How You Can Too
Everyone sells merchandise. What was once only done by musicians’ teams has expanded to the point where everyone can do it. Including authors, and not just the big names. Indie authors can create merchandise for their books. Or create merch outside of their books if they’re not interested in exploring that. Having merch for sale…
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Essays That Didn’t Make It Into My Book: Everything Is Joke Nowadays
Meme culture has infiltrated its way into pop culture. It is everywhere. Mostly on social media, but it pops up on TV shows, films, comedy shows, etc. It is the basis of online humor now. I believe this is both a positive and negative thing. There’s nothing inherently wrong with meme humor. Just like any…
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Essays That Didn’t Make It Into My Book: Men Writing Women
If you missed yesterday’s post, I’m recapping all the essays that didn’t make it into the final version. Yesterday it was Guilty Pleasures. Today is Men Writing Women. As you can tell these titles were a work in progress, just like the essays themselves. This essay came about when I notice discourse about male screenwriters…
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Essays That Didn’t Make It Into My Book: Guilty Pleasures
If you’re a writer, you’re well aware that not everything you write will end up in the final draft of your text. I am no different. I cut stuff out of blog posts that I think don’t fit or don’t add anything. And I was no different in regards to my book. Not every essay…
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