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It seems like I just published the first book of seven in the Kovenlore series. Now, I’m turning the corner with Book-4 on June 4th.

I’ll share the cover when the book releases this coming Thursday.

Three books remain, of course, but they’re all written. In fact, the fifth book lacks only the final steps, which take a few weeks. It’s part of my rotation.

Be everwell.

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I love reviewing my book, seeing the chapter titles, how the paragraphs appear visually, and how the white space fills in.

No more reviewing.

Book-4 is uploaded and will release on June 4th. The delay was so I could announce it on my blog. I’ll talk more about it as the day nears.

Whew!

So, of course, to mark the occasion, I dove into my next project, fixing Book-7.

Be everwell.

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Five Quotations about Writing as Self-Discovery

“I never feel that I have comprehended an emotion, or fully lived even the smallest events, until I have reflected upon it in my journal; my pen is my truest confidant, holding in check the pa…

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How to Find Time to Write Your Next Book

If you want to be a published writer, you’ll need to write regularly. After all, you can’t publish a novel, a short story or a how-to book if you haven’t finished it.That’s easier said than do…

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3 Tips on Writing Your Story’s Climactic Scene

Click the title for a link to the full article: • Write your story’s penultimate scene  In every story, there comes a turning point or an ultimate moment in which the situation has become so …

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I must do something very wrong when I compile books. Good gosh. In the aftermath, the back matter of Book-4 was kind of a mess.

For at least a full minute, I stared, wondering where my appendices went. For some reason, they were in the book’s final chapter.

Fortunately, I now have a lot of experience with Vellum. Pretty quick, I straightened it out and formatted.

Be everwell.

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Consider sending your protagonist on an initiation

Among the most important events in our lives are various rites of passage – confirmation, high school graduation, drinking for the first time, obtaining a driver’s license, marriage, firstborn…

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Include clever in-jokes by tuckerizing

One way of rewarding the careful reader is by tuckerizing. This involves naming secondary characters or offstage icons after people or objects many readers would recognize as a sort of in-joke.For …

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Well, I’m getting closer…

I edited this week’s blog post, then reviewed my front/back matter, blurb, and book description for Book-4, then compiled it.

In truth, I should’ve gotten farther, but I like a relaxed approach to publishing to quiet my anxiety. Tomorrow I’ll address the formatting.

In all other aspects of writing I’m a workhorse, but not publishing, and that’s okay.

Be everwell.

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It’s time to compile Book-4 and format. I enjoy making a book presentable, but oh how I long to write stories.

Yet, I want to share.

There’s always that battle, I guess, when you don’t have a lot of resources like the big authors and stars.

Then again, I just saw Steven Colbert guest hosting a local public access talk show with virtually no budget. It was hilarious.

Be everwell.

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