Sarah Avery

@Sarah_Avery
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Writer of epic and contemporary fantasy. Winner of 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Escaped academic.
Free Short Storyhttps://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/and-the-ones-who-walk-in/
Amazon Author Pagehttps://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Avery/e/B00H9ZB5RQ
Patreon/Bloghttps://www.patreon.com/SarahAvery

I got the acknowledgements, author's note, and dedication for Rugosa out to the publisher last night. Expressing gratitude in public is surprisingly complicated. Patreon blog post for subscribers:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/153755396

#AmWriting #AmPublishing #SFF #Fiction

I made my deadline for the new edition of Tales from Rugosa Coven! Still on track for a release date in August. Also I had some thoughts about writing, especially the old advice to "murder your darlings." A public blog post:
#AmWriting #AmRevising #SFF #Fantasy #Pagan
https://www.patreon.com/posts/153291253
"Fun, and clever, and I like it, but..."
Hey, an editor of global and earned importance enjoyed something I sent her!
I get all the best rejection letters. More in a public blog post.
#Fiction #SFF #AmSubbing #Fantasy
https://www.patreon.com/posts/151182523
How that short story deadline went, in a public post. https://www.patreon.com/posts/done-and-sent-149986788
I'm brainstorming for the short story that fabulous editor invited me to submit next month. Want to nudge my creative process?
#ShortStory #fiction #SFF #fantasy #AmWriting
https://www.patreon.com/posts/146115662

Now that everything but the last three days of this novel's plot has stabilized, The Spouse is reading the manuscript. A public post.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/144920726

How to Shoot a Fictional Character
A post for Patreon subscribers
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/144107685

How things went at the World Fantasy Convention — well, but strangely well.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/143295199

A deleted scene, posted for Patreon subscribers. These two characters' relationship develops much faster in the current version of the book than when I wrote this scene. I still like it, but it no longer fits.
#AmWriting #SFF #Fiction #DeletedScenes #Writers
https:// www.patreon.com/posts/142275496
In praise of my alpha reader, the friend who has read every draft of every scene of every novel I've started since 2003 — and how his advice is changing my approach to the trip I'm about to take for the #WorldFantasyConvention in the UK.
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www.patreon.com/posts/what-alpha-are-142273310