Category: Confessions of a Writing Freak

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The Broken Bond is Free

 As I’ve been posting for the last few weeks, I will release the first book in the Chronicles of Discovery in April. The Broken Bond will introduce you to the world of Illia and its inhabitants. What I didn’t tell you was that this first in a series book is free. Yes, you heard me…
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Journey into Mapmaking

When I started to make a map of Illia, I found a browser map site called Azgarr’s Fantasy Map Generator. I played with the configurations until I found something I liked. Be warned though. If you don’t download to your Dropbox you and just save to your browser if you clear your browser cache you…
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The Chronicles of Discovery

For those of you who’ve read The Broken Bond, you know that the ending is not nice tied up into a happily ever after or even a happy for now. I wrote the book twice, even after losing the entire book and much of the data back in the Great Data Loss of May 2021.…
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Trying Something New

I will be the first to admit I’m not the most outgoing person ever. I have trouble sometimes interacting with others, not inside my small circle, and I take time to decompress after gatherings. I’m a typical introvert, and I don’t push myself to get involved with things that don’t interest me. That might have…
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The Naming of a Series

I’ve finally named UFBS (unnamed fantasy book series). The series’ name has become The Chronicles of Discovery. The books finally have better names than UFB1, UFB2, UFB3 (Unnamed Fantasy Book 1,2,3, respectively). Honestly, I was worried that I might not find a name I liked before I launched book one in April. I considered and…
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Happy Valentines Day

Almost everyone has heard of Saint Valentine and his birth or death was in the middle of February, hence the Holiday is known as Valentine’s Day. but did you know the holiday goes back further than that? Lupercalia was a pagan celebration at the Ides of February. There was a ceremonial sacrifice of animals, a…
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Group Promos and New Book Teasers, Oh my!

This month is going to be busy. I have joined a book promo group on Story Origin, and the beta read for The Broken Bond A.K. A UFB1 is going out on February 10th. The Book promo is called Fall in Love with Kindle this February. It works like this: a bunch of other authors…
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Goals for the New Year

I, like most people, set some goals for the new year. Most have to do with writing or business. But I have one personal goal to accomplish. Personal Goal: lose 5 pounds a month. If I can do this continually, I can make my health goal of 60 pounds this year. I haven’t always struggled…
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Planner Setup

Every year, I make a new planner with new goals. Planning has been a part of my life since my grade school days. Many of the kids would wait till the last second and dash off a hastily written homework assignment, but I was never that kid. The odd kid out, I was the one…
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