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Resources
How to Vanquish Your Murky Middles (+ a free Four Act Structure Template)
Some tips on overcoming a lagging or sagging middle segment of a novel, complete with a free Four Act Structure template created by yours truly. My most popular resource by a landslide.
The Three Paths To Publication: A Road Map To Traditional Publishing, Small/Indie Press Publishing, And Self-Publishing
Three authors outline their personal experiences pursuing the avenues to publication available to writers.
Is She Happy Or Is She Screaming? Looking Back On Ten Years As A Midlist Author (Pt1)
A big old navel-gazing career retrospective. Spoilers: I am commercially unsuccessful. Sometimes it sucks. Mostly I don’t care.
Buy My Books Because I’m Dying Inside: Looking Back On Ten Years As A Midlist Author (Pt2)
How many underwhelming books has she written???? Spoilers: quite a few. None of them perform very well. And yet I keep getting new book deals!
Tips For Debut Authors (From Someone Seven Books In)
My best suggestions for navigating the fraught process of launching your first book–some practical, some reassuring.
How To Promote A Quiet Book (From Someone Who’s Done It Many Times)
So you sold your book. You have a sneaking feeling it’s not going to be a big breakout title. What do you do?
How Many Followers Do I Need To Publish A Novel?
Breaking down traditional publishing’s online requirements for authors of fiction. Spoilers: you need zero followers, and one great book.
AI Can Write Books! But One You Wrote Will Always Be Better
Thoughts on the serious shortcomings of artificially-generated books, and the beauty, value, and uniqueness of human-authored literature.
Becoming A Bestseller: What Does It Mean?
Everything and nothing, and mostly that you got lucky. Let’s break down some numbers and chart some variables.
Free Fiction
From time to time, I post free short fiction online. Here’s a round up of where you can find those pieces, along with spoiler warnings should they tie in to published novels. Should a piece require content warnings, I include them in the linked posts below.
A standalone short fiction in which a time traveler and a desperate soul meet on a bridge, and build some bridges of their own.
Standalone short fiction. A necromancer with a heart of gold and the once-dead love of her life are drawn into conflict with an ancient evil. The smallest and most perfect romance I’ve written to date.
The House of Ruin and Starlight
A short fiction crossover between my published novels, The Light Between Worlds and A Treason of Thorns. Minimal spoilers, though having read the aforementioned books will only serve to increase your enjoyment of the piece 😉
A short fiction tie-in to my published novel, The Light Between Worlds, which catches up with a favorite character among readers, Tom Harper. A little spoiler-y, but not in a book-ruining way. Again, having read the novel will enhance the piece, though I think it’s still a pretty read on its own.