AUTHOR’S JOURNEY
A space for the messy, magical journey of writing. Tools, doubts, some victories, and the moments in between.
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This blog was a mess. Good to realize it 8 months after I started writing in it. I could not find a single thing! Very impractical since I use it to dump my mind, write book reviews, or vent about the writing process. Categories were created, messages fine-tuned, and everything is ready for the Social…
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I’ve been struggling with my protagonist’s name for a while now. I realized that her name, beautiful as it was, was not giving me the vibes I needed, and it was hampering my writing. It was not her, not aligned with the fire I wanted her to have. And I was struggling to keep it…
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…really flies. Vacations 2 weeks, friends coming over 1 week, London Book Fair another week.Words written in the last month? Zero. Knowledge about the book business? Much more than before.The book business is an actual business; who would have known? I’ve sure never thought about it before. Writing and reading were always for joy, pleasure,…
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Doubt creeps in at every new fantastic book that I read. I would like to tell you that I am unrelentingly confident in my writing skills. I know the storyline and how complex and intricate it is, so I know it’s good. What I don’t know is if I will be capable of telling it. …
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I can read, whatever I want, if I write one chapter a week. Initial date for this objective: 1 January 2025. So should arrive to the end of 2025 with 52 chapters in paper. Weekly progress will be shared. Next update expected on Sunday, when I should have 6 chapters written. And what about vacations…
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At a certain point, I need to admit it; it’s either writing or reading.With the types of books I read, I cannot even pretend there’s some semblance of control. There isn’t; I submerge so deep in the book I read that I have no space for anything else. So I need to decide. Do I…
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Writting only outside of the house is not working. It’s not enough time for consistent progress, so I need to come up with a better strategy. Failing is not an option.
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Review and edit until exhaustion chapter by chapter is not working. As soon as I decide to add something or go back for more information, I need to do it all over again. Maybe I have to settle with the fact that I will write a full book as a first draft, and then I…
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Struggling with plots in my book. Several stories are happening at the same time, like crossed wires, but I still think that it is not enough for two 500-page books. Which is my initial goal. After my last two books, realized several things: I am a sucker for romance, fine. I like mystery, the unknown,…
