ILONA ANDREWS

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NFT Me, Baby

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Have you thought of offering NFTs of your work? This question keeps coming up for some reason. To understand what NFT is, you have to first learn about etherium and blockchains. Etherium is a cryptocurrency, like bitcoin. You know how you go to an arcade and you buy tokens? Same principle, but digital. To really
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Erin’s NanoWrimo Part 2

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We are back to Erin’s NanoWrimo. Much thanks to Mod R for chatting a bit more with Erin to gather background info. Worldbuilding Erin’s world is a place where magic is relatively mundane. Some people have the ability to sense the energy or the patterns within the world and can manipulate it in minor ways,
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Was it Pretty?

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This is your pick me up, in case you are struggling with writing or something else today. Number of times Gordon and I looked at the manuscript: 6. Number of professional editors who also looked at it: 4. Number of beta readers who looked at it: 6. Around them the forest breathed. Swarms of purple
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Erin’s NanoWrimo, Part 1

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One of our longtime readers would like to participate in NanoWrimo. What is NanoWrimo? NanoWrimo is a way to accomplish something most people will never do in their lifetime – to complete a novel. People do this for different reasons. Some want to try writing, others are attracted to the challenge, or want to be
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Edits and More Edits

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Would you be willing to share what sort of things constitute editorial changes? I am a beta reader for a couple of authors, but I’d love to be able to do more. Editorial changes come in different varieties. Content editorial changes. These are the changes made by the primary editor on the first pas through
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Deadlines

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Are book deadlines normally agreed between writer/s and publisher or imposed by publisher? And are there any consequences for missing them? Is there a way to negotiate deadlines that is mental health-friendly to the author? The deadlines are negotiated at contract stage in broad terms, meaning the contract states that the publisher will bring the
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Effect of Marketing

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August blog prompts have arrived, so here we go. How much does marketing count at the release of a new book? I saw a tweet from another author which said “There is no such thing as “your book wouldn’t sell”. There is only “I don’t know how to sell your book”. There is a market
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Stories From the Writer Desk

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Sometimes when writers are working, our minds enter this strange place where reality is a bit distorted. Me: Canadian High Society. Google: Canada High Society, a community of cannabis connoisseurs. Me, very tired and misreading: A community of cannibal connoisseurs? In Canada? They are so polite, why in the world would they allow cannibalism… Is
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Adverbs and Proper Use

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July blog prompts have arrived. If you are wondering how these happen, Mod R combs your comments and questions you send in and then compiles them for each month. You have very unique comparisons and metaphors when you write descriptions. Are they just things you come up with naturally, or do you have helping tools
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Books, Conventions, and Money

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Is it worth participating in book festivals? I’m looking at going to one in another state. The cost for a table in Authors’ Alley is $110, and the festival is for one day. The last time it was held in person, attendance was around 9500 people. Maybe. Longer answer: it’s absolutely worth it if you
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