Creation
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; November Round Up
November was such a busy month for everyone. After all, there are so many deadlines and events as we come to the end of the year. I took part in a few events myself – which were a lot of fun, and I talked about them more in my last YouTube video – and they helped me get words down on the page AND finish up other work. It was tiring but fun. Still, we had a prompt, and those of us that could set about trying to fill it! (As of right now, that is just me but a few of the others in our group are still working…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; October Round Up
It’s my birthday tomorrow, and if you read my last round up, you know I chose the prompt for this month. I was very excited when everyone in the Discord seemed to be enthused to write to it, and I am very excited now to share what has been written!* * This round up post is going up on here before it goes up on Ko-fi (or LinkedIn later next week), and there might be edits made to it if more stories go up before the end of the month. It’s been a Month, what with this year’s treatment starting a couple of weeks ago. Week two will be in…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; September Round Up
It is the second month of the Author Avengers approaching the same prompt with our own spins. Life, of course, means not all of us got to the prompt – but those of us that did all had different stories to tell. And man, once again was it interesting to see how we took the same prompt and churned out very different stories. There were less fills this month. Real life seemed to get in the way, but this initiative is very much a no pressure kind of thing which is why we’ve been having so much fun! If you’re a writer and it’s something you think you’ll be interested…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; August Round Up
If you follow me on my various social media pages, you might have seen me talk about the Author Avengers over the past few months. We’ve been promoting each other’s Ko-fi pages and hyping each other up on Discord, and I like to think the group of us are now bound by the laws of writing as friends. This month, we went from individual author promotions to writing prompts, and boy, has it been interesting to see how each of us looked at the same prompt and came up with something that fit into our style. It’s been a treat and a half for me on a personal level, and…
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On Representation & Writing
Many years ago – about the time I started university, before I started this blog – I began to write a story based on Roman mythology. At the time, it seemed there were so many Greek mythology inspired novels out there that in order to stand out, Roman mythology was my only alternative. It never even occurred to me that perhaps Indian mythology, something I had grown up with, something so intrinsically tied to my culture and identity, was something I could write. Seems a little sad to think about, doesn’t it? Maybe that’s why despite having entire character arcs and plots planned, I could never write more than disconnected…
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The Author Avengers Initiative
You might have me mention this new initiative on social media. But if you have not – I’ve joined a brand new initiative on Ko‑fi between a number of us writers using the platform to showcase and advertise our works. Author Avengers is a network of authors who will be hyping each other up every month. It is a way to encourage each other and our followers to find new creators to engage with on the platform. Because what better way to show love for the medium we all use than by writing about other writers, right? This initiative is the brainchild of Lou Yardley, who wanted to find a…
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CONTENT CREATION EPILOGUE: The Consistency Conundrum
I’ve written a little about spreading oneself too thin, across multiple platforms, and trying to keep active on all of them at a regular – and fast-paced – schedule. What works for me personally seems to be the opposite of what multiple blogs I’ve read advise. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout HappensCONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your AudienceCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 303: The Thing About Social Media
No matter which platform you create content on, in this time and age having a social media presence is necessary. This is an unfortunate effect of the way things are – of the fact that you are a personality, a brand, and you need to market yourself online in order to bring in your audience. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your Audience
Most content creation advice blogs start with this topic. Especially if you plan on monetising your content. However, I’ve been approaching this series as someone who wants to encourage creativity for creativity’s sake. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens The thing is, it’s not always feasible to create content for creativity’s sake. I know that well. Sometimes…
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CONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens
I honestly did not think I would find more things I wanted to share about content creation but recently, I started thinking again about how I approach it. So even as I create stories and art and share them with the world, I wanted to be honest with myself and with others. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter Syndrome The fact is…