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I was super nervous about getting started with the cover art. After all, people DO judge a book by its cover. I had a million different anxieties about what could go wrong. Would this artist be the right fit? Could they capture what was in my head? What if I don't love their design? Was it going to cost me an arm and a leg? But I knew it needed to get done and I had to get it done soon. So using Reedsy again - love it by the way - I reached out to a few artists I liked and go

I want to take a little bit of time to talk about community engagement. If you're looking to connect with others, here are a few tips and trick's I've learned over the last few weeks that really helped me out. I hope these help you! The community you build over a common interest is such a cool thing to experience. Whether its over your passion project, a hobby or sport, or some niche group of people with a single shared experience, community helps build bridges into the lives

In addition to the actual edits for Aether Guardian, there was also something else I was working on as well. From building the website, social media pages, these very blogs and newsletters, to gathering ARC team feedback, and an overall general strategy, there was still a lot left to be done! You've all (hopefully) seen the website and social posts and have glanced through these blog posts, so I won't belabor what I've already talked about. Instead, I want to take the time to

Picking up from last week, I had some large shifts I needed to make to make this book cross the finish line. The first was World Building! There were several large holes that I had been blind to for a while. Now, several people who had pointed these out to me in the past had noticed them already - I just had no idea how to fix them! Without any spoilers beyond the free first chapter, a big issue was that Cecilia didn't have anyone close to her. She just kind of waltzes right

The editing process wasn't so much hard as it was time consuming. I had a great editor and I cannot thank him enough. Thank you George!...

For months I wanted to publish Aether Guardian - but for real this time. It had always been a pipe dream that I'd be able to do it one...

I was locked and loaded. I had the feedback, I had a reenergized direction, and it was finally time to seriously consider that this book...

The initial feedback I got was extremely insightful. Susan, you took the time to go page by page and help me filter out all the tiny...

The break I had between finishing the first draft, finding my first few jobs, and settling into a new rhythm was extremely helpful. No...

It was finally done. 6-7 total months to type up the whole first draft of Aether Guardian and it was finally done. But there were some...

I wrote this book all for my mom. Growing up, I never really got a real gift for her. Sure my dad would get me and my three brothers...

Have you ever thought about writing a book? Let me just tell you that you definitely can. It's not so much that it is easy to do, but it...

Picking up from last time... The shape of this world starts to take form. A young character - a young female character! - Will be...

There was a LOT that inspired the early concepts of Aether Guardian. I can't really say there was any one thing that stood out to me...

Welcome Guardian! Through these posts, I hope to share with you how Aether Guardian came to be. I want to help you not only learn about...