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Target Audience
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This might be the most basic, important question for a writer to ask, whether spinning a yarn about mythical beasts or typing out a memoir: Who is your target audience?
"Anyone who wants to read it" is certainly a valid answer, but the difficulty there is that it might be too generic to develop either your characters or your story. Some pitfalls of this include making a book on a social issue (like police brutality or homophobia or intimate partner violence) feel like an educational tome. It can become less of...
December New Release
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This months' new release is Conquest: Kai's Story by Kaden Shay.
In the late 24th century, life seemed to be going well for the human population of Earth. War, famine, debt, and disease had been eradicated and a new era of peace and discovery was ushered in. However, as history has taught us over and over again, there is rarely a rise without a corresponding fall.
When a new technology which brought free, clean energy to all of mankind failed, the planet and its human population suffered...
November reviews round-up
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It's almost the end of the month. I hope you all have held up under the pressures of NaNoWriMo. More importantly, I hope you all have carved out some time to read!
Our two November releases have earned some solid reviews, which means at least a few people have settled into their reading nooks. In case you're looking to reward yourself in December for a hard month of editing, here's a summary.
What Everyone Deserves, by Dan Ackerman
In this 1950s period...
Post-Election Mid-NaNoWriMo Encouragement
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We're halfway through NaNoWriMo, and in the U.S., we're a week out after one of the ugliest election seasons in my memory. Whether it's from word count or feeling disheartened at the election results, you're not alone.
Bear with me, I'm going to quote the Bible. Trust me, this is significant, and I'm not using it to beat anyone over the head. I'm finding encouragement anywhere I can get it, and I think you'll understand why I find this relevant to us in the author/reader/book community right now.
New in November
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We're a week into NaNoWriMo already. Whether you're a seasoned NaNo Pro or a shy newbie, I hope it's going well for you. You'll need time in between writing sessions to relax with a good book.
November's new releases are both filed under gay fiction, but they both stray from the usual expectations:
Walking by Faith, by A. M. Leibowitz, features a queer person of faith on a journey toward hope and healing. If you enjoy spiritual themes without the preaching, people who exist outside the gender binaries, and non-traditional love stories, maybe this...