Tag: World Building

Chiquitita, You and I know, Writing Books is So Hard and Lonely (CampNano: Revenge of the Novel Week 2)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoCY_3kA3z8 Hello Readers, and welcome back to my hell blog. As you might remember, we're in the business of trying to write a novel here, and last week I sorta broke down my process for you in a super silly simplified way that was totally smart and inspiring and did not make any of you … Continue reading Chiquitita, You and I know, Writing Books is So Hard and Lonely (CampNano: Revenge of the Novel Week 2)

Cutting Scenes, Making Revisions, and Other Hard Things in Writing, With Examples from Pick a Card

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So, a strangely large number of people follow my blog because I also talk about the writing process a good deal, and I'm slightly entertaining, which is interesting to me because I'm a mess, but... I feel like I should always post a disclaimer or something that blog posts get worked on for me during … Continue reading Cutting Scenes, Making Revisions, and Other Hard Things in Writing, With Examples from Pick a Card

Talking Alice in the Prison of Hearts, NanoWrimo, Writing with ADHD, and the Realities of Writing Full Time

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Otherwise known as a very long, overly detailed post about my processes and me speaking just a little bit about how it actually is being a fulltime writer. Hello, it's me, Bethany Anne Lovejoy. You might have forgotten about me in the time since I've been away, but here's a few notes about me: I … Continue reading Talking Alice in the Prison of Hearts, NanoWrimo, Writing with ADHD, and the Realities of Writing Full Time

In Which I Give Into Peer Pressure and Begin to Write a Magical Academy Series Even Though That Was Not the Plan

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Hello readers, this is probably when most of you begin to realize that I update this blog at the end of the day when I am done writing, because my first priority is books, so sometimes I'm a little late. But aside from beginning to finalize things and order covers for Alice in the Prison … Continue reading In Which I Give Into Peer Pressure and Begin to Write a Magical Academy Series Even Though That Was Not the Plan

Let’s Pitch Ideas for CampNano and Write Books Together

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Hello my dearest, beloved readers and people who are halfheartedly googling CampNano 2022, it is I, your most treasured author, B. A. Lovejoy, here to herald another Nanowrimo-- the most anticipated and dreaded segment on my blog. As we all know, last year I failed to produce a book for Nanowrimo that I felt was … Continue reading Let’s Pitch Ideas for CampNano and Write Books Together

Talking Ideas, Future Books, and Leaking My Own Drafts

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Brownie watches me work every day. Hello readers! It's feels like it's been forever, maybe even a century? It's most certainly been far too long since I've last posted. In a few days I'll begin updating with more Pick a Card worldbuilding things (the new book is releasing the 26th), but I wanted to start … Continue reading Talking Ideas, Future Books, and Leaking My Own Drafts

How to Write a Book, Only I Forgot That It’s Fantasy So Now We’re Doing World Building Because Apparently You Can’t Just Have a Bunch of Kmarts Scattered Around A Magical Medieval Society.

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Or, I mean, you could but that would be tacky. I mean, I would read it, but it would be tacky. I would feature it on my shelf prominently, extolling about your love of Kmart, but my god just don't do this. This may seem like a large oversight, considering the fact that I write … Continue reading How to Write a Book, Only I Forgot That It’s Fantasy So Now We’re Doing World Building Because Apparently You Can’t Just Have a Bunch of Kmarts Scattered Around A Magical Medieval Society.

How to Write a Book, But I Fall off the Wagon and Come Back with a Completely Different Idea to Plot Because I Saw a Picture of a Mushroom Once

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It is a Little Known Fact That Every Author is a Mess. (Just Kidding, But I Am.) Let's preface this by saying that sometimes you get something like... I don't know, four ideas, and you can't make them work. This is a pretty natural part of the writing process, and while when I'm midbook or … Continue reading How to Write a Book, But I Fall off the Wagon and Come Back with a Completely Different Idea to Plot Because I Saw a Picture of a Mushroom Once

How to Write Books and Be a Trainwreck at the Same Time: B. A. Lovejoy’s guide to writing a book in under a month.

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How to get a totally good, definitely usable plot that totally won't cause you any emotional distress or ruin your life at an exceedingly concerning rate. Can you guess what time of the year it is? Because, to me, this is just sort of a normal thing, I write a book every single month, but … Continue reading How to Write Books and Be a Trainwreck at the Same Time: B. A. Lovejoy’s guide to writing a book in under a month.