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it's been a minute...
It's been a hot minute since I’ve last written a blog post… That’s because I’ve been busy writing book two, as well as working with my...
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AKLove
- Dec 26, 2021
- 2 min
it's that time of year again...
If you've known me for any length of time, you know that every year, around this time, I talk about choosing a word to carry with you...
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AKLove
- Dec 5, 2021
- 4 min
beautiful encounters 💖💫
It's been three and a half weeks since the publication of Awakening Hearts, and, already, my heart has been touched in so many ways by...
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AKLove
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
book reviews - the good and the ugly
Yesterday, I received my first critical review on Goodreads. I was going to write a whole post about the feels it stirred and the intense...
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AKLove
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
first reviews & books I'm reading
The first reviews are trickling in for Awakening Hearts. When you spend 6 years working on a novel, you have many moments when you doubt...
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AKLove
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
it's real
It’s a surreal moment when you see your own book listed on Amazon for the first time. When it’s finally real—the dream you’ve envisioned...
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AKLove
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
almost there...
It’s been a little while since I’ve written a blog post that was more than just a few lines to accompany a picture. A post that was a bit...
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AKLove
- Aug 15, 2021
- 1 min
I open my heart to receive
Has the state of the world been weighing on you? Maybe a combination of your own personal challenges and the ongoing madness in the...
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AKLove
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
"murder your darlings"
No, I'm not talking about literal murder. I'm talking about deleting scenes you've slaved over. Whole paragraphs of content you've spent...
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AKLove
- Aug 7, 2021
- 1 min
the waves we ride...
Yesterday, I felt completely overwhelmed, wondering how I would ever get my manuscript “good enough” to publish, without spending another...
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AKLove
- Jul 23, 2021
- 1 min
never leave your reader too satisfied
Never leave your reader too satisfied. - Jordan Rosenfeld This is something I’m learning still. My natural tendency is to want to wrap up...
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AKLove
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
what's your love language?
While my manuscript was with my editor last week, I started writing my second novel. Book one is written in third person, and primarily...
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AKLove
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
goat delivery
I spent my afternoon researching goat labor and delivery and writing a goat birthing scene I'm totally in love with. A little excerpt:...
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AKLove
- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
a brand new path
So many of us are going through major transformations at the moment, standing at the precipice of monumental change. Do you dare step...
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AKLove
- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
emergence
Your destination may not yet be clear, but, if you focus on each step, one at a time, remaining present in the moment, the path will rise...
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AKLove
- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
new shores
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. André Gide
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AKLove
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
follow your inner knowing
Today's mission: Gathering all the input I've received on my manuscript and finding back to my own true voice. I've realized that, with...
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AKLove
- Mar 28, 2021
- 4 min
a compelling opening
A few weeks ago, I happened across a webinar with Alessandra Torre and Tex Thompson, titled “Don’t Give Up On Your Book - 5 Success...
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AKLove
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
deconstruction & reconstruction
As I’m working on revising and re-revising my novel, deconstructing and reconstructing the paragraphs I’ve already poured so much blood,...
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AKLove
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
the right cadence
The satisfaction when you finally find the right word for a passage you’ve gone over countless times before, and it never sat just right....
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