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    19 Mar, 2021
    Musing 03/19/21 – Diverse Writers: Still a Long Way to Go.
    authors, books, contemporary fantasy, Donald Maass Literary Agency, dystopian, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Important, mass market paperback, musing, N.K. Jemisin, paranormal, published stories, publishing, query, SFWA, urban fantasy, writing, YA, young adult , , , ,

    Still waiting, but this is common for us writers. I’m not saying anything new. It’s tough, frustrating, but you keep at it. It’s the same for artists–I’m looking at YOU, Robin Brantley. But we keep going because we love what …
    17 Nov, 2020
    Did COVID-19 Kill the Publishing Star?
    books, contemporary fantasy, covid19, Fantasy, fiction, Important, literary agents, musing, news, science-fiction adventure, short stories, writing, YA, young adult , , ,

    Is the industry dying? Are people just not reading anymore? Are we fighting an uphill battle?

    Never start your work with questions.

    But I’m sure my fellow writing peeps have noticed YA Imprints are being dropped and jobs go with …
    13 Apr, 2019
    Mini-Musing 4/13/19 ~ Should I Embrace The Weird?
    authors, Barnes & Noble, books, dystopian, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, literary agents, mass market paperback, musing, publishing, query, writing

    A while back I wrote a blog post referencing a video by the Nostalgia Critic asking the question, is weird the new good?
    https://authorwasimpsonblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/28/musing-082817-weird-is-the-new-brilliant/

    The question recently came to my mind again by way of an article on the Barnes …

    6 Oct, 2017
    Musing 10/16/17 – Are We Getting Too Old For This Sh**? Part 2 or: “So now blogs are obsolete?”
    authors, books, contemporary fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fiction, Heroic Fantasy, literary agents, mass market paperback, musing, news, Original writing, published stories, publishing, query, STEM, urban fantasy

    Well peeps, in about 12 days, I’ll be hitting a milestone birthday –that’s right, I’ll be um – 30.  Forget what I said about being 33 last year.

    I’m taking a bit of a break from my current WIP, tentatively …
    17 Sep, 2017
    Mini-Musing: 09/17/17 ~ It’s Hard to Let Go
    authors, books, contemporary fantasy, dystopian, Fantasy, fiction, literary agents, mass market paperback, musing, news, Original writing, published stories, publishing, query, science-fiction adventure, short stories, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, young adult

    With all the Musings, I’ve been writing for the past few weeks you would think this would be easier.

    I’m considering letting my work go.

    It took me five years to write my work mainly due to life throwing all …

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