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Faded Fragments: A Nexus Series Novel
Faded Fragments. Two words that came to me after I decided to change the original name of my novel (fyi it was first dubbed Kiss of The Dead and I used the font Papyrus to write it.) I was 14 when the story first came to mind. It started with a scene and to be honest it started as a result of finally seeing The Mummy and falling more in love with Ancient Egyptian mythology (and a young Brendan Fraser…let’s be real, Rick was and still is the dreamiest man ever). The first draft of FF was messy, it was incomplete and was just a scene with minimal action and…
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What Writing Mindset Coaching with me looks like
This has been a blog post that I have been trying to write and I have been putting it off for a while, but I’ve hit Resistance and I’ve hit my own Self Doubt. Two of the biggest problem that not only myself but sometimes I have worked with time and time again with clients. I call self-doubt by what I know it as: Inner Editor (IE). This voice is the one that tells us that our writing is crap, that we can’t do it and that we’ll never have anything to show for all of our effort. That we’re quitters. Our IE is the reason resistance comes up, it’s…
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Editing: Interview with Editor Brittany Bitossi from BLD Editing
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary Podcast and to our interview with my amazing editor Brittany Bitossi from BLD editing. She is the most amazing woman and I am so lucky that she is now also a dear friend! In our epsiode I ask her some of the harder questions like who her dream client is, what the stages of editing are and what her favourite stage of it. We talk about Book 3 a little and what to look for when you are vetting an editor. This is an episode you don’t want to miss. I loved chatting to her and I wished I lived 110% closer to her so…
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Editing: Copy, Line and Proof Reading
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast, today we’re diving into copy, line and proof reading edits. These are the backbone of the story to ensure that it is as polished as you can get it and happen both in tandum and separate with a manuscript. These are probably the hardest part of the editing for me – it’s intense and I’m so lucky to have worked with some wonderful editors who made it easier to digest, and dare I say, fun? Do you think that these are important? And if not why? Also I find that making sure that you’re proof reading is done by someone with some fresh…
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Editing: Developmental Edits
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and to the next episode of editing. We’re looking at Developmental edits. In this episode we cover what exactly is developments edits and what they entail. We are covering what an editor will be looking for and they are: As the main issues. But they look at the story on a whole as well. This part of the story isn’t as pivotal as you think but it will make your life a little easier if you can get it right the first time. Thanks to Brittany Bitossi at BLD Editing for fact checking and helping ensure that the messaging and information about developmental…
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Welcome to Editing
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary Podcast and whew we are jumping back into our normal program but this may be one of the last topics we tackle together – because we’re about to change it up in here. I’m hoping that this will be able to help me figure out how to get what i need out. The Writing Apothecary is about to change, ever so slightly, but we have an episode on that coming up soon. I’m so excited to see where we can. But for today, we’re tackling our introduction to editing – many will already know a little bit about it but we go into the…
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The Writing Process with Ash Oldfield
Welcome back to another episode of The Writing Apothecary Podcast and to our Writing Process section and to our guest Ash Oldfield. A literal angel in the flesh, I loved chatting ot her about her process and how she hand writes all her first drafts!! (How crazy is that?) Take a listen and get your bum glue ready because it’s such a fun listen. Bio: Ash Oldfield is a fantasy fiction and children’s writer from Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of The Rachaya Series, The Davies Witches Saga, The Ethereal Bridge Novellas, and has several short works of fiction in various publications. When she is not working on her latest…
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The Writing Process with MG Hunt
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and to another Writing Process episode. Today we have the amazing MG Hunt, who is a ray of sunshine and honestly I feel like I could talk to her for hours. Not only is she an writer but she is also an artist and this one is a bit a of a long episode as we chat about everything to do with her process and much more. She also has her own podcast and had me on last year, which was so fun!! MG Hunt’s Bio: MG Hunt is a fantasy author, based in Melbourne/Naarm, Australia. Her debut novel Still Waters Run Deep…
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The Writing Process with Demi Clorissa
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and to another Writing Process podcast and today it’s with the gorgeous Demi Clorissa – another one of the author girlies I met at Supanova and is such a sweetheart. I loved this chat with her and it was recorded just as she finished the draft of her novel, which i think was so exciting!! Tell me what you think about our chat and what you took away from it. Demi’s Bio: Demi Clorissa is a romantic fantasy author. With her first series debuting in 2023 with the DAUGHTER OF THE WOOD trilogy. She crafts heart wrenching adult romantic fantasy, with body diverse…
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The Writing Process with Lex Logan
Welcome back to our latest interview of The Writing Apothecary and back to another Writing Process interview. Today’s episode is with Lex Logan – another amazing person who I met at Supanova in 2023 and have remained friends with. She is such a joy to be around and I loved our chat – hers being one of the only who is a planner, shocking right? Tell me what you think about her episode. Author Bio: Lex Logan is a queer and neuro-spicy author living in Queensland, Australia with her husband and two children. While she’s currently working on a sweet and spicy monster romance series of interconnected standalones; she also…
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The Writing Process with E.P. Bali
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary Podcast and to today’s writing process is one of my favourite’s with E.P. Bali. I met her at Supanova and we bonded of BDB and fantasy. This was such a great chat, what do you think of it? Have you read her books? What did you think of them? About E.P Bali: Ektaa E.P. Bali was born in Fiji and spent most of her life in Melbourne, Australia. She now lives in Brisbane, Queensland. She is a dreamer of the fantastical and faraway places and loves to write complex, morally grey characters and stories wrought with spice, darkness, humour and romance. Her favourite tropes…
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The Writing Process with Allison A Andrews
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary Podcast and today’s episode of The Writing Process is with a kick arse romance author who has overcome so much. Chatting with Allison A. Andrews was a hoot and it was so fun to be the first podcast she ever did. Since this podcast she has come out with a spicier series under the pen name of Antoinette W May. Dive into what her process is like and much like everyone else she is just as chaotic as you think when it comes to her writing. Tell me what you think, and while you’re at it chuck her a follow. Bio: Allison A. Andrews…
