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March 6, 2023

Un-Shifting Sands – Alternate Ideas for an Unstable E-book

The end is near. I’m adding the finishing steps to my thesis. Soon it will be sent off and largely out of my hands…

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March 14, 2022

Author Decisions and Adaptation: Should Shifting Sands have been Cinderella?

Oops, it’s been a while since I wrote a blog. Time keeps moving so quickly! If you’re signed up to my newsletter (and why…

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September 15, 2021

Worldbuilding Fantasy: Shifting Sands as a Case Study

I can’t believe it’s only two days until the next wave of Shifting Sands arrives. If you need to catch-up, make sure to do…

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August 30, 2021

The MBTI of Character: Nahlena

It’s been a few months since I did a blog post that revolves heavily around Shifting Sands. A side-effect of my research life holding…

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August 9, 2021

Reflection and Planning Time: Shifting Sands and PhD Research August 2021

Another late blog – I hope this doesn’t become a habit! I actually have about three half-drafted blog entries sitting in my saved pile…

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May 17, 2021

Shifting Sands Update: May 2021

So, it’s been a while since the big Shifting Sands roadblock happened, and all of a sudden there’s only a month to go before…

The MBTI of Characters: Aamarin
May 3, 2021

The MBTI of Characters: Aamarin

I’m realising that a lot of the things I’m interested in are about self-discovery. A big thread through my research is trying to understand…

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March 29, 2021

Showing My Work: A March Update

The start of 2021 has been a little crazy. Actually, make that a lot crazy! This post isn’t going to hash out all of…

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March 15, 2021

Lessons Learned: About Writing an “Unstable” E-book

I can’t believe that it’s almost three months since Shifting Sands was first published! And you know what that means, right? Despite a catastrophic…

December 14, 2020

The hopes of an indie author

There were a couple of interesting Twitter discussions this week. The first post I saw argued that any author claiming not to care about…

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