Category: Books
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Adventures of a Northern Author: August
Personal Adventures When you live as far north as I do, August symbolizes one thing…winter’s coming. And while August was an exceptionally hot month, the urge to start preparing for winter is strong. We cleared land, picked berries, went out on some adventures to hidden lakes, and I found a large stash of mason jars…
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Becoming an A-Lister
My private community of amazing readers is a place to get first hand information, exclusive content, and even get a say in what I write next, how my characters are crafted, and which covers to choose! An update goes out the first Tuesday of each month with a personal note, exclusive content, things you may…
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The Whole Author Hundred Day Challenge
September first is fast approaching and I’ve talked in the past about how I see it as Author New Year. As soon as the first mist settles over the mountains, I get a deep urge to cozy up, pull out my latest manuscript, and lose myself in the creative worlds I’ve imagined. This year I…
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The North Within: Elemental Magic and Handcrafted Oracle Cards
Recently I had a successful Kickstarter campaign for my Historical Romantasy about a pyrokinetic aerial performer in a 1930s Magical Circus. For the campaign, I recruited a very talented friend who does Pyrography Art to burn special bookmarks for my VIP backers. That very talented friend now has a campaign of her very own! She’s…
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Magical memory loss and PTSD
Trigger: Discussion of PTSD from multiple Sexual Assaults (non-graphic). These are my experiences and I recognize that symptom severity, healing timelines, and experiences are all unique to those who live through them. I do not, and will not ever, speak about mental health in a prescriptive way, only through my own lens. Fantasy and magic…
ALLISON MARTIN 