Category: Writing
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Why the heck do they even like each other?
This was something my editor told me after a developmental edit of a book of mine. Why the heck do they even like each other, Allie? They spend over half the book being pissed at the other. A lightbulb moment for me happened because it highlighted why I was struggling with the story in the…
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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…
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Kickstarter: Bringing big publishing to rural authors
As someone who lives in the literal middle of nowhere, Kickstarter has allowed my readers a chance to access my books in new and exciting ways. Shipping costs are outrageous everywhere–add in my northern Canadian wilderness town’s postal code, and might as well make that triple. This is a barrier not just for myself but…
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Of Dust and Flame: 1930s Paranormal Circus Romance
Join the show…or die trying. Of Dust and Flame is a paranormal romance novel set in a magical travelling circus during the 1920s and 1930s. This story was expanded, rebranded, and retitled from a novella written 12 years ago called Of Silk and Fire. An all-new Kickstarter campaign is in the works, with a prelaunch…
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Get Sweaty, Get Creative
Almost all my ‘writer’s block’ (in quotes because I don’t believe in it) is cured by one thing. Movement. Every plot problem and character snag comes to me when my heart rate is elevated, my face is pouring sweat, and I’m usually on top of a mountain somewhere with no notebook or pen (of course).…
ALLISON MARTIN 