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Week In Review: September 2nd, 2023

My regularly belated weekly round up!

I’ve been grousing about how querying is THE WORST, sharing tips from the pros on world building economics, and more! There’s several new books out by previous #authorSpotlight guests!

Plus, check out my upcoming events!

Querying is the Worst

While I rewrite query letters for fun, writing my own is basically the worst. Here are a few reasons why writing your own query letter sucks, and a few things that query letter needs in it.

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Week In Review: August 27th, 2023

As always, Morgan was a busy bee ALL WEEK LONG!

Sharing tips on writing accessible magic, talking about the diff between book festivals and cons, writing tips from this week’s author spotlight guest CT Ceres, & more.

Plus, check out my upcoming events!

Book Festivals Versus Cons

Earlier this month, I made it out to the Library of Congress’s 23rd annual National Book Festival. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a book festival, and never one of this scale. There were definitely a lot of differences between this and the fan-run science-fiction, fantasy, and horror conventions I usually hit up.

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Week In Review: August 19, 2023

As always, Morgan was a busy bee ALL WEEK LONG!

Talking about tips on writing accessible magic, sharing reasons & excuses for why you should NOT self-pub that book 6 minutes after you finish drafting it! What I’ve been reading, and more!

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Don’t Self-Publish That Book 6 Minutes After You Finish Drafting It!

Recently, I was celebrating the anniversary of the time I finished rough drafting my first full manuscript, and a friend told me that I’d lost 8 years of royalties and should really finish it! He was trying to be encouraging and supportive, but instead, all I really have is a pile of justifications.

Now, I’m not saying you should wait as long as I have before putting your book out into the world, but there are a few reasons why you might wait before publishing.

Here are the 10 reasons I haven’t published yet. Tell me about YOUR publishing journey. How is it going?

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Week In Review: August 12, 2023

As always, Morgan was a busy bee ALL WEEK LONG!

Sharing tips for making sure that literary agent or publisher is LEGIT, talking about fighting imposter syndrome, and writing tips from this week’s author spotlight guest Terah Edun.

Plus, check out my upcoming events!