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Writing is Hard

1/31/2022

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When I was twelve, I made the decision to write for a living. Honestly, if I'd known back then everything I know now about it, I probably would have listened to my mother and gotten a 'real' job. But when you're that young, the future is a beautiful painting that is perfect in every way. You feel like you're never going to die, and you're positive all your dreams will come true.

Three years later, I remember walking through the snow to the high school. We only lived about eight blocks from it. I remember feeling frozen to the bone. My fingers and face were burning where my skin was exposed to the Arctic wind. I hated being up that early, and I hated being that cold. So, I daydreamed all the way there about what life as a writer would be like. I imagined sleeping in late and staying inside on cold days. Someday, I thought, someday I'll be a writer, and life will be great.

Fast forward a few decades. Now, I look back and shake my head at that silly little fool. Yes, I do sleep in when I want to, but I stay up late to make up for it. Yes, I can stay inside when it's freezing, but I have to struggle to pay for gas and electric.

Writing isn't anything like I thought it would be. For instance, I did not become an overnight success. Writing is hard. And marketing? I don't even want to talk about it. Promotion ideas that worked yesterday don't work today. You can spend all your profits trying to get your book noticed--if you even have a profit.

And the thing I loved most about writing, disappearing alone in my own world and living through these characters has become tainted by the voices of interlopers. No matter how many good reviews I get, the bad ones are like a dagger in my heart. They haunt me while I'm trying to write. Even the likes and dislikes of fans can intrude on my world. Instead of it being just me and my characters, I'm wondering if my readers would like this or if I should do it another way. Sometimes I long for those days before I was published, the days when I had no idea what readers wanted.

​But in the end it comes down to one thing: writing is breathing to me. I can't stop. Hopefully, my readers can't stop either. 
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How Can YOU Help an Author Out?

1/25/2022

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I'm talking beyond buying their books. 
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SHARE the news with your friends. If you like the author and have already read at least one of their books, share the news on Facebook and other social media sites. You have no idea how much we authors appreciate this. It doesn't happen that often to me, but when someone shares my book and tag me, I am SO excited and honored and happy.

WRITE a review or at least leave a rating for the book. You may not know this, but a lot of promo sites won't let authors promote their books unless they have a certain number of reviews. It also helps others to decide if they want to try the book.

LIKE it. When you see something about the book, click the Like button. Definitely LIKE the author's page.

TAG it and share the link. It's awesome if you take a moment to share the link to the book so that others might discover it and purchase the book themselves.

​People are busy, and I understand you can't do this for every book you read. But if you like the author and you're impatiently waiting for them to finish a series or just waiting for their next book, do this stuff for them. They'll appreciate it, and it might help them have more time to write. Less time spent promoting means we have more time to finish our books.
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Binge Watching My Favorite Shows

1/21/2022

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I have been binge-watching a lot of shows this past year. Do you do that too? Or are you one of those like my mother that can't see why anyone would want to watch something a second time (or a thirtieth time if we're talking Supernatural). What are your favorite shows to binge? These are mine in no particular order.

1. Supernatural
2. Vampire Diaries
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Once Upon a Time
5. Grimm
6. The Office (sometimes I feel like laughing)
7. Friends
8. Warehouse 13

​There are more, but I can't think of them right now. I discover new shows all the time that I want to binge. I used to watch The Walking Dead, but it gave me nightmares. It's funny because I usually don't have them even when I watch something others find terrifying. For some reason, people walking around chomping on brains gives me bad dreams. Hmm.

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    Kasi Blake

    My superpower? I can figure out what's going to happen in a movie/show sometimes before opening credits. My record was the time I guessed the surprise ending by just watching the scenes. Sadly, my friends don't appreciate my superpower.

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