E. J. Dawson

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  • All Work and No Play Makes the Author Happy!

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    Because I play with the lives of my characters… muhahahaha! *ahem* But there is a lot of excitement at hand! The Hidden Monastery has recently been revamped, and re-released for… FREE!!! It should be up again in the next few days and I will post all the links as soon as I can. I posted…

  • The End of the Beginning

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    For those of you who have read my last two novellas, The Hidden Monastery and the Last Prophecy, there has been a bit of a build up towards the first book, the Well of Youth and what may potentially happen. I left both these novellas on cliff hangers with characters from the first playing prominent…

  • I’ve written a book, what now?

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    So you got it, you filtered through all those inspiring ideas and mad illusions, you found the time to put pen to paper (lol, no way, I mean fingers to keyboard), and came up with a great story that you think other people would want to read too. Congratulations, because that is freakin’ awesome. Doing…

  • Ruining the reputation of self-publishing: an amateur writer, one year on.

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    Having just come passed my one-year anniversary this has some inspiring positivity, frank attitude, and encouragement to keep going. If you are self-publishing and are not sure what to do, this is a great way to start… Source: Ruining the reputation of self-publishing: an amateur writer, one year on.

  • The Storyteller

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    2017 has kicked off with a bang! Artwork progresses for the book trailer for the Well of Youth, my wonderful artist Nushie also working on the book cover in conjuncture with Octagon Labs. The beta readers have nothing but great and funny things to say about the Well thus far which is encouraging, and the…

  • Of Things Come to Pass

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    2016 seems to have struck us all different ways; the celebrity deaths, the tragedy that is Aleppo, the bombs, the suicides, the deaths. So many people suffered, and I know I was not alone in this. Filled with personal pain and unspoken woe, my year was rife with more hardships than anyone but those closest…

  • Ups, Downs, and Roller Coasting Around

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    This very late post was relegated to being on a my first available free day because there have been so many ups and downs lately, as there usually is at this time of the year, that I haven’t had time to sit down and write, let alone play games or do any of my normal…

  • Conforming to Genre

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    I hated this part of being an author, I really did. “What genre is your book?” “It’s a steam flavoured fantasy with a suspense/horror twist.” It was written all over their face. “What?” I had a great idea for a story, and it turned into a great idea for a series but there were problems.…

  • Stopping to Smell the Orchids

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    I know. Orchids don’t have a scent. But it was fun for a moment to imagine that if they did, what would they smell like; would they be softly fragrant? Delicate and prone to wafting too quickly away? Or,  like the flower itself, bold and beautiful and different for every type? I also stopped to…

  • Why Your Book Isn’t Selling

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    This is a fantastic read, doesn’t simper its words, but relays the core of problems with self publishing that I’ve either made, or seen others make. They are easy traps to fall into, but with a little forethought and planning they can be avoided. The writer’s worst nightmare. You researched, you wrote, you finished, and…