E. J. Dawson

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  • The Writer 2023 Couldn’t Kill

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    2023 was for some, not enough. I get that, but after the last five years feeling like that I took a few steps back, and decided I wasn’t going to keep second guessing myself. Hold up. This isn’t another 2024 resolutions page. Because these goals are already won, and I’m going to carry them into…

  • Worthiness of Dreams

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    Worthiness of Dreams – My head is a strange place with big wolves inside who gnaw on the bones of my might. Who collapse this skeleton of dreams into splinters. What else did I deserve other than to be rejected? #writing #inspiration #writerslife #dreams

  • Nano Hangover

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    Nano Hangover – Pouring out all those words leaves your tank empty. Stop and refill. Got more gas? Story isn’t over yet…

  • 30 Days of Nano – Word Count

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    30 Days of Nano – Mini-blog series; find more tips to surviving #Nanowrimo2021

  • Ana on Sensitivity Reading – Sensitivity Blog Series

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      Image Alt Text:  This image depicts a purple sun on a white background and overlaid with the words “Exploring the need for / Sensitivity Readers / a blog series / by E.J. Dawson, Tara Jazdzewski, Alex Woodroe, Ashley Dawn, Fay Lane and Alexa Rose”. To the right of this image are a series of…

  • Healthy Writing

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    I’m going to tell you all something that should come as no surprise; I loathe exercise. When I wake up in the morning I pour in Earl Grey tea and hope fortitude will get me through the day. I do walk my 35kg mastiff which is a challenge unto itself but that’s rostered under my…

  • Toxic Twitter: A Hidden Agenda

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      Over the years I’ve come to recognize the Writing Community on Twitter as… complicated. And no, this isn’t your Facebook relationship status kind of complicated. Whether or not I think these people should be named is irrelevant because it incites the very behavior I am about to admonish.   I have a few followers,…

  • Save Your Script with Save the Cat

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      I’m going to start by telling you all something I’m very proud of; I’m a panster.   I rarely plot a novel, I have a few images in my head and an end scene usually and that end scene in my head often drives the rest of the story. The sense of discovery and…

  • Taking Down Trolls

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    The last time I fought I troll I did so quietly and with anonymity. Last night on Twitter that did NOT happen. Was it the glass of wine or the late hour on a Friday night or the nature of the attack? Nope, it was because this guy had nothing to spew but a generalized…

  • Cue the Editor

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    When I set out on my self-publishing journey I knew that I’d need a good editor. I spoke to a friends, found a few people who might help, and sent them firstly my novella. The people I spoke to had varying degrees of warmth – all of them charging a reasonable rate but to me…