E. J. Dawson

Tag: #Writerslife

  • 8 Ways to Improve your Novel

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    8 Ways to Improve your Novel To protect myself in 2024 I decided that I’d start charging for my ability to developmental edit a manuscript. After ten years of editor feedback, working with professionals, getting and giving constructive feedback, and the finalization of my Post Graduate Certificate of Creative Writing, I was ready. But how…

  • Writing as a Neurodiverse Author

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    The key thing that often hits me with neurodiverse writing is distance. I didn’t connect with the character’s voice. There felt like there was something missing. I just felt like I didn’t understand them or why I should care – or keep reading. Hands up if you’re a neurodiverse writer who’s heard that one before?…

  • 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…

  • WriteHive Mentorship: OPEN

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    The WriteHive Mentorship Program is now open and I’m very excited to be mentoring again! Last year I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Hayley Chow’s Ninth Circle about teenage Ro fighting to find her friend after she was taken by a demon, and running into charming Casey who may have answers to all her…

  • What’s With ND Rejection?

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    Blog Post: What’s with ND Rejection: We are so used to delivering exactly what we’re asked for because we spend our lives conforming to fit in, that when we’re given the chance to offer what they are asking for and we are shut down. #neurodiverse #authors #writers #writerslife #blogpost

  • Echo of the Evercry ARCs!

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    I never planned to write a neurodivergent book. I didn’t mean for Larissa to be autistic. But it happened. And I didn’t realize it until I was reading the edits because all I’d done was write Larissa true to me. As someone who wanted to solve fights with words, and not swords. As someone who…

  • Write Hive’s #AskMentor

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    Thanks to @Write_Hive #AskMentor day I have a blog post that covers more of what I’m looking for as a mentor, but also what I offer. #writers #writingcommunity #authors

  • Great Expectations – Getting Feedback at Every Level

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    Great Expectations; Getting Feedback at Every Level What to expect from the people who help your story become the best version of itself, and how you process that feedback.

  • Not Every Idea is a Novel

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    Not Every Idea is a Novel – short stories help you find the heart of your inspiration, the idea, and see if it is just an idea, or a novel. #writingtips #writers #amwriting #writerslife #shortstories #novels

  • The Art of Craft

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    The Art of Craft – Staring down at the block of wood, in a kind of guitar shape, it occurred to me, that this was a first draft. #writing #writers #book #writerslife #editing #writingcommunity