@AmandaBCale

Building and exploring the world of my novel, Riddle.

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Hi Again!

Happy anniversary to the last time I posted on this blog in particular. Literally. It was March 21, 2022. Some things have changed since then. One, I left my day job! Honestly, it was something tha…

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Olive Green and the Seven (?) Dudes dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Olive Green and the Seven (?) Dudes

When I was in sixth grade, my family went on a trip to Florida. It was my first time visiting Epcot, and my first time checking out Celebration, a small town near Walt Disney World Resort that was,…

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Fear and Information dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Fear and Information

Personal care is that: deeply personal. That said, marketing and branding are powerful things. So are words and blogs and the worry about ingredients in personal care products. And the thing is it’…

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Re-Reading: Twilight dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Re-Reading: Twilight

Happy New Year, a day late! I’m reviewing Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer I got a couple of new books for Christmas, but this one I re-read before Christmas. Actually, the first time I read it w…

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Re-Reading: Brisingr dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Re-Reading: Brisingr

I recently finished re-reading Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini. My first job that wasn’t working with my family or working at my college was at the local Books-a-Million, starting in August …

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Faith and Science Fiction: Baker Publishing Group dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Faith and Science Fiction: Baker Publishing Group

I’ll get started on my analysis of Christian publishing houses with Baker Publishing Group. I am most familiar with Baker’s fiction offerings through two imprints, Bethany House and Revell. Baker h…

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The Small Business of Authorpreneurship dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

The Small Business of Authorpreneurship

I’m not the best at it. But you know what, I have the advantage of having nicely set up storefronts and easy distribution. Publishing a book on your own is a whole lot of work and a lot of le…

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My Second Book: Chapter 1

My commentary on my first book is all re-posted…and I’m also posting the sequel. It may not be as fast, because I don’t have all of a document ready to go. Unlike the first book, …

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Glasses and Braces and Millennials dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Glasses and Braces and Millennials

I’m not sure if my generation (Millennials) started the conversation change in regards to glasses and braces, but I don’t remember any actual social negativity about them in my personal experiences…

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My First Book: Chapter 15

I added three asterisks at the end of the book, just for a little more clarity as to where the book actually ends. Chapter 14 can be found here, and if this is the first of this series you’ve seen,…

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My First Book: Chapter 14

I edited this some because I found a word that I can only assume was a very interesting autocorrect. Chapter 13 can be found here. *** Time for some celebrations! Chapter 14Peace Anya awoke at nigh…

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Skincare! dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Skincare!

My enjoyment of beauty products could stem from a home facial (steam and mask) that my mom gave me when I was in fifth grade. Later, I got a Clean and Clear (I think?) brand facial mask that change…

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My First Book: Chapter 12

Chapter 11 can be found here. *** They cover a lot of ground in this chapter, which sets up the climactic battle. Chapter 12Deera’s Cousin That night the five friends ate well, with the combined foo…

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My First Book: Chapter 11

Chapter 10 can be found here. *** Clumsy foreshadowing ahead! Chapter 11The Majesty of the Blue Jewel “Where would it be at?” Anya asked. “Probably hidden,” answered Meeka. “What if they destroyed …

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Book Review: The Wonderland Trials, by Sara Ella dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

Book Review: The Wonderland Trials, by Sara Ella

Another Instagram find! This is the second books I’ve read that was published by Enclave Publishing, and I have recently gone and followed that publisher and a bunch of authors on Instagram. …

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What’s the Way Not to Design a Book? dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

What’s the Way Not to Design a Book?

Edit: I added an image that I forgot! Have you explored all your options and decided that self-publishing is the right path for you? Are you trying to figure out how to make your book soar with gre…

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My First Book: Chapter 10 dancinglikeatrex.wordpress.c…

My First Book: Chapter 10

Chapter 9 can be found here. In this chapter, there’s more fantastical stuff that the kids run into. *** Chapter 10Sirens, Fairies, and a Revealed Secret The old legends had been true. “A siren,” D…

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My First Book: Chapter 9

Find Chapter 8 here. *** Chapter 9Those Trees are a Relief Meeka woke up in the middle of the night, and couldn’t get back to sleep. Oh, no, she thought, and sitting up, looked down the path at the…

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My First Book: Chapter 8

Chapter 7 is here. *** Chapter 8The View from the Peak When Deyza woke up the next morning, her stomach growled. It was colder today, and looked like it might rain or snow. “Wake up everybody,” she…

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