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It looks like my access to Twitter for my #blog posts has been severed. So to catch up on my latest, visit kevinklehr.com/occasional-bl… #writing #books #bookreview #authorlife #writinglife

While it has seating outside the cafe for people passing by, it is also available to library patrons to order food, take your meal into the library, and eat. Read the full article: The Library, Reimagined ▸ lttr.ai/AfgAR #library #writing #books

That man who cooked me that unique lasagne three decades ago is still in my life. lttr.ai/AmWfL #food #love #relationships

A successful author showed me how putting my work away for at least three months would help me see everything that's wrong (and right) with my current draft. Read the full article: Finding the right Beta Reader ▸ lttr.ai/AsEvL #writinglife #writingcommunity

I was in limbo for a few days while at a book festival where I was basically promoting a book which was no longer available. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApTCG #writinglife #Books #mmromance

This may be why much of the action sounded like stage direction. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AsSnp #bookreview #books #BeforeTheCoffeeGetsCold

One message I took away, and I'm paraphrasing here, is the idea that our identity is linked to memory, and memory fades. Read the full article: Book Review – Son Of Sin by Omar Sakr ▸ lttr.ai/AfbHP #poet #bookreview #sonofsin

For those who've never done this, it usually takes months before you hear back from a publisher Read the full article: I got a rejection email within a day. ▸ lttr.ai/AfQTp #writing #writinglife #authorlife

My initial assessor helped me develop it while the new team got plot points confused in their report, and suggested that this story might work better if set in a monastery. Read the full article: Finding the right Beta Reader ▸ lttr.ai/AsEvJ #writinglife

This paid assessor gave feedback over several drafts before I decided to have another draft looked at by a team at a publishing house, for the hefty sum of five hundred dollars. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AsEvH #writinglife #writingcommunity #author

Don't give the characters similar names. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ArMz7 #writing #novelwriting #amwriting

The blogger replied that they should still read it as they may form a different opinion. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ArGur #writinglife #writing #BadReview

"Think of books you’ve read where you started forgetting who was who." lttr.ai/ArLHj #writingtips #writinglife #books

You gave us a chance to play author again! Read the full article: Author Readings in a pub ▸ lttr.ai/ArIsw #writinglife #authorlife #author

The Covid years put me behind in my writing output, so I promoted my published works instead Read the full article: Acknowledging your Writing Journey ▸ lttr.ai/ArB7t #authorlife #writing #WritingLife

I feel like my characters are guiding me with better options. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AmJ2j #writing #amwriting #amwritingfiction

This new scene has to feel it was always in the outline. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AsEwu #amwriting #writinglife #amwritingfiction

While all characters but three have roots in reality, my lived experience colours this tale. Read the full article: Fictionalising my life ▸ lttr.ai/AfK11 #writing #amwriting #authorlife

Little did I realise that once I changed the year, her and her husband would have been in their 20s during the 1960s sexual revolution, overriding the reason I made the alteration. Read the full article: Writing Tin Men and Scarecrows – Part 4 ▸ lttr.ai/ApIxZ

Klara views the world from her own limited experience, believing the sun is an entity because it is her source of power. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Aitds #bookreview #KlaraAndTheSun #KazuoIshiguro