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April 19, 2011 / Courtney

Indie Author Freaks Out: Details at 11

In her Twenty Things NOT To Say To A Writer: A Handy Safety Guide, Laura Resnick tells us that a career of writing books “…is insanely competitive, disastrously unstable, and skull-crushingly difficult to do.” My experience as a published author now encompasses exactly 13 days. So far, I have learned three very important things about …

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April 14, 2011 / Courtney / Creativity

Remarkablogger and El Edwards Told Me To Write This

I walk through life as half asleep as the next person, I guess…but sometimes, synchronicity slaps me upside the noggin and says, “Yo! Human! Get your heart and mind out of this befuddled daze you’re in and look! I’ve got all sorts of cramazingness waiting for you — all you have to do is reach out and embrace it!”

You get hit in the noggin often enough with love like that, you’ll eventually start looking for it.

I’ve been looking for it. And this week, I found it. Without further ado or adon’t, here’s what synchronicity plopped into my lap this week.

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April 12, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

Win A Free Book!

In celebration of the publication of my first book, Colors of Deception, I’m giving some copies away! Over the next two weeks, I’ll be collecting entries for a contest. My two favorites will each win a free, signed paperback.

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April 11, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

Readers, A Question For You

Take a look below this post at all those “sexy” sharing buttons.
Which ones do you use? And why?
Which ones do you not use? And why not?

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April 7, 2011 / Courtney

The One Where I Publish a Book

Did I get a book published? Why yes. Yes, I did.

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April 5, 2011 / Courtney / Inspiration

I Wrote This Because You Are Beautiful

I want to tell you that you’re amazing. You have a tremendous amount of courage. You also have a raw passion hidden somewhere deep inside you…

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March 31, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

5 What-To-Dos When Your Novel Is Too Long

   We novelists slam headfirst into this particular wall all the time: Finish first draft, sit back with sigh of contentment. Languidly reach for mouse or mousepad, click “wordcount” in the dropdown menu of whatever word processor suits our fancy. Sit back once more. This time with the horrid sensation of paralyzing shock. As far …

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March 30, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

Pixie Cuts, Perfectionism, and Publishing

My weekly post at Unstressed Syllables is up! Head on over and read about my pixie haircut and how I can’t let lifelong perfectionism turn me into a writing hermit. 🙂

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March 29, 2011 / Courtney / Inspiration

The Most Difficult Thing in the World–in the Shower

My thinking time happens whenever I just let my mind wander. Like a kid, it comes back to me with its hands and pockets stuffed full of all sorts of oddities…

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March 24, 2011 / Courtney / Creativity

I Dream, Therefore I Write — And Video!

Thanks to inspiration from El Edwards and Judy Dunn, I’ve wanted to try my “hand” (i.e. face and voice?) at video blogging about the connection between my dreams and my writing. So here’s the result. Happy viewing!

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Courtney Cantrell writes fantasy and sci-fi, reads all manner of books, has lost all ability to watch regular network TV, and possesses vorpal unicorn morphing powers. She is made mostly of coffee and chocolate.

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