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April 8, 2013 / Courtney / Writing

The One Where You Get to Be Pygmalion

My weekly article for UnstressedSyllables.com is up, and it's all about figuring out the Ideal Reader for your story: who she is, why she is, and how she's absolutely vital to your writing process. Also, a brief discourse on the pitfalls of writing outside the home. Come and see!

There's sunshine! Go outside!
There’s sunshine! Go outside!

Hile, inklings!

This week in Courtney’s Grand Writing Adventure Epic Saga, I’m currently sitting at a Panera, desperately trying to get all my online stuff done before my allotted half hour of internet access is exhausted (until 2:00pm). As soon as I’m done posting this and tweeting/Facebooking it, I’ll switch gears into my word processor, start pounding the keys on Elevator People once again, and hope that after 2:00, I can upload the storyish results to my Google document.

*sigh*

A writer’s life is nothing if not complicated. For a “stay-at-home” job, you’d think this would be less fraught with things.

In other news, my weekly article for UnstressedSyllables.com is up, and it’s all about figuring out the Ideal Reader for your story: who she is, why she is, and how she’s absolutely vital to your writing process. Come and see!

Ciao, lovelies.

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Front cover of a novel. Title and author's name in white font with serifs, all CAPS. Title: The Priestess Murders. Author: Courtney Cantrell. The image depicts a gnarled tree reaching from the bottom left corner up the left side and across the top half of the image. The tree is silhouetted against a star-spangled, dark blue night sky. In the background (lower third of image) are leafy, densely growing trees dimly lit by what might be moonlight (light source not shown). In the center of the image is a honeybee viewed from above. The bee glows a pale gold and is surrounded by a nimbus if pale gold light. The bee also exudes rays of pale gold light reaching up and down and left and right. A gash is torn in the bee's thorax, and red blood trickles from the wound. Novel published October 2025.

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