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Author: The Reluctant Author

The Reluctant Author, a user of words, has spent a lifetime writing words and storing them in notebooks, computer discs, digital files, and has now decided to step out into the light and start sharing some of those words with the world. (The Reluctant Author is Kendra Cooke's pseudonym)
APRIL QUOTES

APRIL QUOTES

Last month, I had so much fun sharing some of my favorite quotes with you, I decided it might be fun to share a few each month. This time, I have five quotes I want to share, and I’ve made them into little square images so you can save them if you want. I like to keep an entire file in my Notes app full of quotes, but it was getting difficult to navigate, so I created several more, all…

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Diving Into Research

Diving Into Research

I have a love hate relationship with research when it comes to writing. I love learning small minute details I can slip in for the reader and wonder if they’ll catch them. I take great pleasure in wondering if they know a word was chosen for the exact correlation to a scene, or if the tiniest detail I worked in is one they will notice.  On the other hand, I hate, which is such a strong word, when I realize…

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February & March 2023 Books

February & March 2023 Books

As promised, I have February and March’s book reviews. However, since most of what I read in February was all one series, I won’t break each title down. There are some spoilers in this post, and I’ve attempted to make the reader aware of them, so that if you wish to find out by reading the titles you should be able to skip ahead and be none the wiser. February’s books were the final eight in the Glass & Steele…

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Where Do You Get Your Story Ideas?

Where Do You Get Your Story Ideas?

“How on earth did you come up with that idea?” someone asked me, after beta reading my book length story. “What do you mean?”  They can’t tell that I’m slightly panicked, because we are conversing in text. But I am. I can feel the heat in my face, the worry gnawing at the pit of my stomach. Did they hate the whole thing? I struggle with negative feedback, and it’s not because I’m too prideful to think that I got…

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