Day 84 - An opening, take two
I was looking forward to beginning Chapter Two of my historical romance, because it's told from my heroine's POV (the Wiltshire...
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Alyssa Drake Novels
Steamy Romance with a Twist
Alyssa Drake
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Day 83 - NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo (def.) The time a year when authors undertake the inane task of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. For those authors who can...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 31, 2021
- 1 min
Day 82 - They call this work?
I find it amusing that reading romance novels counts as work research, but it does. When given the choice, I'll take paperback over...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 30, 2021
- 1 min
Day 81 - Down periscope
The worst part about feeling ill when you're the only employee, is that no one is there to pick up the slack (I am so fired). So, while...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Day 80 - Falling down
I do not have time to be sick. (I do have time to take care of my family as they fall one by one to the illness that sent my little man...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Day 79 - The elephant
It's time to address the elephant in the room, or at least the one in my room. While I would love to support myself solely with my...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
Day 78 - You're never too old to Trick or Treat!
With all the doors active (but hidden) on my website, I began scheduling the posts to appear every hour. The fun part was going through...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
Day 77 - You should be writing
I know I'm running out of time to get the Halloween event up, so tonight my goal is to complete every webpage for the Trick or Treat....
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Day 76 - Post-it Notes
I have the attention span of a gnat. I intended to work on the Halloween doors today, however, I found myself picking at the beginning...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
Day 75 - Take two
Halloween event take two. I completed one door today, the first one, which happens to be a trick (hee hee). This one took the longest,...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Day 74 - How not to make a lightbulb
After I announced the Trick or Treating event in my reader group and newsletter, I was asked if I could make it available for people who...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Day 73 - Baby steps
I haven't yet addressed an important step yet in my process... publishing. If you follow the instructions, it is a fairly simple...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Day 72 - Old hat
I've been formatting so much this month, it's beginning to feel like "old hat", but that also means that I haven't gotten a lot of...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Day 71 - I have an idea
Departed came back today from my editor, and with plenty of time to get the corrections done for the fun event I have planned in my...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
Day 70 - An Imperfect Bargain
Formatting. My old nemesis. I did not turn off my laptop this time when I completed the format for An Imperfect Bargain (ironically I...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Day 69 - Tying it all together
When I wrote An Imperfect Bargain, I hadn't planned to tie it back into the series, and was originally going to use it as an introduction...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
Day 68 - Missing my voice
You'd think by now I would stop using the words "quick edit" because every time I think that, it turns into a project. Deep breath. My...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
Day 67 - Pre-editing (is that a word)
Remember what I said about editing before sending anything to the editor? Yes? Good, because that's what I'm doing tonight (still better...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
Day 66 - Connecting it all
The final bridge section between Devoured and Petrified was written almost as if it was the end of the story, despite having the final...
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Alyssa Drake
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
Day 65 - A fortuitous accident
Knowing that Petrified will be the last story in this collection, I skipped the final introduction and dove into the story....
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