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  • Winner! NaNoWriMo 2019

    Winner! NaNoWriMo 2019

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    At beginning of this week I figured if I averaged 3300 words a day, I could finish my NaNoWriMo project on Wednesday, leaving the rest of the weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving. That averages to around three hours of intensely focused writing a day with no distractions. Lucky for me, two of those days the kiddos…

  • 2018 Year in Review

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    Wow. What a year. While it’s true my plans for growing my blog readership didn’t happen which had everything to do with being overwhelmed with working to get my first book published, I’m very pleased with what I did accomplish this year. From books read, to posts written, to short stories submitted, to connections made,…

  • To Bear a Stone

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    For the longest time I’ve struggled with a perfection complex. If it’s not a perfect fit with what is “supposed” to be done, I get crazy anxious and most of the time end up not starting. This might explain why this novel has taken so long, and why I don’t post here as often as…

  • Achievement Unlocked – Book Contract!

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    A little over a year ago, in November 2016, I decided it was time to find a forever home for my book baby, Stonebearer’s Betrayal, and started looking for either a publisher or an agent. Sounds easy, right? Nope. Lemme explain. A lot of research goes into selecting the right place to submit a manuscript.…

  • Being Happy with Your “Now” You

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    I got a rejection this morning. Another one. The ninth in six weeks. Was I upset? Absolutely. I let myself be angry for about five minutes. I may have punched the mattress a few times. It’s after times like these I get a bit introspective. That, and I’ve got a birthday coming up. It’s almost…

  • Why I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    It’s the end of October. For many writers it’s the time to sharpen our brains and finish up prep for this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge. I’ve done the challenge for several years in different ways ranging from full manuscripts and partial manuscripts, down to editing and revision goals. While I’d love to be in a good…

  • A Querying I will Go!

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    It’s been a wild spring with unpredictable weather and plenty of changes to adapt into my life. As a family with young kids, the only thing I can depend on from day to day is unpredictability.  My youngest has developed a fascination with Minecraft and loves to play on the worlds he is creating with…

  • Writing Update – May 2015

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    It’s been a few months since I’ve posted an update so here we are.  I’m excited to say that I finally finished the current draft of my epic fantasy, Stonebearer’s Betrayal. This draft has been long in coming, over a year, and it feels so good to finally be seeing a finished product. The next…

  • Writing Update February 2015

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    The last six months have been a strange mix of writing for fun and writing that feels like work.  I sold my first piece of short fiction BREATH, which led to several weeks spent in working with a professional editor.  By the way, if you ever want to know the truth about what your writing…

  • TV Talk: Once Upon a Time

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    Because I write in speculative and fantasy it would seem like watching Once Upon a Time would be an obvious choice.  It is loaded with magic, which I love, and fairy tale characters, which I have a love/hate relationship with. However, the small snippets I have seen haven’t yet appealed to me mainly because it…