Ten years had passed since I had written anything. In my hands, I held a book I’d never finished, the last project I had worked on—a dusty first draft that was supposed to be my “greatest” work. Tangled plotlines, inconsistent characters, haywire emotional beats. As I flipped through those pages, I realized—I couldn’t do it. …
Coming Back to the Desk: How My 10 Year Writing Absence Ended Read More »
Social media is full of pitfalls for writers. I know because I fell right into one. That’s why, today, I spent the morning rebuilding and re-organizing how I approach social media. All the impressions, engagement, and followers, all the online attention and virality, it doesn’t guarantee connection or community. It doesn’t even guarantee business success …
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport has been a huge boone to me recently. Though, it really should be called Digital Intentionalism, because it doesn’t approach technology from a less-is-more standpoint. It approaches technology from a “Make sure it serves your values and that you know its costs.” I’ve found it extremely helpful as I wade …
I was flabbergasted when I began telling people I was an author. “Really? I’ve always wanted to write a book.” “I have an idea for a novel. Do you think it’s publishable?” “Me, too! Would you read my first draft?” “Are you in a writer’s group? Can I come?” Budding writers seemed to pop out …
Finished! The first draft of Queen of the Deeps is finally done!!! (Again.) Writing this book has taken so long that I’ve forgotten when I began. *leaves to look it up* 2022 – so 3 years. Maybe it feels long because I had to write it TWICE! That’s right, the original draft was finished in …
What’s New? 10,000 words of new content New Side Character New Cover New Interior Art What’s the Same? Same story Same beloved characters Same adventures Same epic battles Opportunities are coming to grab free, early release copies, but only if you’re signed up to the Arc Legends Mailing list! I’ll be posting snippets of the …
Where did February go? I lost my February in a book! Sometimes I dive so deep into what I’m writing that the days seem to vanish. February has been that type of month. Writing, writing, and more writing! Progress on Book 3 of my YA adventure fantasy series continues. I’m growing happier by the day …
Inkheart, Creative Self-Publishing & Secret Projects Read More »
Goodness, those fantasy princesses… Between commission work, beta reading a few fantasy novels, and the holidays, work on Book 3 has continued to progress! The two main characters, Adeya and Kyen, are separated for this book (due to spoilers from Prince of the Fallen Kingdom). Adeya’s storyline has been getting the chief of my attention, …
Princesses, Wizards & Writing Excuses – Life of a Fantasy Author (January Update) Read More »
Have We Met? Hi, I’m C. A. Doehrmann. (You can call me Christina.) As a fantasy author, there are a great many things I’m bad at. One of them is remembering to pull my head out of wordsmithing long enough to let my readers know that…A. I’m still alive! (Woot!) And…B. Progress is being made …
