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10 Ways to Make Sure Your Worldbuilding is Unique worldbuilding Jul 25, 2025

I'm at that stage of writing The Song of the Blackthorn Tree where the world has gotten so huge and complex that it's finally time to bring in an editor to help me out. 

When I brought her onto the p...

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Atmosphere and Mood in Fiction: How to Give Your Book that "Haunted Feeling" worldbuilding Jul 04, 2025

I'm a bit of a spooky gal in real life. Halloween is my favorite holiday and October is my favorite month of the year.

And even though it's July, I'm feeling a bit nostalgic this week so we're diving...

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Documenting My Book Publishing Journey: Week 11 editing publishing worldbuilding Mar 17, 2025

We're back with another week of Rachel-can't-commit-to-anything-so-she-freaks-out-a-bit-and-does-nothing - 

Just kidding. It been a wild week, for sure, but some really good things are happening, and...

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Documenting My Book Writing Journey: Week 9 (11 Tips to Use Geography in Your Worldbuilding) publishing worldbuilding Mar 03, 2025

Are we already to week 9? Holy cow! Just writing this down I feel like a miscounted (I probably did - it happens a lot). 

Anyway, you've probably noticed I've been working a lot on worldbuilding. It'...

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Documenting My Book Writing Journey, Week 8 (10 Things to Help Your Worldbuilding) publishing worldbuilding Feb 24, 2025

This week I spent a lot of time working on my story world. I have a method I use to build story worlds quickly and thoroughly, and I'm excited to share it with you! 

A few things you'll find interest...

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