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Feed Your Spirit: Beach Time
From an early age, I was part fish. The Little Mermaid was my favorite movie, I swam competitively for eighteen years, and I feel a sense of peace at the ocean. The sand, sun, tide, boardwalk, food – everything about the beach brings me joy, probubly because most of my best childhood memories are at…
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Favorite Side Character in Sight Beyond the Sun
Side characters can sometimes compete for center stage in a book, and as an author, it can be a difficult balancing act to keep the limelight on my hero when I’m secretly falling in love with his brother! This was easily the case with Tironan, my favorite side character in Sight Beyond the Sun. Tironan…
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Writing Tip: Navigating the Middle Slump
😵💫Problem: I’m halfway through my book, and I’ve run out of steam. Where is this book even going? 🥳Recommendation: The beauty of writing is that unlike other arts, we have a delete button! So give yourself permission to be wrong, and write a future scene you want to happen, a possible ending for your story,…
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Sight Beyond the Sun Playlist
When I make a playlist specific to the book I’m writing, it helps me better understand the characters, their personalities, and the general “vibe” I’m trying to create with my story. For Sight Beyond the Sun, you’ll hear songs that represent my heroine’s fierceness, confidence, and determination. You’ll hear my hero struggle with his morals…
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Release Day! | Sight Beyond the Sun
Hip, hip hooray! TODAY is release day! Sight Beyond the Sun is officially on sale everywhere ebooks are sold!! A huge thank you to everyone who helped to shape this book, especially my fellow writers, Abigail Sharp, Leah Miles and Margaret Johnston, who read my scribbles at its earliest stages; my editors, Nicole Klungle and Linda…
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Hammy Time: Feed Your Spirit
I raised many hamsters throughout middle and high school. We’d buy a female and inevitably, she’d give birth – and we’d end up with seven pets instead of one. (It happened twice!) As an adult, I learned from my childhood mistakes (this one time, ha!) and adopted a rambunctious, silly, curious little BOY hammy: Oliver.…
Author Melody Johnson 