The Writing Process

Vendela Ahlström

I finished NaNoWriMo 2022

I am officially exhausted! This week on Tuesday (22nd November) I reached 50 000 words. About twenty minutes after that Lizzie finished...

Vendela Ahlström

The Soggy Middle of NaNoWriMo

So we all know about the soggy middle. How we trudge through the midpoint or the middle section of our drafts. How amazing it feels when...

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Thoughts on Beta Readers (before)

I'm about to send Visions of Ravens off to beta readers. Even thought it's 'done'. The thing is, I never had beta readers. I never felt...

Vendela Ahlström

I'm doing NaNoWriMo 2022

This is your classic “Hey, I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year” post. There’s literally nothing anything else to it. So I’ll keep it short and...

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Revisions for VoR are done!

Finally! I’ve worked on this for little over four months now, since the end of January, and it is so rewarding to have finally reached...

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February Goals

A few days late, but as promised here are my goals for February! How are we feeling about this month? Super excited and motivated! I feel...

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January reflection

So I thought I’d give this a go. In January I began seriously planning to get my goals achieved and I thought I’d share them with you on...

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What I did wrong after I finished draft 0

Something I wanna make clear before I get to the “I finished my first draft” moment: I was pushing myself for a deadline that was so not...

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Why finding good crit partners is vital to the writing process

If you'd asked me three years ago, when I was still in my teens and couldn't get further than five chapters into a new idea, or kept...

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