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Neil Swaab I'm currently finishing up the artwork for SECRETS TO RULING SCHOOL: BOOK 2: CLASS ELECTION. There's 200 pieces of art in the book so it's a lot of work!
Neil Swaab Consider the "big idea" of your book first before starting to write it. It's much easier to sell a book when you have a marketable hook.
Neil Swaab Getting to be creative everyday and invent worlds that readers can immerse themselves in. It's amazing to transform a simple blank page (or blank screen, in my case), into something that speaks to people.
Neil Swaab I don't write linearly so, if I get stuck at a certain point, I skip it and write the thing that I actually do know how to write. Hopefully, by the time I finish that, I'll have figured out the thing I was stuck on. Another good thing is to give myself permission to write a terrible first draft. It's much easier to then go back and attack the book once there's something on the page instead of when there's nothing. And much more liberating!

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