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Sarah A. Selene

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Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal

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Sarah A. Selene is a Word Witch and Sentence Sorceress hailing from America’s humid armpit, the Florida Panhandle. She has over twenty years of experience smashing letters together to make words and at least fifteen years of experience grinding words together to make novels, short stories, and occasionally (in drunken bouts of indulgence), poetry. Sarah has won a few awards for wording goodly, but Bloodlands marks her first adventure into publishing.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Sarah A. Selene Persistence! Writer’s block usually strikes me as I’m closing in on the back-half of my story. I usually have a clear view of how I want the book to e…morePersistence! Writer’s block usually strikes me as I’m closing in on the back-half of my story. I usually have a clear view of how I want the book to end, but I don’t always have the most defined plan for getting there. To help me get over that hump and keep me from getting bogged down in the great terror of indecisiveness, I have to keep myself writing. I may have to experiment with multiple possibilities for bridging point C with point D, and I’ll likely end up deciding most of them don’t work and having to cut those scenes and start over again, but eventually I’ll arrive at the right scenario.

Alternatively, if I’m suffering writer’s block earlier in the story because I have no idea what my next step is (I’m a bit of a pantser), I might try to flesh out some backstory through a flashback. It may not quite belong at that point in the story, and might eventually get cut altogether, but the exercise will usually re-affirm what’s important for the character’s development and give me an idea of where to go next.
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Sarah A. Selene It’s November, so I’ve just started a new novel for NaNoWriMo. It’s currently called Void Eater and is set in a modernized fantasy world teetering on …moreIt’s November, so I’ve just started a new novel for NaNoWriMo. It’s currently called Void Eater and is set in a modernized fantasy world teetering on the brink of a war that, unbeknownst to most, will herald the apocalyptic wrath of interdimensional gods. The main protagonist, Rachel, is a mercenary in possession of a mysterious and horrifying power connected to this impending doom, and she’s been tasked with an impossible mission—to save the world by killing the gods. No war can truly be so simple, however, and though Rachel alone holds the power, her friends, allies, and chosen family all have a role to play in the trials to come. (less)

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State of the New State

Previously on “Sarah Chaotically Yeets Herself at Indie Authorship,” I announced that I would be relocating–which I did! I am now a resident of North Carolina.

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In the course of moving, I experienced the closest thing to fame I’ve encountered so far, but it wasn’t for my writing. It was for our house.

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The Everlasting

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