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Shanna Swendson

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Once upon a time ...

A little girl learned to amuse herself by making up stories in her head. She turned everyday activities into exciting adventures, and she made up new adventures for characters from her favorite movies, TV shows and books. Then one day she realized that if she wrote down those stories, she'd have a book! But that was crazy, she thought. Real people don't become novelists. That was like deciding you were going to be a movie star. You couldn't just go and do it.

But, it turns out, you can, and she did. She realized her dream of becoming a novelist and seeing her stories in bookstores.

And then she started to wig herself out by writing about herself in the third-person.

This is her story.

The Novelist's Journey

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Average rating: 3.91 · 57,584 ratings · 5,575 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Enchanted, Inc. (Enchanted, Inc., #1) 3.86 avg rating — 13,238 ratings — published 2005 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon Stilettos (Enchanted, Inc., #2) 3.95 avg rating — 7,755 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damsel Under Stress (Enchanted, Inc., #3) 3.91 avg rating — 6,302 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Hex with Texas (Enchanted, Inc., #4) 3.98 avg rating — 5,998 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Much Ado About Magic (Enchanted, Inc., #5) 4.03 avg rating — 3,540 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Quest for the Wicked (Enchanted, Inc., #6) 3.84 avg rating — 2,985 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel Mechanics (Rebel Mechanics, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 2,929 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss and Spell (Enchanted, Inc., #7) 4.04 avg rating — 2,601 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Make Mine Magic 3.62 avg rating — 2,391 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frogs and Kisses (Enchanted, Inc. #8) 4.11 avg rating — 1,231 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I’ve been on a home improvement kick lately. I got the new office rug last week, and last weekend’s project was redoing the kitchen window. It’s an odd window not like any others in the house. I think it may have been added after the fact during some other renovations. The cart with the air fryer oven sits in front of it, so curtains are out, but it also faces the street, so I need something at th

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Shanna Swendson wrote a new blog post Home Improvement I’ve been on a home improvement kick lately. I got the new office rug last week, and last weekend’s project was redoing the kitchen window. It’s an od Read more of this blog post »
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Shanna Swendson rated a book it was amazing A Letter to the Luminous Deep (The Sunken Archive, #1) by Sylvie Cathrall (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an absolutely delightful book that draws the reader into the world and into the lives of the characters through the letters they exchange. I can’t wait for the sequel.
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Shanna Swendson entered a giveaway Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1) by Stephanie Burgis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Shanna Swendson made a comment on her review of The Boyfriend School (Ballantine Reader's Circle) " I had an apartment on Red River, near Hyde Park, for $250/month, furnished and all bills paid. Those were the days! "
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Shanna Swendson made a comment on The Power of Story " Lorrita wrote: "Your Enchanted Inc books are my “comfort” reads. I’ve read and reread them multiple times over the years. Thank you for sharing your g ...more "
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Shanna Swendson answered Goodreads's question: How do you deal with writer’s block? I take a walk, then get out a notebook and pen and brainstorm. I usually have more of a case of "I don't know what happens next" than a true block.
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Shanna Swendson rated a book it was amazing The Spellshop (Spellshop, #1) by Sarah Beth Durst (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Spellshop is a sweet, charming book about community that also gets into issues dealing with resources and how they should be fairly allocated, as well as questions about the difference between what’s right and what’s legal. There’s a subtle, gent ...more
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“Did someone actually have to do bad things to be a bad boy, or was it all about the potential? If it was the potential that counted, then maybe it was the restraint that was so sexy, knowing that he could do something dangerous and powerful but had the restraint not to.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

tags: bad-boys, potential, restraint

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“But when I clicked over to my e-mail program, it was just another “great opportunity” spam, this time adding the words “don’t delete!” to the subject line. With a sense of perverse satisfaction, I deleted it. It was probably the only act of rebellion I’d get away with all day.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

tags: humor

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“Ruling the world is overrated. It would really cut into your leisure time.”
― Shanna Swendson, No Quest for the Wicked

tags: owen-palmer

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Rebel Mechanics by Shanna Swendson

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The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce

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