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Emily A. Duncan:
Hi Emily! I was just reading the blurb for Wicked Saints and am so excited to read it. I'm a Youth Services librarian down here in FL, and I also have dreams of writing a YA fantasy series. I'm so excited to see a fellow YS librarian achieve their writing dreams. :) How did you find the time to write and get published while also working? How are you able to live the dream lol!? Thanks! -Jenna
Emily A. Duncan
Hi, thank you! full disclosure I wrote WS when i was in grad school and working a part time reference assistant job that had a lot of down time. BUT I wrote the sequel while working a full time youth services librarian job and it is! hard! I have to manage my time carefully and I have a very... structured social life. there is an 11 day stretch of last year that I don't remember because i hit a deadline and was churning out 3-4k words every day just in a desperate attempt to finish.
So, I'm not going to say it's easy because it's really hard! But it's absolutely possible, and it's nice if your coworkers know that your brain is melting because of writing and cut you a little slack lol.
So, I'm not going to say it's easy because it's really hard! But it's absolutely possible, and it's nice if your coworkers know that your brain is melting because of writing and cut you a little slack lol.
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Emily A. Duncan:
Hi, I was wondering if you could answer my questions and I hope they are not personnel to you, but I want to become an author one day and I hope you can answer my questions. What was the hardest thing you had to go through as an author? What fun thing did you learn while researching to write in your book?
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