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2023 year end update
Okay so once again the only way I'm going to actually write this blog post is to lower my expectations of perfection and just DO it haha!...

j patricia anderson
Dec 31, 202315 min read
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October update
I thought I'd write a blog post in part to... write a blog at all since I haven't been :S, and in part to organise my writing thoughts...

j patricia anderson
Oct 28, 20237 min read
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My writing/editing process in 2023, as it pertains to 3T
Squeezing this blog post in today because it was on my "things to finish before going back to work" list and...I go back to work...

j patricia anderson
Feb 12, 20239 min read
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Finished the 1st draft of TTN
Oops. I forgot to update about this. I finally finished the 1st draft of my NaNoWriMo 2022 project TTN (The Twin Novel). Total word count...

j patricia anderson
Feb 12, 20231 min read
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I've been ignoring the blog
And it's mostly for the reason I planned to cover in my next blog post, which remains a draft... I'm going back to work in February and...

j patricia anderson
Dec 27, 20222 min read
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TTN after NaNoWriMo
November is over and after approx. a week of doing almost nothing, I'm starting to take stock of where I'm at with TTN. TTN is THE TWIN...

j patricia anderson
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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Chapter 2 preview of DoT is live! Along with something very special...
I've decided to release a chapter of DoT on the 1st of every month until release day. That means you got Chapter 1 on Nov 1, you're...

j patricia anderson
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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NaNoWriMo 2022: I did it!
2nd win ever. 2nd year in a row. I thought I could write more about it right now but I'm too tired hahahahaha. The temporarily titled THE...

j patricia anderson
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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NaNoWriMo 2022: The final stretch
Last two days of NaNo!!! This one was a struggle. Nearly gave up when I had too many personal commitments and sick kids and sick self etc...

j patricia anderson
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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2nd week NaNoWriMo update: The hangover week
Short-ish post because NaNo is killing me, but I wanted to get some numbers and thoughts down in the 2nd week. I've only won NaNo once...

j patricia anderson
Nov 9, 20222 min read
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How I didn’t get my agent or: The story of CotT and more specifically DoT
As I announced earlier today, I’ve decided to self-publish my debut High Fantasy novel, DAUGHTERS OF TITH, which is Book I of the...

j patricia anderson
Nov 1, 202219 min read
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I'm self-publishing DoT!
I have decided to self-publish my debut High Fantasy novel, DAUGHTERS OF TITH! A few people have known about this for a loooong time but...

j patricia anderson
Nov 1, 20222 min read
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NaNoWriMo 2022
It's almost here! I've been a NaNoWriMo-attempter for many years now. At first I would get 5K words or so and quit when I fell too far...

j patricia anderson
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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