Writing patterns and processes and a blurb for Ribbons
Writing a book or a series of books is a strange business. Each time the same pattern emerges. Stage one - the original idea seems so...
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Dec 11, 20186 min read
It's Release Day
And I'm excited. If you're on Facebook please join us for the release party. Excerpt one - Satori stands in the centre of his bedroom....
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carmillavoiez
Dec 7, 20185 min read
Starblood Release Week Blog Hop
Firstly Carmilla would like to thank every friend and supporter who is helping share the news of the relaunch of the Starblood series. On...
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carmillavoiez
Dec 6, 20181 min read
Starblood Launch Week Giveaway
Giveaway sponsored by Carmilla Voiez and hosted by GiveawayTools. Join the Facebook party on December 11th for more competitions and...
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carmillavoiez
Dec 3, 20188 min read
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel, Part Ten – Marketing
In this episode we will look at promotion. I’ll include information about release parties, paid adverts, building connections, book...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 27, 20183 min read
Three Goals for 2019
On the 1st January 2018 I wrote about my goals for this year. Today I will check back and see how successful I was with those and set new...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 26, 20187 min read
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel, Part Nine – Delivery
This episode discusses the relative merits of traditional vs self publishing. I will offer advice on how to find and contact an agent;...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 24, 20181 min read
Free Vampire Novella
Sign up for my monthly newsletter. Forty free pdf copies of Basement Beauty to be won. Offer closes December 31st 2018. Existing...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 20, 20183 min read
Cumulative Effect
Whenever I imagine childhood trauma my mind suggests that it should be one or two huge events that permanently damage the brain. It isn’t...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 19, 20185 min read
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel, Part Eight – Proofreading
Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel yet? You are almost ready to start sending that manuscript out to agents, or self-publish...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 11, 20186 min read
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel, Part Seven – Editing
This might be news to some of you but editing and proofreading are not the same thing. I hear you gasp in surprise, no doubt, but think...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 7, 20184 min read
Zombie Punks Fuck Off, background and book review
Rejection is part of the collective experience for writers, but that doesn’t make it easier to handle. Being accepted into an anthology...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 5, 20187 min read
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel, Part Six – The End or Not Really
This week we will be looking at what’s next after you’ve finished your first draft. So you’ve written an entire novel? Wow! You should be...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 2, 20181 min read
Go Indie Now interview with Carmilla Voiez
#Interview #Horror #Starblood
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carmillavoiez
Nov 2, 20182 min read
Dead Girls Don't Dance, by H.G. Lynch - Out Now
What would you do if you woke up dead? Gabriella remembers only parts of dying. She knows when she wakes up in a casket that she didn't...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 31, 20187 min read
Pumpkin Lanterns - a short story for Halloween
CW: Psychosis Mandy screwed the lid back onto her mascara wand and placed it in her velvet wash bag. Without looking away from the...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 29, 20185 min read
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel, Part Five – How To Keep Going
This episode of my novel writing guide will look at the dreaded writer’s block. How to keep going when it gets tough. It’s amazing the...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 24, 20183 min read
Stonemouth, Iain Banks - a review
Disclaimer – I love Iain Banks. I love his spare use of vividly evocative description. Wasp Factory is one of my favourite reads of all...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 23, 20181 min read
Sex, Drugs and Sorcery
This web comic, written By Carmilla Voiez and illustrated by Anna Prashkovich is a prequel to Starblood the Graphic Novel and The...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 22, 20188 min read
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Novel, Part Four – Style
There are many aspects of style (sometimes called voice) including perspective, language, tenses and chapter lengths. The fascinating...
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