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Passage is the first novel in the science-fantasy Akasha Series by Indie Gantz. For more information about the book, please click the Amazon link below.

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“Did my heart just falter?” my alpha reader co “Did my heart just falter?” my alpha reader commented on this exchange. “Is that physically possible?” Sharing unedited content always makes me a little nervous, but here we go! 😱 #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 24 🌌 “You’re welcome to leave them in this room,” she said as casually as she could manage. “That’s why Raela instructed me to provide you with a private workspace. Only you and I will have the key, Your Highness.” “Damnit, Astrea.” The prince’s eyes closed for a moment, his tongue visibly poking the inside of his cheek. “You know I don’t like that title.” 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥. “You seemed to have no problem when Raela called you that a few minutes ago.” “Raela isn’t you.” As Jin stared at her, Astrea stared back. This was probably exactly what Cressida would advise against when considering ‘appropriate and professional’ conversations. Actually, maybe not. Cressida did love ruffling people’s feathers when they deserved it. “Maybe not,” Astrea agreed, “but if I’m remembering, only your friends have the privilege of foregoing the title.” She regretted the words as soon as they left her mouth. But the hurt and understanding on Jin’s face almost made it worth it. Almost. “What, are we strangers now?” he asked. “It’s been a long time.” “It has.” “Then I don’t see what the problem is.” 🌌 If I made my alpha’s heart falter, then I did my job ✌️ 𝗤𝗢𝗧𝗗: Do you ever have emotional reactions to scenes you read? What about the ones you’ve written? ° ° ° #nanowrimo #indiesareworthit #indiepublishing #writingcommunityofig #indieauthorsofig #indieauthorlove #indieauthorsunited #indieauthorlife #copyeditor #bookeditor #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy #fantasyauthor #romanceauthor #womenwritingfiction #womenwriters #snippetsunday #newadultfantasy #writersconnection #amdrafting #amediting #amwriting #freelanceeditor #snippetsaturday #writingtipsandtricks
The look your characters gets when they break a so The look your characters gets when they break a social rule 🙄 #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 23 Social expectations and etiquette in your world offer not only insight into the place your characters live but also opportunities to add in more tension and conflict. Let’s say your character is going to the royal palace for a dinner party they were invited to. Your MC doesn’t know the rules and customs of the palace, and they unwittingly break a rule during dinner. What kind of friction does this cause? Does someone pull them aside to inform them, or is there a big stink over the faux pas? What’s the fallout? Is this mini conflict resolved within a scene, or does it cause further problems down the road when your MC runs into the person they offended again? Maybe things are resolved relatively easily, but this misstep really upsets your character in their own mind, and now they’re second-guessing themselves. On a larger and more structured scale, think about the laws and regulations in society, too. Does your MC need to break a law on their quest? Do they break it and not get caught, or do they end up in a whole lot of trouble? Do they feel guilty about breaking said law, or are they happy to do whatever it takes to achieve their goal? As you draft and worldbuild, think about different levels of conflict and ways your character might experience tension and obstacles in the world. It doesn’t just have to be other people or the Villain; sometimes it’s just an awkward social moment that really messes things up. QOTD: Are there any social rules & expectations your character breaks in your WIP? ° ° ° #commonmistakes #authortips #writerstips #writingtipsandtricks #writersblock #writeyourbook #finishyourbook #writinganovel #writeeveryday #amditing #amdrafting #amrevising #writingtips #writershelpingwriters #writingmood #keepwriting #indiesareworthit #bookeditor #writingcoach #copyeditor #worldbuilding #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy #amwritingromance #YAwriter #YAauthor #YAauthorsofinstagram #worldbuildingtips #indieauthor
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.” - Anne of Green Gables #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 21 I used to buy into the idea that writing was a solitary activity. That writers tucked themselves away in their rooms, hiding from the world until they had a beautiful finished manuscript to share. That writers would suffer alone as they worked through writer's block, plot pain points, and more. That was when I was much younger, still just a kid. Now, as an experienced publishing professional, I wish I could go back and tell Kid Hannah that she didn’t need to hide her writing and keep it all to herself. Having writer friends is one of the best things. It’s so helpful for creativity, accountability, and support. Even if we’re all still technically tucked away in our rooms, the internet allows us to be together and collaborate, brainstorm, and talk when we need and want to. It’s amazing. All of my friends support my writing. Samantha and Sarah, my alpha readers, are also my colleagues and business buds. Leah and Kayla are always supportive, whether I want to ask their opinion or just need to complain 😅 Krista is my local writing pal, and I’m so glad we’re able to get coffee together again. And of course my non-author friends are just as supportive in their own ways, and so are all of you who follow me here. Thank you 💜 ✍️ Weekly NaNo update: I took a couple of days off to see my BFFs, so I lost my lead on my word count, but it was totally worth it! I’m back on track to hit my Camp goal by the end of the month, with a total of ~27k words as of this morning. QOTD: Who are your writing pals? Give them a shoutout! ° ° ° #campnano #indiesareworthit #indiepublishing #writingcommunityofig #indieauthorsofig #selfpubauthors #indieauthorsunited #indieauthorlife #copyeditor #bookeditor #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy #fantasyauthor #romanceauthor #womenwritingfiction #womenwriters #authorpreneur #newadultfantasy #writersconnection #amdrafting #amediting #amwriting #freelanceeditor #writerscommunity
There are a lot of new followers here, and I’m g There are a lot of new followers here, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to connect with each and every one of you! I’m Hannah, owner of Between the Lines Editorial. I’m an editor, an author, and a writing coach, and I’m kind of obsessed with books. About me as a human: 📚 I think about existential threats to humanity and why we haven’t met aliens a lot more than I probably should. 🧐👽 📚 I’m super picky about and get frustrated by certains things. 📚 I’m allergic to tree nuts. 📚 My favorite flowers are peonies, roses, and sunflowers. I also love anemone flowers! 📚 One of my pastimes is wearing all black outfits in the summer and then complaining that I’m too hot. 😅 📚 I’ve been playing tennis for over twenty years. About me as an editor & writer: 📚 I became a full-time freelance editor in 2017. 📚 I’ve edited over 100 projects since I started my business, most of those novel-length manuscripts. ✍️ 📚 My favorite genres to edit are sci-fi, fantasy, romance, & women’s fiction. 📚 I finished my first draft of my current WIP back in 2019 but knew it needed to be scrapped. That was one of the hardest things I’ve done, but sometimes it’s necessary! What’s ONE fact about you that you think your fellow readers & writers should know? Say hello & share in the comments 💜 ° ° ° #campnano #indiesareworthit #indiepublishing #writingcommunityofig #indieauthorsofig #selfpubauthors #indieauthorsunited #indieauthorlife #copyeditor #bookeditor #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy #fantasyauthor #romanceauthor #womenwritingfiction #womenwriters #authorpreneur #newadultfantasy #CampNaNoOrNot21 #writersconnection #amdrafting #amediting #amwriting #freelanceeditor #edibuddies #writingtipsandtricks
Let’s talk alpha readers, shall we? #CampNaNoOr Let’s talk alpha readers, shall we? #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 17 I don’t have a #SnippetSaturday post today...unless alpha reader comments count as a snippet! Two of my good friends, @editsandrevisions & @samantha_heuwagen, have agreed to alpha read my WIP for me. That means they’re reading chapters as I complete them, with me doing almost no self-editing before sending the new content to their inboxes. The writing community often talks about beta readers and critique partners, but alpha readers are a bit different! The biggest difference is that alpha readers are seeing an unedited draft. Rather than provide reader/market feedback, their goal is to provide feedback and look for general story issues, like awkward dialogue, plot holes, and incomplete characterization. First drafts are full of those kinds of problems, and when you’re really close to your own story, having this feedback can create a great roadmap for later self-edits. I love working with Sarah & Samantha because I get two styles of feedback. Sarah brings a more editorial perspective to the table. She’s one of my edibuddies and SO good (seriously, follow her and consider hiring her)! Samantha brings both an author perspective and fangirl reaction. She’s the author of four books (which you should read) and is also one of my editing clients, so she knows my personality and what’s important to me as a writer-editor. Whether you want to work with alpha readers or focus solely on beta feedback, having a range of feedback can bring balance to your revisions and point out what different readers might think. You don’t want too many cooks in the kitchen, but a core group you trust for feedback can make a big difference in your process and final product. QOTD: Do you work with alpha readers? Betas? A critique partner? Professional editor? All of the above? ° ° #alphareader #betareader #critiquepartner #indiesareworthit #indieauthorsofinstagram #authorpreneur #amwritingfantasy #fantasyauthor #romanceauthor #romancewriter #amwritingromance #amwritingnewadult #fictionwriting #amwritingnow #writingtipsandtricks #selfpublishingtips #authorlife #indieauthorlife #writerscorner #writersconnection
On Monday, I asked about your MC’s goals and mot On Monday, I asked about your MC’s goals and motivations. Both are important for the story, but so are the obstacles your character(s) faces. #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 16 Your character’s goals and motivations are great, but it’s what they have to challenge, overcome, and go through that adds conflict to the story. It wouldn’t be much of a novel if your character wanted an iced coffee more than anything in the world and had no trouble getting one. Maybe a silly premise, but let’s use that as an example. 📚 Your MC wants an iced coffee from one specific store more than anything. 📚 They want this particular coffee because it’s their favorite roast of coffee bean *and* they have a crush on the barista. We have a goal and two motives. Let’s add some challenges. 📚 They go outside to find they have a flat tire on their car and no way to get it changed. 📚 They decide to call a taxi, but the taxi gets lost! 📚 They finally get to the coffee shop, but the espresso machine is broken. 📚 At least they get to see their crush, right? Until your poor MC trips and breaks their nose in front of said crush! A novel isn’t usually that straightforward. The important thing here is that all of those obstacles would somehow influence the MC’s decisions and internal conflict as well. Maybe the MC needs to learn that it’s okay to be embarrassed and that there are other decent coffee shops that are easier to get to. 😜 You get the point! Which begs the question...what obstacles does your main character face as they work toward their goal? Are you good at making your characters suffer? 😈 ° ° ° #writingtechniques #authortips #writerstips #writingtipsandtricks #writersblock #writeyourbook #indiesareworthit #writinganovel #writeeveryday #amediting #amdrafting #amrevising #writingtips #writershelpingwriters #writingmood #howtowrite #keepwriting #writingcoach #copyeditor #freelanceeditor #romanceauthor #fantasywriter #fantasyauthor #5amwritersclub #writerscorner #indieauthor #amwritingya #authorslife
Sometimes, what you draft isn’t going to line up Sometimes, what you draft isn’t going to line up with your usual level of writing. 😳 Sometimes it’s just going to be a bit more basic, a bit more of a skeleton scene, and that’s okay. #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 14 As a writer-editor, I find myself trying to balance my two different skillsets when I draft my fiction. I don’t want to self-edit too much as I go--that's not helpful. But this past week, I haven’t been feeling as connected with my story this week (I’ve been tired). Because I want to get my first draft done by a certain date, I’ve been pushing through with a few modifications. I’ve been paring back my language and leaving fill-in-the-blanks as I go. It’s been helpful to maintain momentum & focus on getting my skeleton draft in place. If you’re stuck at a given scene or on some detail and you can’t get past it, insert a note or placeholder, highlight it, or flag it with a comment. Then come back to it later. Drafting in order is great, but sometimes skipping a scene helps dislodge those blocks and helps your creativity flow again. Those details I’ve been stuck on do need sorting eventually, but they’re not my whole story. So I’ve done what I can, left myself notes, and kept moving forward. Give yourself the same gift by trying the same if you need to. Some of my NaNo stats from the last week: 📚 Surpassed 50% of my monthly goal 📚 Up to 51,087 words in my manuscript 📚 Wrote almost 4k in one day (I was inspired!) What do you do to move past episodes of writer’s block? ° ° ° #indiesareworthit #selfpublishingcommunity #indieauthorlife #creativewritingcoach #bookeditor #amediting #amrevising #amwritingfantasy #amwritingromance #amwritingnewadult #amwritingsuspense #authortips #writingtechniques #keepwriting #writershelpingwriters #writingtipsandtricks #lifeofawriter #writerscorner #5amwritersclub #writers_together #indiepub #selfpub #indieauthorsofig #authorpreneur #writingcareer #getpublished
Fashion and style might sound like something unimp Fashion and style might sound like something unimportant in your worldbuilding, but it can add another dimension to your characters and the world they exist in. #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 13 I’m not personally into fashion, but I can appreciate the beauty of clothing. I have my own style, but fashion isn’t one of my main interests. Worldbuilding, though? That’s another story! Beyond personal expression and style, clothing and outfits can speak to someone’s social or political status, their religious affiliation, and so forth. Think about Queen Amidala in Star Wars Ep. 1--those outfits were so elaborate and spoke to her status as Queen of Naboo. In the King of Scars duology by Leigh Bardugo, we get to see different facets of fashion: Nikolai’s royal attire, the wild outfits of Ketterdam, grisha keftas, and even the patriarchal skew of Nina’s clothing when she’s in a very conservative country. These outfits all highlight different aspects of that world and the characters’ roles. You can even look to real history for inspo. Purple was reserved for royalty in ancient Rome because it was an expensive dye. Black is the color of mourning for some cultures, and in the grand scheme of human society, white as a wedding dress color is only newly “traditional.” 🤔 So if you’ve never considered fashion and clothing in your world before, I encourage you to! Browse Pinterest for inspiration, read books in your genre, and study different periods of history to see how clothing can signal different things to the world & readers. Have you considered fashion and style in your WIP? What’s it like? My world is inspired by the early 1920s in all kinds of ways, including the fashion--with a fantasy twist, of course 😜 ° ° ° #authortips #writerstips #writingtipsandtricks #writersblock #writeyourbook #finishyourbook #writinganovel #writeeveryday #amediting #amdrafting #amrevising #writingtips #writershelpingwriters #writingmood #howtowrite #keepwriting #writingcoach #copyeditor #freelanceeditor #romanceauthor #fantasywriter #fantasyauthor #YAwriter #YAauthor #5amwritersclub #writerscorner #indieauthor #amwritingya #authorslife
Plot is great, but what drives your main character Plot is great, but what drives your main character? #CampNaNoOrNot21 Day 12 We all want things in life. We all have goals, and we all have reasons behind those goals. (Just look at yesterday’s NaNo Or Not prompt--we asked about your motivation as a writer. That’s your ‘why!’) And that’s what you need to figure out for your characters, too. 📚 What do they want? 📚 Why do they want it? 📚 And what are they willing to do in order to reach this goal? Your main character’s goals might appear broad at first. Maybe they want to escape what they’ve determined to be their destiny. Maybe they’re searching for love. Maybe they want to fit in. These are universal experiences to some extent. But what about their life and backstory drives them toward this? Why won’t they accept their destiny? Why do they want to find love? Why do they want to fit in instead of being themselves? These motivations can be internal, external, or both! And your character’s motivations often lead to both internal and external conflict as they try to pursue their goal. This drives some kind of change or acceptance internally as they go through the story. Their goals and motivations might also change as they grow or learn new information. What’s your character’s goal, and what is their motivation? Drop it in a comment; I’d love to know! ° ° ° #commonmistakes #authortips #writerstips #writingtipsandtricks #writersblock #writeyourbook #finishyourbook #writinganovel #writeeveryday #amditing #amdrafting #amrevising #writingtips #writershelpingwriters #writingmood #howtowrite #keepwriting #indiesareworthit #bookeditor #writingcoach #copyeditor #freelanceeditor #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy #amwritingromance #womenwritingfiction #indieauthor
I’m taking a break from #CampNaNoOrNot21 just to I’m taking a break from #CampNaNoOrNot21 just to say hi 💜 I hope your week was lovely and that you have something to look forward to this weekend, whether it’s something big or something small. I’m meeting a friend tomorrow for some vaxxed-but-socially-distant reading, then it’s time for errands with my husband, working on my Camp NaNo project, and playing video games. (And perhaps taking a couple of new selfies since this is a repeat 😂) What are you doing this weekend? ° ° ° ° #campnanowrimo #nanowrimo #indiesareworthit #indiepublishing #writingcommunityofig #indieauthorsofig #selfpubauthors #indieauthorsunited #indieauthorlife #copyeditor #bookeditor #fantasywriter #amwritingfantasy #fantasyauthor #romanceauthor #womenwritingfiction #womenwriters #authorpreneur #newadultfantasy #copyeditor #editorsofig #amwriting #amediting #amrevising #finishyourbook #writerstips #writingtipsandtricks
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