Writing Life
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Not a Real Writer Episode 1: Themes and Why I Write
Hi, this is the Not a Real Writer podcast, where I talk about writing fiction and the self-doubts and imposter syndrome about writing fiction. I’m Melody Taylor and I’m not […]
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My new project
My friend James asked me a few months ago why I wasn’t doing a podcast. Well, the main reason I haven’t is because I never thought of it. But one […]
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Are you good enough?
It startled me recently to realize how much simpler human behavior is than we think. People are very basic creatures, but we try to make things so much more complicated […]
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I keep expecting roadblocks . . .
For the last several years, I’ve been trying to get past whatever was holding me back as far as my writing and making a career out of it. There was […]
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Good enough yet?
I’ve talked a bit about some of the fun insights I’ve had about Night Falls, the in-progress vampire story. I haven’t talked about a big one, though. I’ve wanted to […]
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Moving the goal posts.
A couple years ago, I set a goal to be earning $2,000 a month from my books by the end of 2025. I haven’t met that goal, and I’m not […]
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Reasons I could be your favorite author:
I wear red Chucks. I drink good coffee. I love cats, perhaps to an unhealthy degree. I am Goddess, older than time, Mother of All Creation, She who set the […]
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A vampire Western
I’ve been using the Story Grid method to edit my stories for a little while — it’s just the best. One of the steps is to figure out what genre […]
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Chasing Monsters
My post this month is more of an update on my mental health, which as you may imagine affects my writing pretty deeply. The last five years or so, I’ve […]
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Mr. Beck
When I was a kid, my favorite class was art class. I loved it. It was free-flowing, it was creative and imaginative, we learned new techniques for making cool stuff. […]
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