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What 10 years have taught me

10 lessons about writing books

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Maria Alexander
Aug 09, 2024
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As of next month, it’ll be 10 years since Mr. Wicker came out from Raw Dog Screaming Press. Before then, I’d been publishing short stories since 1999, so it was amazing to finally have a book out in the wild. A book that the British Fantasy Society called “Brilliant!” and that also got a Starred Review from Library Journal (which is kind of a big deal f…

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