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• Nano-Now What?

  by Mandi Konesni October 31, 2017
  You've done it. Whether you've created a masterpiece, a rough draft, added a few thousand words to a work in progress, or achieved a smaller goal of your own... you've made it through November, and hit that last day of NanoWriMo. At this point, many people start to ask themselves the all important q...
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• NanoWri-Oh...

  by Mandi Konesni October 21, 2017
  So you've signed up to NanoWriMo, got yourself situated and are now staring at the dashboard wondering what the heck to do. It's getting closer, panic is setting in, and you realize you have no dang idea what you're doing. Rest assured, even past Nano participants have this feeling of not knowing wh...
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• NanoWriMo Tips & Tricks From a Past Participant

  by Mandi Konesni October 19, 2017
  1- Stock up on snacks to keep motivated. Get healthier snacks for keeping energy throughout the day. Focus on protein, things like trail mix, baked or veggie chips, cheese sticks, etc. Nobody wants to lose their train of thought because they got hungry and had to go make something, so keep thin...
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• NanoWriMo 2017

  by Mandi Konesni October 17, 2017
  Basically, a bunch of insane idiot authors get together in November and say "You know what? We don't want to survive this month." And we all sit down and pledge to write 50,000 words in 30 days. If you actually do it, there are some prizes for writing software and things. But, writing any amount of ...
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• Best Laid Plans

  by Mandi Konesni April 11, 2017
  Sometimes, despite our best effort, things go haywire. The best laid plans, and all. In the publishing world, this is even more so. While you may have your heart set on a publication date, there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes that are being worked on. With so many cogs on the wheel...
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• Word of the Day- Arboreal

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  She stood under the sunlight, the wind blowing her hair behind her. The area was calm, serene. Only the sound of the river to her left broke the spell being woven. Taking a hesitant step forward, she pressed her hand against the arboreal carving on the large stone arch. Branches spiraled from the ma...

• Christmas...Revamped.

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  I'm not sure how many here read Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series. However, for those that do... I currently roleplay Simi. Who readers will notice has a very distinctive way of speaking. Two years ago I decided to write Christmas Eve stories in her voice for the holidays for fans to read. These...
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• Prey

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  Coming Oct 2017! Chapter One The last thing she remembered, she'd been walking. Hazy summer heat had left vapors rising from the cement on the walking trail. She recalled how she'd paused to share a bit of water from her bottle with a stray dog as it had been so ungodly hot. The pup had been older...
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• Risque Romance Vol 2- Consumed

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  Coming in April 2017! ~Prologue~ As above, so below. Few understand the true meaning of the phrase, and even fewer can grasp the consequences of it. Deities are worshiped because they are made and formed of the mortal visions of them. We are given characteristics that the mortals can identify with...
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• Risque Romance Vol 2- Untamed

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  Coming in April 2017! ~Chapter One~ Naomi stared at the small slide in front of her, her gaze becoming slightly unfocused the longer she looked. It couldn't be possible, there was just no physical way that what she was seeing could be happening. Yet it was. She'd retested the samples more times th...
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• Risque Romance Vol 1- Enthralled

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  Buy here- https://www.amazon.com/Risque-Romance-Vol-Mandi-Konesni-ebook/dp/B01AAZZP3Q ~ Prologue ~ Dieri Voices rose on the wind as he scrambled up yet another incline. Blood seeped from hundreds of tiny cuts, but he couldn't stop, he had to keep pushing forward. The harpies chasing him wouldn't...
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• Maeling Taylor

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  (This was written for my niece, MaeLing, as a Christmas present. I designed and printed them books as keepsakes, with custom "disney" fairy avatars of themselves to illustrate the scenes.) In a hidden valley, located just past Neverland, a brand new fairy was born of golden sand. MaeLing becomes t...