Tag: Writing

  • ccdevin

    What is ‘art’?

    What a question right? What is art? Can it even be defined? I am no expert art historian nor am I a philosopher, but I am a creative and I am learning to think of myself as an artist too. Over the years that I have been writing my books, it’s been a real challenge for me to think of…

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    Writing Journey: Book cover reveal!

    The day is finally here! I recently hired an artist to create a cover for my debut fantasy novel and it is now complete and ready to be revealed to the world! I was incredibly nervous going into this process, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I scoured the web and considered close to a hundred artists for this,…

  • ccdevin

    Writing Journey: Title Reveal

    I am so excited to finally announce the title of the first book in my epic fantasy Tales of Beasts series which will be debuting in early 2024 – stay tuned for a date! This has been the work of many, many years and hard work. I am so grateful to finally be able to share this with the world,…

  • ccdevin

    Read like a writer!

    One of may favourite ways to grow my writing abilities and enhance my fictional worlds is by reading other books. By opening myself up to other worlds, characters, ideas, and writing styles, I have been able to learn so much about writing, and how to improve my own. Now I know what you might be thinking ‘That sounds too close…

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    Always wanting to do more…

    Last night I was worrying about my to do list, because it was getting longer and longer while my time to do things grew shorter. It was particularly frustrating, because while my list of priorities was growing, my list of things that I wanted to do was getting pushed to the side. So many books that I wanted to read,…

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    Writing Journey: My novel!

    I have been writing my first novel for the last eight or so years, and it is finally getting to the final stages before publishing! It has been an incredibly long journey to get here, and the story has changed almost entirely from my original design, but I love it. I hope to write more about it very soon, both…