Allow yourself to be flexible in your writing journey.
Today’s featured award-winning, international bestselling author is an archaeologist, fellow podcast host, and advocate and educator for representation in SFF worlds, V.S. Holmes. V.S. Holmes and I had a fun chat about using the pandemic time to unleash higher levels of creativity, overcoming shyness as an author, and more!
Key Thing’s You’ll Learn:
New skills picked up from the pandemic.
How their writing process changed.
What authors need to keep in mind when writing a book series.
Their advice for shy authors.
V.S. Holmes’ Site: https://vsholmes.com/
V.S. Holmes’ Books: https://www.amazon.com/V.-S.-Holmes/e/B014B55FJ0?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000
V.S. Holmes’ Podcast, “The Amphibian Press Podcast”: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-amphibian-press-podcast/id1428525334
A special shoutout goes to EV Sharp (formally known as MagicMusicX) for his track "Computer Room". Be sure to snag this and his other wonderful tunes through the following link. https://evsharp.bandcamp.com/track/the-computer-room
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