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• Aubree Marie

  by Mandi Konesni February 9, 2017
  (This was written for my niece, Aubree, as a Christmas present. I designed and printed them books as keepsakes, with custom "disney" fairy avatars of themselves to illustrate the scenes.) In far away Pixie Hollow, a land beautiful to see, lived a tiny little water fairy named Aubree Marie. Now A...

• NanoWriMo 2016

  by Mandi Konesni October 29, 2016
  The goal- 50,000 words in 30 days. To do this, you need 1,667 words a day. I'm going to try my best to see where I end up! :) Nov. 1- 2,000 Nov. 2- 2,000 Nov. 3- 8,000 Nov. 4- 4,407 Nov. 5- 3075 Nov. 6- 519 Nov. 7- 5,768 Nov. 8- 1704 Nov. 9- 1436 Nov. 10- 2965 Nov. 11- 3465 Nov. 12- ...
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• Progress Meters

  by Mandi Konesni March 20, 2016
  I found a neat word tracking generator, where I can update my word counts in one place and have them automatically updated everywhere I've put that code. So here ya go, these are my official word counts and progress bars! :) http://www.sarracannon.com/wordmeter/wordmeter.php?id=3461"> http://ww...

• The Art of Fictionalizing

  by Mandi Konesni February 14, 2016
  When people read my work, a lot of times I get asked the same question. “How did you come up with this? How do you make it seem so real?” Well, that's because it is. Depending on what I'm writing, the item can be either something real, or something I've tweaked. Today, I'll discuss both, and why...
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• Name Ideas

  by Mandi Konesni January 2, 2016
  Just storing name ideas for a trilogy I'm going to be working on after the next anthology :) Levi Jaedon Zayne Nico Arion Elijah Arizel Torrent Blayze Gavyn Rogue Hawke Slate Havoc Steele Pyro Mayhem Rebel Phantom Payne Ryder Myles Demyse-name or scythe Malyce/malice Thorn...

• Critiques and Courtesy

  by Mandi Konesni September 3, 2015
  When you write for yourself and only share things with friends and family, you will notice that they don't offer many good critiques. This is understandable... they know you and don't want to crush your dream or say things that might hurt your feelings. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the gen...
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• Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon

  by Mandi Konesni March 30, 2015
  There are so many books that really stick with you. So many that become a part of your life almost. Some examples for me would be... the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling that introduced me to world building as a craft in writing. That taught me to consider how to make the entire scene come alive. T...
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• Meet The Author- Mandi Konesni

  by Mandi Konesni March 22, 2015
  1- Name a book or series that you can re-read again and again. JK Rowling, Harry Potter series. She created this entire fantastic world, it's just so easy to get immersed in. I discover new things on each re-read. 2- Name an author whose book you could never NOT buy. Sherrilyn Kenyon 3- What w...

• New Years, Semi-New Me.

  by Mandi Konesni December 18, 2014
  The Anti-Resolutions for 2015. This way I know that I've already achieved and grown so much, and this list starts with positives, not negatives like so much in life. These are things that I had never thought I could do, and I've done them, or am working on them. And it's a huge deal, even if I can't...
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• Review, Lulu Press

  by Mandi Konesni November 8, 2014
  https://www.lulu.com/ I have published 3 books through Lulu. Two non-fiction, one fiction. To start with, you begin your account and then set up your first project. You give it a name, your author name, and pick what you are creating. There are tons of options for sizing and print quality, as ...
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• Historical Tidbits- Romani

  by Mandi Konesni September 8, 2014
  Random tidbits for my current work in progress that I wanted to save so I could refer back to them in one easy to find place. The Romani (also spelled Romany), or Roma, are an ethnicity of Indian origin, living mostly in Europe and the Americas.[24][25] Romani are widely known among Anglophonic p...

• Historical Tidbits- Kosice

  by Mandi Konesni September 8, 2014
  Random tidbits for my current work in progress that I wanted to save so I could refer back to them in one easy to find place. Košice is the biggest city in eastern Slovakia and in 2013 was the European Capital of Culture together with Marseille, France. It is situated on the river Hornád at the ...
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