Shelley Dark
#13 The Publish Button: Press or Panic?
Hello again, my lovely literate legends! Yes, I'm back from the writing trenches, towing a dumpster of mixed metaphors to describe the...
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Shelley Dark
Apr 165 min read
#12 Plotting Publication & Planning a Pilgrimage
Seems about a million years ago I decided to write a novel. Very much like seeing ...
Shelley Dark
Nov 5, 20236 min read
#10 from Sydney skies to publishers' eyes...
Right. Flowers on the desk. Pen and paper. Yep. It's 12.04 pm and it's taken me all day to get ready to start writing. First I lolled...
Shelley Dark
Mar 24, 20237 min read
#9 Son of Hydra's author gets an editor
Holy schemoly where did 2022 go? And now 2023 is almost gone??? And does it matter? Good health is the only thing that matters a toss,...
Shelley Dark
Oct 30, 20225 min read
#8 Shelley Dark author hopes her tarot cards don't lie
I'm sorry I haven't updated you about the novel lately. I thought you'd think, Oh for goodness sake, aren't you published yet? And now...
Shelley Dark
Apr 10, 20222 min read
#7 the case of the disappearing finish line
Where Shelley goes back to the drawing board and a dual narrative...
Shelley Dark
Feb 9, 20222 min read
#6 past the post
I hope nice things have been happening in your life since I wrote to you last. Anything could have happened! Tell me, tell me, in the...
Shelley Dark
Sep 21, 20212 min read
#5 a teeny milestone
It's been a while. The journey continues...
Shelley Dark
Mar 2, 20212 min read
#4 a quick update....
Just a quick update on my novel..... Last September when I wrote my last blog post, I'd finished the first draft, about the lives of two...
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