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The Fresh Start Trap

The Fresh Start Trap

Charmain Kading

Hey there, fellow authors! Happy New Year! The confetti's settled, the champagne's gone flat, and you're staring at that manuscript thinking "this is it—this is the year I finally get...

The Fresh Start Trap

Charmain Kading

Hey there, fellow authors! Happy New Year! The confetti's settled, the champagne's gone flat, and you're staring at that manuscript thinking "this is it—this is the year I finally get...

The Line Between Dark & Damaged

The Line Between Dark & Damaged

Charmain Kading

Hey there, fellow writers! We need to have a conversation that might make some of you uncomfortable. And honestly? That's kind of the point. At SandDancer Publications, we've noticed something...

The Line Between Dark & Damaged

Charmain Kading

Hey there, fellow writers! We need to have a conversation that might make some of you uncomfortable. And honestly? That's kind of the point. At SandDancer Publications, we've noticed something...

Your First Draft Doesn't Have to Be Good, It Has to Exist

Your First Draft Doesn't Have to Be Good, It Ha...

Charmain Kading

By Tony & Charm The Paralysis of Perfection Charm spent six months on chapter one once. Not because it was a complicated chapter. Not because it required extensive research. But...

Your First Draft Doesn't Have to Be Good, It Ha...

Charmain Kading

By Tony & Charm The Paralysis of Perfection Charm spent six months on chapter one once. Not because it was a complicated chapter. Not because it required extensive research. But...

Why Free ISBNs Will Cost You More Than You Think

Why Free ISBNs Will Cost You More Than You Think

Charmain Kading

Hey there, fellow authors! We need to talk about something that's been bugging us lately. It's those "free" ISBN offers floating around everywhere, and honestly? They're making us nervous for...

Why Free ISBNs Will Cost You More Than You Think

Charmain Kading

Hey there, fellow authors! We need to talk about something that's been bugging us lately. It's those "free" ISBN offers floating around everywhere, and honestly? They're making us nervous for...

Writer's Block is a Lying Bastard (And How We Beat It Into Submission)

Writer's Block is a Lying Bastard (And How We ...

Charmain Kading

The Great Wall of Nothing So there you are, staring at a blank page like it personally insulted your mother. The cursor blinks mockingly. Your brain feels like it's been...

Writer's Block is a Lying Bastard (And How We ...

Charmain Kading

The Great Wall of Nothing So there you are, staring at a blank page like it personally insulted your mother. The cursor blinks mockingly. Your brain feels like it's been...

The Weird Shit We Research (and why our browser history scares us)

The Weird Shit We Research (and why our browser...

Charmain Kading

My FBI Agent Must Think We're Planning Something You know what nobody tells you about writing dark fantasy and horror? The research will destroy any chance you have of looking...

The Weird Shit We Research (and why our browser...

Charmain Kading

My FBI Agent Must Think We're Planning Something You know what nobody tells you about writing dark fantasy and horror? The research will destroy any chance you have of looking...