Carolyn Tara O'Neil
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I did it!
I did it!

I finished *Diagnosis*!

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraDecember 7, 2017
#amwriting 2017 in review
#amwriting 2017 in review

My writing accomplishments this year!

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraDecember 6, 2017
Character motivation!!
Character motivation!!

Yes, this deserves exclamation points! I finally wrote a character with agency.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraNovember 30, 2017
More progress! A new novel
More progress! A new novel

I am 1-2 scenes away from the end of my next novel.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraNovember 27, 2017
I want to be Jessica Fletcher
I want to be Jessica Fletcher

Look at her, with her unreasonably cheerful smile, her typewriter, and her table full of published books.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraNovember 20, 2017
Querying and Contests
Querying and Contests

Just like the preying mantis in the pic of rocks above, I hid a pleasant surprise in this post.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraNovember 19, 2017
Submitting and what it's taught me
Submitting and what it's taught me

This is what I've learned from querying so far.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraOctober 10, 2017
Losing faith...and walking back from the ledge
Losing faith...and walking back from the ledge

The ugly truth is that I've already lost faith in my story.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraOctober 9, 2017
Pitch Wars
Pitch Wars

Ah, reality: it hits, and then it hurts.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraAugust 15, 2017
Draft 4: I murdered my darling
Draft 4: I murdered my darling

The stupid bourgeois twit fainted.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraAugust 2, 2017
Looking for problems to solve

I've been rewriting my novel for 1 year now.

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraJuly 22, 2017
Draft 2, Complete!
Draft 2, Complete!

The first blog post I wrote found me mid-second draft of my Devil’s Wall novel. Six months later and two months behind schedule, I’ve finally finished!

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UncategorizedCarolynTaraMay 14, 2017
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