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Book writing from the basics to beyond

How to Use Brand-Building Techniques to Find Your Voice as a Writer

How to Use Brand-Building Techniques to Find Your Voice as a Writer

Trust me on this
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Aug 10
Don’t Write to Settle Scores

Don’t Write to Settle Scores

Revenge writing doesn’t age well. Perspective does.
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 7
How To Write — Even When You’re Not Writing

How To Write — Even When You’re Not Writing

A deep-dive into my process with examples
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Mar 24
Your Writing Doesn’t Need to Make $$$ or Go Viral to Be Beautiful

Your Writing Doesn’t Need to Make $$$ or Go Viral to Be Beautiful

Even though the world demands big, it’s okay to play small
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Jan 7
You’re the Same Wilderness You’ve Always Been
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You’re the Same Wilderness You’ve Always Been

What happens after you write a book about your first love and hurt
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 27, 2017
Tell Stories That Matter

Tell Stories That Matter

Don’t just perform for clicks
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 27, 2019
Why I’m Not Sad Five People Read My Second Book

Why I’m Not Sad Five People Read My Second Book

On the value of a “bridge” book
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 22, 2021
You Have to Return for The Snakes

You Have to Return for The Snakes

The one piece of writing advice that will change everything
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 14, 2019
I Don’t Write “Content”; I Tell Stories

I Don’t Write “Content”; I Tell Stories

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer…Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation.’ You can either write good sentences or you…
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Feb 25, 2016
How to Write Page-Turning Plots

How to Write Page-Turning Plots

When writing a novel, planning your plot is easier than you think.
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Nov 6, 2019

I’m Finally Getting a Room of My Own

I have three months to finish a book. Tick tock, tick tock.
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 25, 2022
You broke it, now wear it broken

You broke it, now wear it broken

Redefining success as the act of achievement not the result of the achievement.
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 7, 2017
How I Write

How I Write

Notes on how I build a story, one line at a time.
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 7, 2020
It’s Hard Not To Be Bitter About My Writing

It’s Hard Not To Be Bitter About My Writing

And if you tell me to “you have it better than me,” I will punch you in the face.
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 11, 2022
Picture Ted Bundy with a whisk and a head of red hair

Picture Ted Bundy with a whisk and a head of red hair

When you asked me what influenced the creation of my novel, it’s this…
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Feb 22, 2017
3 tips to yank you out of the “but…I can’t write” vortex

3 tips to yank you out of the “but…I can’t write” vortex

Don’t freak out, but it took me over two decades to find my voice.
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Oct 4, 2018
Quit it With the Garbage About Going “Viral”

Quit it With the Garbage About Going “Viral”

Do you really want your art to spread like sickness?
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Oct 1, 2022
Let’s Talk About What It Means to Be a Successful Writer

Let’s Talk About What It Means to Be a Successful Writer

Because if I see one more article equating earnings with success, I’m gouging out my eyes with a fork. Namaste
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 7, 2019
Girls, Interrupted: a reading list of mental illness

Girls, Interrupted: a reading list of mental illness

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Felicia C. Sullivan
Mar 22, 2017
You Don’t Have to Write 10,000 Words A Day To Be A Successful Writer

You Don’t Have to Write 10,000 Words A Day To Be A Successful Writer

Advice that misses the point
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 21, 2020
Let’s Talk About Point of View

Let’s Talk About Point of View

Learn how to master the mechanics of perspective
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 11, 2019
It’s Time To Get Surgical In Your Writing

It’s Time To Get Surgical In Your Writing

“You have to throw out good stuff to get the best stuff.”
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Jan 15, 2021
How to Develop Delicious Characters for Your Novel

How to Develop Delicious Characters for Your Novel

It’s time to put your reader’s heart on pause
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 22, 2019
There’s a Difference Between Cruel and Constructive Criticism

There’s a Difference Between Cruel and Constructive Criticism

Can We Quit it With the Pearl-Clutching?
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 15, 2019
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