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Good Quotes to live by: inspirational quotes
“I wish I could’ve lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that’s impossible. A path like that doesn’t exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It’s all we can do.” Natsuki Takaya Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaka, is…
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drop in the bucket
Today I released my first book. I’m plagued by self-doubt. Why did I do this? There are so many books on Amazon. No one will ever find mine. You can’t find it unless you search directly for Ava Clary. Amazon won’t recommend it to anyone until it has sales data. How will this work? I’ll…
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Where can I find free stuff for my website?
Free stuff is great. I know I’m always looking for a good deal, and unfortunately free sometimes doesn’t really mean free. Here are some of my resources for free stuff.
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Writing Tips: Dramatic Scenes, oh the drama
A how-to-write essay series by Ava Clary When you write be Dynamic and Dramatic I’m trying to figure out how ‘show, don’t tell’ works. What do people mean by show? Well, I’ve decided it means you write dynamically. You make drama happen. Here’s a scene I’m thinking about. I’ll start by describing a hotel and a…
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Writing tip: Design Advice for writers
A how-to-write essay series by Ava Clary 2) Design Advice Adapted for Writers I love to take advice from one medium and apply it to writing. How exactly does this work? Well, you watch a YouTube video on a film director, or you discover a post about design, but you take all the tidbits and…