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Welcome back to another Writing Process podcast and today it's with the gorgeous Demi Clorissa - another one of the author girlies I met at Supanova and is such a sweetheart. I loved this chat with her and it was recorded just as she finished the draft of her novel, which i think was so exciting!! Tell me what you think about our chat and what you took away from it.

Demi's Bio:

Demi Clorissa is a romantic fantasy author. With her first series debuting in 2023 with the DAUGHTER OF THE WOOD trilogy. She crafts heart wrenching adult romantic fantasy, with body diverse main characters, with love, magic, intimacy, heat, and heartbreak.

When she is not writing, you’ll find her reading anything she can get her hands on (mostly fantasy), watching trashy TV shows, and spending her afternoons at the cinema. She loves food (but she is a self confessed  awful cook!) She has a dachshund, Della, who is often curled around her feet, and recently, Frank (her little orange boy) has passed away. He will be missed forever. 

She is a proud Indigenous woman, with connections to the Wiradjuri mob in Central NSW, but calls Meeanjin (Brisbane) home,

Demi's Links:

Website: https://demiclorissa.com

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/demiclorissawrites/

Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@demiclorissawrites

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Welcome back to the podcast and to our interview with my amazing editor Brittany Bitossi from BLD editing. 

She is the most amazing woman and I am so lucky that she is now also a dear friend! In our epsiode I ask her some of the harder questions like who her dream client is, what the stages of editing are and what her favourite stage of it.  We talk about Book 3 a little and what to look for when you are vetting an editor.

This is an episode you don't want to miss. 

Britt's Bio:

Brittany's goal as an editor is to work with you to fine-tune your words without infringing on your voice. From pesky plot holes to precise punctuation, she works with you to enhance and improve your book. Whether it's a manuscript critique, developmental edit, copy and line edit, proofread or a combined package at a discounted rate, she's here to ensure the story is ready for publication.

Britt's Links

https://www.bldediting.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bldediting/ 

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Welcome back to our latest interview of The Writing Apothecary and back to another Writing Process interview. Today's episode is with Lex Logan - another amazing person who I met at Supanova in 2023 and have remained friends with. She is such a joy to be around and I loved our chat - hers being one of the only who is a planner, shocking right?

Tell me what you think about her episode.

Author Bio:

Lex Logan is a queer and neuro-spicy author living in Queensland, Australia with her husband and two children.

While she's currently working on a sweet and spicy monster romance series of interconnected standalones; she also has a lot of work in progresses in her back pocket. In the future you may see a dark romantic fantasy series and a dark mafia romance series.

When she's not imagining up more stories than she can physically write, she is working in her online indie romance bookstore - Tales & Tomes, or rotting in bed with a book.

Socials: @legloganauthor and @talesandtomes_bookstore

Website: https://www.lexloganauthor.com/, https://www.talesandtomes.com.au/

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Welcome back, today we're diving into copy, line and proof reading edits. These are the backbone of the story to ensure that it is as polished as you can get it and happen both in tandum and separate with a manuscript. 

These are probably the hardest part of the editing for me - it's intense and I'm so lucky to have worked with some wonderful editors who made it easier to digest, and dare I say, fun?

Do you think that these are important? And if not why? 

Also I find that making sure that you're proof reading is done by someone with some fresh eyes. Whether you are paying them or not. It's important. 

Are you ready for our interview in the next fortnight? I can't wait to talk to Britt. 

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Today's writing process is one of my favourite's with E.P. Bali. I met her at Supanova and we bonded of BDB and fantasy. This was such a great chat, what do you think of it? Have you read her books? What did you think of them?

About E.P Bali:

Ektaa E.P. Bali was born in Fiji and spent most of her life in Melbourne Australia.

She is a dreamer of the fantastical and faraway places and loves to write complex, morally grey characters and stories wrought with spice, darkness, humour and romance.

Her favourite tropes to write are: enemies to lovers, fated mates, villain gets the girl and bada$$ boss main characters.”

Website: www.ektaabali.com/www.epbali.com

Social media links: @ektaabali.com on everything (instagram, tiktok)

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Welcome to the next episode of editing. We're looking at Developmental edits. 

In this episode we cover what exactly is developments edits and what they entail.

We are covering what an editor will be looking for and they are:

• Characterisation
• Plot
• World building
• Point of View (POV)

As the main issues. But they look at the story on a whole as well. 

This part of the story isn't as pivotal as you think but it will make your life a little easier if you can get it right the first time. 

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Today's episode of The Writing Process is with a kick arse romance author who has overcome so much. Chatting with Allison A. Andrews was a hoot and it was so fun to be the first podcast she ever did. Since this podcast she has come out with a spicier series under the pen name of Antoinette W May.

Dive into what her process is like and much like everyone else she is just as chaotic as you think when it comes to her writing. 

Tell me what you think, and while you're at it chuck her a follow.

Bio:

Allison A. Andrews is a wife and girl-mum based in Brisbane, Australia who loves to write swoon-worthy book boyfriends and strong heroines. Having always dreamed of one day being an author, it was a dream come true when her first book, Illusions, was released in July 2023, and now she’s pinching herself that she has 5 books published and many more to come. 

She dreams of the day when she can leave the corporate world of insurance, where she currently works as an operations manager in a brokerage, and focus all her work time on the lives of the characters who are screaming for their stories to be told.

Website: www.allisonaandrews.com

Social media links: Instagram 

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Whew we are jumping back into our normal program but this may be one of the last topics we tackle together - because we're about to change it up in here. I'm hoping that this will be able to help me figure out how to get what i need out. 

The Writing Apothecary is about to change, ever so slightly, but we have an episode on that coming up soon. I'm so excited to see where we can. 

But for today, we're tackling our introduction to editing - many will already know a little bit about it but we go into the different steps of editing and what they entail.

The lessons will be broken up into developmental edits (known as dev edits) and then copy, line and proof edits. We will be finishing up with an interview with my editor, Brittany Bittossi of BLD Editing. 

I hope that you enjoy the episode, let me know what you think. 

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Today's Writing Process episode with fantasy author Elisse Hay. This chat was so much fun and listening to Elisse's writing process and how she tackles her stories is so much fun - as someone who is neurodivergent it was fun to get a sneak peak into how she makes it work for what she needs. 

Fun fact: Elisse was the first indie author that I bought when I first starting buying indie books and it was such a fan girl moment. 

Author Bio:

Elisee Hay is the author of Something Wicked and Fate Untethered. She have no patience for bullshit, lots of words to share, and love fiercely.

...but there isn't room in her life for toxicity. Give her big, wholesome and heartfelt! 

She lives, works and learns on the Wadawurrung lands of the Kulin Nation and acknowledge that the First Nations' people have a deep and magical connection to the land, which they have never ceded. 

Links:

Website

Amazon

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Today's Writing Process episode is with Fantasy author Abbigal Madder aka Abbie as I know her. I did this interview long before I really knew Abbie and she is such a hoot to be around and chat to. 

Through all of these podcast I ask the same questions and get such different responses from every one of my guests, which is why I love writers so damn much. 

Abbie's approach is also chaotic and planster coded. I would love to know what you think about it. 

About Abbie:

Abigail Mader is an indie author from Australia. She loves the fantasy genre, getting lost in magical worlds since she was little. Her favourite author as a child was Enid Blyton, and today her love of fantasy has grown. When she's am not reading or writing, Abigail loves spending time with her family and days out in the beautiful Australian countryside and beaches, soaking in the natural beauty and finding inspiration for her next story.

She also is at the helm of the AUS/NZ Indie Bookclub and apart of the Aussie Indie Hub team. 

Abigail's  Links:

Website

Instagram

Threads

Tiktok

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