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Friday, June 15th, 2018
Swoon Author Alex Evansley: Publishing Confessional, Take Two
I’ll be honest in saying that when I initially submitted the OG draft of Love Scene, Take Two to the Swoon site back in April 2016, I didn’t put a lot of stock into thinking that it’d get picked for publication. Sure, I’d check in to see if there were new votes or comments, but I tried really hard not ...
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Friday, June 8th, 2018
Swoon Author Alex Evansley: Feels Like Summer, Take Two
WHAT’S UP, GUYS. And happy summer! I hope you’re all through exams and/or on summer break and/or you’ve gotten summer hours at work and/or you have some awesome plans for the next three months that involve all of your favorite places and things. I love me some summer. Not to get too corny on y’all straight out of the gate ...
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Friday, May 11th, 2018
Swoon Author Alex Evansley's Editing Update: Rewriting vs. Revising, and Other Real Talk from the LSTT Editorial Process
There’s nothing quite like the moment you write “The End” on a work in progress.Whether it’s a short story, a full-length manuscript, a fanfic piece you’re not sure the fandom is ready for… the words “The End” can come with a polarizing mixture of feelings. I finished the first draft of Love Scene, Take Two on December 7, 2015 and, ...
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Monday, May 22nd, 2017
And the winning cover for LOVE SCENE, TAKE TWO is...
HEY FAM! Hope everyone is having a delightful week so far.
First and foremost, I’d like to say a ginormous THANK YOU to
everyone who took the time to vote for the new LSTT cover! I honestly have no
idea how anyone could pick just one to vote on because all four are s t u n n i n ...
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Monday, May 8th, 2017
Swoon Author Alex Evansley: Book Title, Take Two
Let me real talk this out with y’all for a second… I am not good
with titles.
(Like, I stressed out about what the title of this
blog post was going to be.)
So it should come as no surprise that during the first year or so
when I was writing Between Takes on and off again, the story remained ...
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