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September 7th, 2019 By Tyler-Rose 2 Comments

Summer in Alaska

My wise sister-in-law once said that the weather in Kodiak is an abusive relationship. It’s usually windy and rainy and cold and terrible, but when there’s a sunny day we all lose our minds about how beautiful it is here and keep telling each other that days like these are why we continue to cling […]

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Filed Under: Commercial Fishing Life, Life in Alaska

May 22nd, 2019 By Tyler-Rose 5 Comments

Revision, Deletions, and Alternate Universes

torn pages of a book float on the surface of a calm lake.

In this rewrite of my novel, Weaving Winter, I’ve been focusing a lot on paring the story down to what it’s really meant to be.

I’ve cut locations, erased plot lines, even banished some of the faithful characters who had managed to survive previous drafts.

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February 6th, 2019 By Tyler-Rose 22 Comments

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group

It’s a well-known fact that writers are an insecure lot in general.

I have to say that I’m no different. I worry about a nearly endless list of things all the time.

Since writing is such a solitary pursuit, it’s easy to compare myself to others and think that I’m the only one who’s afraid.

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September 15th, 2018 By Tyler-Rose 1 Comment

Deleted Scene

The more times I go over my book, the more little scraps of discarded scenes end up strewn across my hard-drive. Some of them are terrible and never deserve to see the light of day, but others were perfectly good, but just don’t serve my story anymore. Some, I’m even quite fond of.

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September 6th, 2018 By Tyler-Rose 1 Comment

How I Broke Up With My Phone and Why You Should Too

Tell me if this sounds familiar: Work for two minutes. Check phone. Work a bit. Check phone. Try to get back into work, but you’re interrupted by a  ping from your cell phone. It’s just a notification to tell you a new episode of your favorite podcast has been released, but now that you’re holding your […]

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  • Summer in Alaska September 7th, 2019
  • Revision, Deletions, and Alternate Universes May 22nd, 2019
  • All at Sea: How “Deathsong of the Deep” Only Barely Came to Be February 14th, 2019
  • The Insecure Writer’s Support Group February 6th, 2019
  • Deleted Scene September 15th, 2018

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