From Heidi Alert
Blog
Milestones, research trips, and real talk about writing and publishing.
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Publishing Real Talk
The Path to Publishing: A Guide for New Authors A question I’ve been asked many times over the years is how I publish. When I started writing back in 2020,…
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Expanding Horizons
From publishing Win We Shall to developing a TV pilot about a young Trini girl determined to save her family’s cocoa farm, 2024 was filled with unexpected adventures in storytelling.…
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Win We Shall Update
Homecoming and Looking Ahead I’m drafting this update while traveling back home after a transformational sojourn to the land that inspired Jamroq. The trip has been full of impartation and…
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First draft, round two!
It’s done! It’s crazy and messy, but the first draft of Win We Shall is officially written.
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Fight We Must
Two unlikely heroes. One impossible quest. Charlotte, a village girl from one of the conquered isles, is the last hope to restore her family after the Emperor ripped them apart.…
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The Finish Line
I am incredibly happy to share that I have crossed the finish line of my first marathon in the book publishing journey! Wow. What a process it has been. Even…
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The Rocky Road of Revision
Revising a first draft is – ROUGH! Hence my dubbing the process the rocky road of revision, which has nothing to do with ice cream. Haha
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The Journey of a First Draft
A 2020 lockdown project that is finally getting somewhere! One year, thirty chapters, 82,854 words later, I have officially reached my first milestone as an author: a completed first draft.…
