Tag: writing

Authors’ Social Media Battles

Allison Burton

Since starting my author social media accounts, I’ve struggled to gain followers, likes, and simply views. I joined TikTok in June 2024. I started posting daily in September 2024. From then until last month, all except 56 of my posts got less than 100 views. Most of them got less than 50, a large percentage… Continue reading Authors’ Social Media Battles

What I’ve Learned While Writing My YA Fantasy

Allison Burton

My goal for 2025 was to write the first draft of my young adult fantasy novel. I didn’t finish writing the entire book, but I have written over 67,000 words. I planned for it to be around 80,000, but I’m just now entering the last quarter of the storyline. I still plan for it to… Continue reading What I’ve Learned While Writing My YA Fantasy

Plotting My Fantasy Project

Allison Burton

My New Year’s resolution this year was to write a completed first draft of my young adult fantasy work-in-progress. This is the same fantasy project I mentioned in a post back in 2023. I wrote the first two scenes without any idea whatsoever of where I was going with it, even within the current scene… Continue reading Plotting My Fantasy Project

NaNoWriMo – No

Allison Burton

For those of you who don’t know, November is National Novel Writing Month. Obviously, the goal is to complete a manuscript by November 30th, usually totaling 50,000 words. I, on the other hand, am doing the opposite. Here’s why: I have been working on my YA fantasy novel for over eight months. Although I am… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – No

The Road to “The League”

Allison Burton

“The League” was my first work-in-progress, and the only one that has a completed first draft. I would say it is the most unique of my WIPs, and the one that is the most triggering. You can read the synopsis for it here, so I won’t go into it much in this post, other than… Continue reading The Road to “The League”