The mid-life journey of a product leader turned mythological fantasy and children's book author. D.M. De Alwis is a Canadian-born Sri Lankan author living north of Toronto. She has over a decade of experience as a product leader working with startups and has authored children's books and fantasy fiction.
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I wish I'd taken up drawing as a child. Instead, I've got to make do with images drawn by others. Since I have no pictures, music will have to do. Dive into the backstories of the supporting characters.
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Feedback as a BIPOC writer comes with an additional levy. This is how I discern whether or not I need to (or how to) make revisions due to editor feedback.
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Isn't it great to be an independent author? To be honest, published authors have the same struggle with self-promotion. While I've had an account on goodreads.com for some time, I hadn't availed myself of all the benefits of creating a BookShop.org account.
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I'm lucky. I live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Setting this goal is realistic and achievable, depending on whether or not I hear back from local booksellers. In the time it took me to write this blog post, I have changed September to autumn and then EOY.
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My books have been out for more than a year. I'm only getting to this now. What held me back? What changed? Using the motivation from selling a few books.
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We're too close to our work. Identifying and fixing inconsistencies is the first step towards an immersive and cohesive story.
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Efficiency with podcasting. What am I using, how long does it take, where do I spend my time? How do I do this as one solo person?
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Or Nara Sinha, as he is called in the books. I ask the question, What happens when a divine being created by the Gods has completed his purpose? What then? The result is my duology.
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Feedback is a gift. What are we asking for when we ask for feedback from an editor? More importantly, are we ready to receive it? I write about my fears around the editorial process, how I stumbled on my editor, and how I received her edits.
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Most of us need a harbinger of truth to pull us back from the growing chasm created by politics. A Kalyana Mithra is a 'good or admirable friend'. They offer mentorship, act as a guide or spiritual ally, and contribute to spiritual and ethical growth. In writing, these are our editors and producers.
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Two months of wrestling with book covers and PDF files before I finally added my books for a wider distribution than available from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
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When impatience rules my psyche, will introspection calm my desire for immediate gratification through Independent Publishing?