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Kalyn Josephson - Perservering for a book you belive in.

Kalyn Josephson - Perservering for a book you belive in.

Update: 2018-08-13

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Kalyn and I talk about the journey her debut novel, The Storm Crow, took through editors, contests, mentors, agents and then editors again and how you find the strength to persevere. There is also some talk of cats and manatees.

Look for her debut novel The Storm Crow comes out from SourcebooksFire July 2019.

Outline

In a composition notebook and on scratch paper

Word Processor

Word

Edit

Printed out copy and a red pen

Writing Group

Found using #CPMatch on Twitter
The Guillotine Queens (both an awesome and terrifying name)

GoogleDocs to share manuscripts, queries, and important emails for critiques

Slack for day to day communication

Kalyn is a mentor for Author Mentor Match.

Reading Now

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Legendary by Stephanie Garber

The books of the other Guillotine Queens

Where to find her online

www.kalynjosephson.com

Twitter @kalynjospehson

Instagram @kalynmjospehson

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Kalyn Josephson - Perservering for a book you belive in.

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