Month: March 2025
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Let’s Write – The Basics of Self-Editing
The editing process has always intrigued me—a fascination that most authors don’t share, I know. But it still blows my mind how applying grammatical and stylistic rules can take a manuscript from so-so to great, and that with minimal effort. And the best part is that self-editing is an easy skill all authors can learn…
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Let’s Write – Tenses
Back in the olden days, storytelling was often limited to a shallow or omnipotent third point of view set in the past tense. Nowadays, authors utilise deeper points of view to submerge readers, and we’ve seen an uptick in stories written in the present tense. And I’m totally here for it. But as storytelling changes,…
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Stained Glass Dragon Embroidery
If you haven’t claimed last week’s faux stained glass dragon embroidery pattern, no worries! You can still download the design here. Meanwhile, I threaded my darning needle and got to work on the design. I’d initially planned to fill some of the larger areas with my punch needle, but ended up unravelling those bits. I…
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Freebie – Stained Glass Dragon Pattern
My recent interest in embroidery led to a needle shoved so deep beneath my fingernail that I legit blacked out. And instead of retiring all pointy objects in my house, I’ve created a new pattern that I intend to embroider. Because why not? I’m obsessed with stained glass. It’s a bit of a thing with…
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March Writing Update
I wanted to start this post with something witty, but then I remembered my actual writing-related news and needed a moment to celebrate. It’s been a journey, friends. Setback after setback made me hate A Curse of Venom & Scales for a moment there, but I’m ECSTATIC to announce we’re back on track. What’s fourteen…
Yolandie Horak 