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M. Stevenson

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She/her 🌈 Author of speculative fiction 📚 Often found swing dancing or talking to birds and plants 🌿 Rep: Maddy Belton
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The comments are making me realize I know absolutely nothing about watercolor despite having used it since childhood! Reposting for reference

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That’s great to hear! 💜

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My final newsletter of the year is out! I talk about my year in writing, some craft advice, and my most memorable books of the year.

Here's the link to read, and if you'd consider subscribing I would be grateful! marinastevenson.substack.com/p/out-with-t...

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Last newsletter of the year is going out tomorrow! I added a short craft section, so if you’d like to hear my thoughts on hiding information from the reader and my top books of 2023, here’s the link to subscribe 💜
Marinastevenson.substack.com

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I track my reading on GR—otherwise I would have no idea!

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I feel like I should do a roundup of my favorite reads this year, but that might just be a masochistic endeavor

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I think most people will understand that there’s no possible way you could have known. You do so much for authors 💜

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Random writing tip: if you need an object/person/body to vanish without explanation in order to make a surprise showing later, don’t just stop mentioning them—it reads like a plot hole. Instead, have a character go “Hey, what happened to X?” Voila, now it’s a mini mystery with a satisfying reveal!

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And it’s done! 🎉

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Today’s the day: I am going to finish this proofread 💪

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This list is good but I would add -celebrate ALL books, not just your own -be kind to children and old people because statistically 50% of them are Fae in disguise who will help or destroy you -go outside and offer more gifts to the crows. Wait. You haven't been doing this already?? Go immediately.

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It’s a good thing I’m doing this proofread, since I’m occasionally finding phrases like “a torso ran through his body”

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My body: Good morning! What did you do to injure yourself yesterday? Me: Absolutely nothing My body: Great! Today you will have wrist pain!

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I don’t read fanfic but I have heard The Last Binding trilogy reads like fanfic!

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Happy December! Proud to announce I'll be teaching my first-ever class for Clarion West: WRITING DISABLED CHARACTERS. As a disabled author, it's one of my great passions. I look forward to working with y'all.

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So far I’ve read four chapters and taken my walk. Planning to get to the rest of it tonight!

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I watched Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny this weekend, and my biggest question is not about any of the gaping plot holes but why he was retiring in the middle of teaching a course in the month of July

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Today’s writing-related goals: -proofread five more chapters -read and make notes on more of Round Table Mentor manuscript 3 -take at least one walk to clear my head and brainstorm

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I’m slightly over a third of the way through proofreading this manuscript, and weirdly enough books feel really long when you’re scrutinizing every word

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Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk! I also love Silver in the Wood, any of Aliette de Bodard’s novellas, If Found Return to Hell, and Thornhedge.

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Today I’ve proofread a couple chapters of the book I’m preparing for submission (!!!) and put together three pitches for my agent. Hoping to finish the second of the fulls I’m reading for Round Table Mentor tonight and call it a good day!

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Is it weird to go from calling it GroundskeeperWIP to an actual title 😂

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Oh heyyyy I made it! I’m Marina (she/her), I write various flavors of speculative fiction for adults and kids, and I’m currently finishing up edits on an adult fantasy rom com with a bi4bi pairing and disability rep that will go on sub soonish! #SFFchat

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I know submission is rough, but I’m still ridiculously excited to get this fantasy rom com into the hands of editors in the new year ✨

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I want to lean more into the excitement and embrace the excitement of the shiny new thing, even if I’m not “supposed” to be reading it yet, before the buzz fades and it becomes another thing I have to catch up on.

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Doing #OwnYourTBR has gotten m thinking a lot about reading and how sometimes this thing I do for pleasure can feel like an assignment, especially since most of my books come with a deadline (library loans and arcs).

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Finished my edits! Now I just have to do a kindle read through and this book is practically ready for submission 👀

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I finished reading A Power Unbound and this book!! The whole series!!! So damn good!!!!!

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it's here! it's queer! it's the 2023 Queer Adult SFF list! just in time for your gift-giving needs please re-post, share, etc!

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Between Round Table Mentor applications and a backlog of NetGalley arcs, I think I have finally hit a point where I truly do not have enough time to read everything. (Applications take priority of course)

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Well, if you’re interested, I’m aiming to have a first draft finished fairly soon and will need beta readers at some point after! (Absolutely no pressure though!)

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