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Author Erin Mindes


A Grimm Ever After: A Collection of Urban Fairy Tales
Short stories are awesome! When I'm stuck revising, I often feel like I'm missing out on the writing part, so short stories are great to...
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Sep 27, 20221 min read


ANWA Writer's Conference-Phoenix, Arizona
I've been attending this conference for the last 7 years. I keep going back because I've helped on the committee, learned from so many...
authorerinmindes
Sep 20, 20221 min read


Welcome
We are all on a journey of one form or another with many ups and downs. My hope in writing is to help share stories that fun and that...
authorerinmindes
Sep 20, 20221 min read


#Author Life-Day 22: Greatest Strength
What is strength anyway? Is it that I can open jars really well? 🤣 Or that I can arm wrestle my son? (never for 💰money) Or does it go...
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Feb 26, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 21: Your Team
My team…❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ As far as a writing team…I’m still working on that. I’m in a few writing groups but I’m an introvert and so I...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 18: #Teaser Tuesday
Okay so I’m only a week behind! He’s a little teaser from my Young Adult novel, MILO, Book 1: Secrets, which is currently in the editing...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 20: Reader Love
My most favorite comment about one of my stories came from a mom who told me that while her son was in the bathtub, he was playing said...
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Feb 20, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 19: Background Noise
I can tune out a lot when I’m in a writing zone. And believe me, I’ve got enough background noise, from dogs barking, kids, Clone Wars...
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Feb 20, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 17: Dream Event or Retreat
I’d pretty much would enjoy going anywhere for a retreat or writing event-though if I was in Europe or something for a retreat, I...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 16: Research
I’m not writing Non-Fiction but Fiction does take some research. When I was drafting my mermaid story (still needs revising), I...
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Feb 17, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 15: Bookish Possession
It’s not fancy, but I love my fiction books from college. They have notes written through many of them as we delved in deep. I’m not sure...
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Feb 17, 20201 min read


#Author Life- Day 14: Treat Yourself
When I finish a project I don’t really have a tradition of treating myself. But I do need to decompress. That might mean taking a walk,...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 13: Writer Friends
I’ve met amazing writers/friends over the years from conferences, online groups, ANWA, to retreats. The writing community is bursting...
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Feb 13, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Days 10-12:
Doing a big catch-up. Life has been a bit busy😬 Day 10: Bookish Bucket-list Publish 1 novel and 1 children’s picture book this year. 🎈...
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Feb 12, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 9: Author Fashion
This is kind of a silly prompt for author life because let’s face it, a huge percentage of writers probably write while wearing their...
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Feb 10, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 8: Work In Progress
This is the first time I’ve set off to write a Middle Grade novel. It started as an small idea 3-4 years ago and when I really sat down...
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Feb 10, 20201 min read
#Author Life-Day 7
Swag/Stationary I don’t have any author swag😞 I personally don’t like all the extra stuff. My favorite swag was from a proper romance...
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Feb 8, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 6
Inspiration For me inspiration comes from nature, life, art, music, past experiences and the many ‘what if’ questions. #authorlife...
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Feb 8, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 5
Shelfie My shelfie’s are scattered and have no tea organization. Maybe one day…
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Feb 7, 20201 min read


#Author Life-Day 3
Writing Fuel I love these chocolate covered pretzels. I would probably have sunflower seeds, but my husband gets grossed out by them so...
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Feb 6, 20201 min read
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