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Seven debut authors. Seven books. One big dance toward publication.

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Tag: THEY COULD HAVE NAMED HER ANYTHING

  • Posted on Thursday, August 15, 2019Thursday, August 15, 2019
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Why I’m Choosing to Celebrate They Could Have Named Her Anything

Publishing They Could Have Named Her Anything has already been more satisfying than I could have ever expected. I worked…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019Thursday, August 1, 2019
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Today, finally, my book has been published.

Today my book They Could Have Named Her Anything is finally out! When I first started writing this novel, I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2019Thursday, January 31, 2019
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Here’s what working in publicity taught me about successful self-promotion

In my career, I’ve worked as a publicist, which means I’m accustomed to reaching out to people with cold pitches,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2018Thursday, December 13, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

How to Find Inspiration Anywhere (& a new short story!)

This week, Barrelhouse featured my short story “Urban Legend” in their seasonal issue. I’ve pasted the first paragraph below: It…

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2018Thursday, November 29, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Thinking of writing a book? Here’s what you need

Before I decided to write my first novel, I never thought average people from average places doing average things could…

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2018Thursday, November 8, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Are you distracted or just busy?

This is going to be a fairly short post because today I’m a little distracted. There are a million things…

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  • Posted on Thursday, November 1, 2018Thursday, November 1, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

On Día De Los Muertos, thousands of people commit to writing a novel

Today is November 1st, which makes it a special day for several reasons. When I was in college in California,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2018Thursday, October 25, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

Do your edits like a grown-up would

This week, we’re supposed to be writing about how to survive an edit letter — which refers to the list…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2018Thursday, October 18, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

On the Poetry of Isaac Brock

For this week’s post on literary influences, I’m republishing an essay I wrote about the intersection between song lyrics and…

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  • Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2018Thursday, October 11, 2018
  • by Stephanie Jimenez

On Drafting

I get easily excited about ideas. If you sit me in front of a computer long enough, I will inevitably…

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