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Author: K.M. Allan

YA writer and blogger. Author of The Blackbirch Series, The Beginning, The Dark Half, and The Ritual (books 1, 2 & 3) are out now! I'm also an identical twin, but not the evil one.

Time Blocking Your Writing Routine

On January 20, 2023 By K.M. Allan21 Comments

Taking a book from an idea to a finished tome can take years, and finding the time to regularly work on said book can be just as hard as getting those sentences right. That’s when having a writing routine is your best bet, and finding one that works for you is invaluable. I like to …

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New Year, New Writing Habits

On January 9, 2023 By K.M. Allan32 Comments

Welcome to a new year! By now, we’re over a full week in, which means you’ve either already failed your new year resolutions, are back to the tried and true rational of “I’ll start tomorrow, next Monday/week/month…” or you've managed 9 days fulfilling every new habit that you've set! It’s human nature to grow, improve, …

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Yearly Roundup 2022

On December 21, 2022 By K.M. Allan21 Comments

Welcome to the 2022 blog roundup! As is the tradition since the start of my blog in 2017, I'm rounding up the year that was, as well as my December! This year felt like it went by so fast that it's hard to remember getting anything done. I did, though. In fact, I released a …

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Free Holiday Gifts For The Writer In Your Life

On December 9, 2022 By K.M. Allan20 Comments

While writers will never turn down a good pen, pretty notebook, their work becoming a bestseller, or a streaming adaption deal for their latest tome, we don’t actually need to be lavished with gifts and our biggest fantasy goals coming true in order to write. Most of the time, we just want to be left …

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November 2022 Roundup

On November 30, 2022 By K.M. Allan21 Comments

Welcome to the November 2022 roundup! Can you believe we've just finished the second last month of 2022? While the end of the year always goes by super quick, it feels like the whole year has been like that and I've been trying to make progress on as many goals as I can so I …

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3 Tips To Kick-Start Your Blog Post Ideas

On November 25, 2022 By K.M. Allan14 Comments

Whether you’ve been blogging for years or only a few weeks, there’s always a point when you will sit at your desk, laptop open/computer screen on, and you’ll have absolutely no idea what to write. Maybe you’ve already covered the topics you wanted to and don’t know where to go next. Or maybe every idea …

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How To Add Unpredictability To Your Story

On November 11, 2022 By K.M. Allan19 Comments

When you think of a compelling read, the fact you couldn’t see any of the twists and turns happening is probably one reason why you couldn’t put the book down. Unpredictability in a story is such a fun feature to come across as a reader, and something any writer will benefit from in their own …

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October 2022 Roundup

On October 31, 2022 By K.M. Allan10 Comments

Welcome to the October 2022 roundup! If you read last month's roundup, you'll know I was heading off for the surgery I'd been waiting over a year to have. Unfortunately, for the fourth time since 2020, it was canceled while I sat in hospital admissions and I really began to question if the universe was …

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Writing Delays: What You Can’t Control And The One Thing You Can

On October 21, 2022 By K.M. Allan37 Comments

Even the most organized writer who puts words on the page and completes their writing to-do list every day runs into delays that drag out the process of penning a book. Such obstacles can test the biggest optimist, and as much as we’d like to think we’re in control of them, the hard truth is …

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K.M. Allan

YA writer and blogger. Author of The Blackbirch Series, The Beginning, The Dark Half, and The Ritual (books 1, 2 & 3) are out now! I'm also an identical twin, but not the evil one.

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