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February 2021 Roundup

On February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 By K.M. Allan16 Comments

Welcome to the February 2021 roundup! Is it just me, or did February fly by really fast? I know it was a short 28-day month, but it still felt quicker than that. There are a few people I follow on social media who had planned to use the 28 days to achieve goals, such as …

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January 2021 Roundup

On January 30, 2021 By K.M. Allan9 Comments

Welcome to the January 2021 roundup! Well, nothing happened to magically change the current world situation when we ticked over into 2021, so January was pretty much the same as December (and November, October, September… you get the picture), just with less tinsel. I did take a few weeks off from writing, but as was …

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2020 Blog Roundup

On December 23, 2020 By K.M. Allan16 Comments

I may have only recently started posting monthly roundup blogs, but since 2017, I've been posting a yearly blog roundup as my last post every December. Below, I'm keeping up that tradition and combining it with some monthly roundup features to cap off what has been one of the strangest and hardest years ever. What …

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November 2020 Roundup

On November 30, 2020 By K.M. Allan10 Comments

Welcome to the November 2020 roundup! Here we are at the end of November, which seems crazy considering 2020 has felt like it's dragged on for 5 years. In Melbourne, a lot of our stage 4 restrictions have eased, including traveling further from home and no longer having to wear masks outdoors if we can …

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October 2020 Roundup

On October 30, 2020November 9, 2020 By K.M. Allan15 Comments

If you're a subscriber to my newsletter, you'll find the content of this new blog post familiar. Since July 2019, I've been keeping subscribers up-to-date on my writing journey, what I've been reading, watching, taking photos of, and writing tips. In order to keep writing without burning out, though, I've made the decision to close …

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The Do’s And Don’ts Of Handling Book Reviews

On March 13, 2020 By K.M. Allan38 Comments

By the time you've published a book, the process was so exhausting, thrilling, and exciting, you'll be forgiven for forgetting one thing that happens when you put your work out into the world; you get book reviews! Now, if you promised yourself you'd read any review with an open mind, ready to take on constructive …

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

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