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Everything I did wrong when I published my first novel. A pair of glasses rests on an open book.

I just published my first book: here’s everything I did wrong

Recently, I became a published author but, like so many before me, it took many wrong turns to get there. There are so many different facets of publishing a novel. Writing the dang thing is just the start! Longtime followers will already know that I really struggled with the revision process. What they may not …

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Mental health author Saoirse Schad smiles at the camera in a radio studio behind host Marlon Jimenez-Compton

Author photos, press releases and media appearances, oh my!

The road to authorhood is one paved with admin. Mostly, it’s a lot of sending emails and coordinating schedules, but every so often there are some fun tasks sprinkled in among the mundane. I told myself I would make the very most out of all of these glimmers of glamour, but so far I’ve done …

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