The life of a writer involves putting some okay stuff down on paper (1,358 words) and the next day cutting that exact same section and putting some much better stuff down on paper (over 2,000 words) and the next day cutting that exact same section and completely rewriting the whole **** section (1,506 words). I’m wondering if I will be cutting today’s section tomorrow. Worried that I won’t have a replacement – I really need a transition section and I’m having a terrible time. And I still think the stuff I wrote the second day is good and I liked it a bunch, which is why I saved it in a different file, but it was complicating more than one of the subplots and more than one character arc. *I keep hearing a whining little voice whispering “but it was so good why did you cut it? It was going to be so much fun to write what happened next.” Stones and blades, I hate that whining little voice in my head. I yell back at it “It was not moving the main plot forward – that’s why! Now stop your whining and let me go to sleep.” I’m not going to change my mind. I’m not. I’m not.
Simply, Allynn is passionate about writing and dancing. She loves reading, dancing, and hunting. When not writing Allynn assists her husband in teaching square dancing 3-4 times a week, and together they coach an historical dance exhibition team. She also hunts with her extended family and friends to fill the freezer. The first two books of her four book science fiction/fantasy series have garnered multiple awards. "The Blood," published in 2014, placed third in both the Science Fiction and Fantasy categories of the 2014 Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) EVVY Awards and received a four star review by Foreword Clarion Review in May 2016. The second book, "The Balance", published in September 2016, placed second in Science Fiction in the 2017 CIPA EVVY Awards. Book three of the series, "The Blades" was published in November 2019. The fourth book of this quartet will be published in 2022. Her TimberDark Writer blog explores the writing process. You are invited to share in the journey.
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