At the start of each year, I like to look back and see what I've achieved. It's always so easy to lose sight of one's accomplishments when life gets busy, and most of the time, I focus on the things that are still on my to-do list. Which I guess isn't a bad thing. It... Continue Reading →
Unseelie Queen: from the archives
Can you believe it's been three years since I published Unseelie Queen (Crown of Tír na nÓg #2)? Today, July 19th 2024, marks the three-year anniversary of Unseelie Queen. And whenever my books hit such a milestone, I like to take a moment to appreciate my own work. While I was skimming my Scrivener file,... Continue Reading →
Goddess of Light: From First Draft to Final Draft
When Unseelie Queen had its first year anniversary, I had a look at my files (out of curiosity) to see how much the opening scene of the book had changed from the first draft to the final version. I posted both drafts on my blog, which you can read here. Tomorrow, April 19th 2024, marks... Continue Reading →
Unseelie Queen: From Draft 1 to Draft 7
One year ago today, I published my second book in my Crown of Tír na nÓg series titled Unseelie Queen. Out of curiosity, I dug through my folders and looked at the opening scene of the very first draft. It is crucial to craft a compelling first scene; it needs to draw a reader in... Continue Reading →
SEELIE PRINCESS: From Draft to Print
Writing a book can be a long process. When I started this journey 5 years ago, I had very little knowledge of writing itself. But through continuous effort, hard work, and persistence, I finally achieved my goal. Today I want to take stock of the individual stages that I worked through with SEELIE PRINCESS. Summer... Continue Reading →
ON WRITING MY FIRST NOVEL AND THE LESSONS I LEARNED
Before we dive into the process of writing my first novel, I have to tell you a little bit about my beginnings as a writer. I don't remember when exactly I began writing as a child, it must have been in my early teens. Back then it was mostly fanfiction and all of it was still... Continue Reading →
Writer Q&A #2
You can find my Writer Q&A #1 here. 26 : What would you like to see more of in your genre?More LGBTQ+ protagonists 27 : Where do you get inspiration from?All kinds of places, really. Life, books, movies, dreams,... 28 : On a scale of 1-10, how much do you stress about choosing character names?Maybe 3?... Continue Reading →
Writer Q&A #1
What's the best way to beat writer's block? Write! I guess when people tell you that they mean you should write an actual story... but I decided to play a little fun game and answer these questions I found on tumblr! 1 : What age-group do you write?YA (mostly upper-grade) 2 : What genre do you write?Fantasy... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year!
It's the first week of 2019 and the internet is filled with everyone's new year's resolutions. And so I have to ask myself: Should I set some resolutions for myself? Is it really worth the pressure? I've decided that instead I will start off by looking back at 2018! Accomplishments of 2018 I might not... Continue Reading →
SEELIE PRINCESS – What’s it about?
I've briefly talked about this before here - but I want to tell you a bit more today. SEELIE PRINCESS is my first full-length novel, which I finished revising back in August. As of now, it has not been published, but I'm querying and excited to share this story with you. So today I want to... Continue Reading →
Sarah Tanzmann 