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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1! Author Icon, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.
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I am a professional musician  Open in new Window., worship leader  Open in new Window., small business owner  Open in new Window., songwriter  Open in new Window., aspiring author  Open in new Window. and freelance nonfiction writer  Open in new Window. with a chemical engineering degree  Open in new Window..

But that's just my resume.

My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.

Merit Badge in Music [Click For More Info] To a dear friend whose talent for writing music is sensational. May you have a fabulous New Year, (((Brandi)))!!! *^*Kiss*^* Big hugs, Sherri *^*Heart*^* Merit Badge in Organization [Click For More Info] I don't know how you do it, but I assume there's magic involved *^*Bigsmile*^* I have really enjoyed this month of planning and preparation for NaNoWriMo and I love how organized it all is. Thank you for hosting a great challenge and for your dedication to helping so many of us prepare with confidence and trepidation for National Novel Writing Month (known to sane folks as 'November' *^*Laugh*^*) at your [Link To Item #1474311] Merit Badge in Leadership [Click For More Info] For your hard work, commitment, talent and innovation in running the October NaNoWriMo Preparation each year, which helps many of us get our scattered thoughts together for November's novel-writing. And also because this badge has ducks on it.


April 5, 2012 at 10:10am
April 5, 2012 at 10:10am
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I was reading an article about genre and marketing, which I hated but totally agreed with. In summary: as an author, I don't want to be pigeonholed into a genre. But if I want to be successful, it doesn't much matter what I want. I have to specialize to create a loyal reader base.

I decided that my best genre is fantasy. I'd bet a paycheck (small as they are) that most of my readers prefer Poor Witch, and even The Butterfly Stone, over Andromeda Sings. Maybe I'll revisit Meda someday and rewrite her to be a bit more speculative.

I also decided that this explains why I'm floundering in the writing department. I've dabbled in romance and mystery and decided I suck at both. I'm trying to write fantasy, comedy, thrillers and nonfiction,which I don't suck at, but the whole thing feels like massive scope creep because it's too much. So when I sit down to "write" on a given day, I end up farting around on Facebook instead, because I have no idea what to work on.

Picking a genre will help me focus on attainable goals.

So, I have decided to NaNo Poor Witch again this year, and continue the saga with a sequel. (Like how I verbed that noun, just now?) I've already started to outline what comes next, and it involves at least two, maybe three, sequels.
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