Elise L. Blake
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Elise is a full-time writing coach and novelist. She is a recent college graduate from Southern New Hampshire University where she earned her BA in Creative Writing.
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4 Reasons to Self-Publish Your Books
What is self-publishing? Self-publishing means an author going through the process of writing, editing, designing, marketing, and finally publishing their book all on their own with the help of some hired services, but no traditional publishing company behind them.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
How To Heal From Creative Burnout
What is creative burnout? Creative burnout is when you've exhausted so much of the creative energy that you just can not create any more. Whether this is in regard to writing, content creation, drawing, or any other creative pursuit you simply do not have the physical or emotional capabilities of creating.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Book Character Pet Peeves Your Readers Will Hate
Your characters are important to your story, you could even say you wouldn't have a story without them But have you ever read a story and not been able to stand one of the characters? Sometimes this is on purpose… sometimes not, but sometimes it's because they are the type of characters your readers just don't like.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
How to Name Your Characters
I know what I want my characters to do, but I don't know what I want them to be called while they're doing it. Sometimes we know our characters' names before we start our novels and sometimes we put placeholders on the spot instead. Nothing a little 'Find and Replace' command can't fix.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
