My journey as a fantasy writer
Oct 31, 2024 12:01 am
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Hi!
Sometimes we feel like we aren’t making progress until we look back at how far we’ve come!
Did you know that writing as a hobby unexpectedly paved the way to a job as Marketing Director? While my master's in business and film got my foot in the door, it was my writing experience that truly caught employers' attention. I only started writing out of boredom, but the skills I developed as a self-published author—managing email newsletters, creating ads, optimizing SEO, and designing websites—were exactly what companies sought. I sealed the deal by highlighting how I write books for their target audience, demonstrating my familiarity with current trends. And here I am now!
This journey taught me a valuable lesson: the path to success isn't always straightforward. Skills we develop for passion can lead to unexpected opportunities.
So, take a moment to reflect on your own journey. You might be surprised at how far you've come and the unique ways your experiences have shaped your path!
Hugs,
Stefanie.
MY READING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS WEEK
Blood slave to courtier of the Winter fae . . . You’d think I’d moved up.
I’m not so sure.
The auction block awaits and a vicious vampire prince wants me and what flows through my veins.
So I make a run for it, only to end up falling at the feet of a fae warden. Technically, Roar, the Warden of the West should return me to the vampire court, but he has other ideas.
He needs a fake fiancée.
The deal: if I play his dutiful partner at the Winter Court, and help him trick the cold King of Winter, Roar will hide me from the blood-suckers intent on draining the life from me.
I agree, and for a while, it seems like nothing can go wrong.
That is, until Vale, Warden Roar’s nemesis, sets his sights on me.
Parvati recently found out that magic exists—and her world has turned upside down.
Parvati’s plans for her eighteenth birthday involve apartment hunting with her friend. But instead, her godmother whisks her away into the woods—more like fairy godmother, as it turns out.
Now Parvati has to learn magic from Cyril, a fae mage. He’s good looking and they share an unmistakable connection. But then he starts acting cold and distant for no clear reason.
Cyril cannot deny the bond he feels to Parvati, but he’s forbidden to do anything about it.
Secrets begin exposing themselves. Parvati discovers her newfound magic can save or destroy the world. She and Cyril must band together to defeat the evil fae set on destroying the world.
The Dead Lands are no place for the living.
To continue the quest tasked by Tanari, Moira, Bel, and Airi must search for the last missing immortal, Dehil, and a brother Moira never knew, in a foreign realm to the north. They find that things aren’t what they thought, that lies and truths are as shrouded as the dark energy that has taken hold of a once-thriving world and turned it into a wasteland, The Dead Lands.
BOOK MENTION
A unicorn walks into a bar....
That is not a joke. Look, I’m a bartender, I have nothing to do with the xenos. I don’t care if it’s an elf or a vampire—as long as they don’t bother me, I steer clear. I have my reasons—you can see them in the scars on my neck. I never wanted to get involved. But my life changed for the second time when I saved the life of a unicorn.
