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On the Importance of Community

11.13.2014 by Starla Huchton // 2 Comments

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Wanna hear something cool? Shadows on Snow is still ranking, 10 days after release, in three different categories on Amazon. While that’s not long-term results, it’s a big thing for me. To date, my new releases have gottenĀ a big bump on release day, then tend to fall away after three days or so. Yay for progress!

But that’s not really what this post is about, although it is related. How? I’m getting there.

I’m firmly convinced that the only reason this book has done so much is because of the people around me that have supported, shared, or otherwise helped out with Shadows on Snow. Today, I’m going to talk about that a little.

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Categories // Flipped Fairy Tales, General News, Stuff, The Dreamer's Thread, Writing Tags // community, FIerce Five, flipped fairy tales, gratitude, Learn, marketing, Misty Provencher, SFR Brigade, shadows on snow, support

The Month of Thanks – October 10

10.10.2013 by Starla Huchton // 1 Comment

Continuing on in my Month of Thanks, here is my letter for October 10th.

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Categories // Stuff Tags // gratitude, Learn, Misty Provencher, Month of Thanks

Sharing the Love for Fellow Indie Authors

07.03.2013 by Starla Huchton // 1 Comment

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The indie author community is an amazing place, and I am reminded of this over and over again. The authors I have come to know have been so giving of their time and advice and consistently do whatever they can to boost those around them.

So I’m considering this my chance to give back.

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Categories // Promos, Stuff, The Endure series Tags // A.M. Hargrove, Amanda Havard, Amy Evans, blog hop, C. A. Kunz, Dani Morales, giveaway, Learn, MAVEN, Michele G. Miller, Misty Provencher, Sarah Ashley Jones

Awkward Turtle vs. Scary New Thing

07.02.2013 by Starla Huchton // 19 Comments

So here’s the thing. I’m a weirdo. This statement probably surprises no one who’s interacted with me ever. On social media I tend to be pretty outgoing and vocal, and this is also true about me face to face… well, once I’ve gotten to know you some.

I like to call myself an awkward turtle. Here’s why. I’m the kind of person who, when faced with a new social situation, will find the one or two people I know and attach myself to them because I am, frankly, terrified of taking those first steps in introductions. I imagine I come off as standoffish or maybe bored, but this is categorically untrue. Awkward Turtle has simply retreated into her shell until another less-awkward turtle has knocked on said shell and given her permission to come out and interact with the others. I have never been the kind of turtle to strike up a conversation with another strange turtle because I am horribly, terribly awful at breaking the ice. My mind goes totally blank and I can’t think of a single thing to say to engage the other turtles. I go into every new interaction assuming the other person has zero interest in who I am or what I have to say, probably because then there’s no risk of disappointment. This is who I am. This zero-expectation was my safety net growing up. It’s a holdover from childhood, when almost every interaction I had was inevitably painful for me. While I’m working on changing the little voice in my head that fills me with doubts and self-criticism, the scars still remain.

That said, enter the Scary New Thing.

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Categories // General News, Stuff Tags // A.M. Hargrove, Adam Kunz, Adriane Boyd, Amanda Havard, Amy Evans, Candace Selph, Chelsea Fine, Dani Morales, Delphina Miyares, Heather Hildenbrand, Heather King, Jackie McPherson, Kathryn Grimes, Learn, Mary Smith, Michele G. Miller, Misty Provencher, Sarah Ashley Jones, Tess Watson, UtopYA

More Writing, More Travelling

06.18.2013 by Starla Huchton // Leave a Comment

We are halfway through the year, a mere six months. It’s been an amazingly productive time for me, and not only because of having three books done in the Endure series.

If you’ve been watching my Twitter feed or kept an eye on my WIP widgets in the side bar on this site, you know which project I decided to work on after finishing the first draft of Progeny. For NaNoWriMo 2012, I worked on a story that had about 23k words already on it. I talked about this a great deal on the Roundtable Podcast’s 4-writer project for that month, and you can listen to me talk about the premise for Apprentice beginning here. I ended up with an additional 66k+ words for that month, but the story wasn’t finished.

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Categories // General News, Stuff, Updates, Writing Tags // Apprentice, blog tour, Dani Morales, Learn, MAVEN, Misty Provencher, NaNoWriMo, SFR Brigade, The Endure Series, UtopYA

FULL OF GRACE – A Book Tour Stop!

05.24.2013 by Starla Huchton // 2 Comments

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What’s all this now? This does not look like stuff about me!

Because, well, it isn’t. This here is a blog tour, folks, and I am in it! I am very pleased to do this little post, my first ever participation in a blog tour, as it is for a person I <3 very much. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Misty Provencher:

Misty Provencher in all her technicolor glory!
Misty Provencher in all her technicolor glory!

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Categories // General News, Stuff Tags // Learn, Misty Provencher, Read

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