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Why did I Unpublished My Debut Novel and Released a Second Edition?
After four years of crafting my fantastical fae story, I finally did it. I published my debut novel. It should have felt like the finish line. But it didn’t. Almost immediately, something felt off. I had a quiet, persistent feeling that I couldn’t ignore. Looking back, I can see where things went wrong. Somewhere along the way, I started listening to outside advice. What a story should have, what readers might expect, what I might be missing. And in doing that, I stopped listening to my own characters. When I began the first edition, I was so excited about how my story was coming together that I ignored the major…
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Why the fae?
Hello, my name is Tracy Marie, and I love reading about faraway lands and colorful characters. My story began when I was daydreaming about what would happen if the fae were trapped on Earth and a teenage girl found her. I was so excited by the idea that I headed to my office, sat down at my computer and began clicking away on the keyboard. But soon the doubts crept in. The plot had holes (craters, actually) and the characters suddenly went quiet on me. They didn’t want to be stuck in a tree waiting for a human to come along and free them. That wasn’t their story, and they…