Maggie Eliot
My Illogical Prejudice
Hi friends! It's been a while. In the constant back and forth between writing and trying to get my writing out there, I've been focused...
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Maggie Eliot
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
Finish and Then Start
Hi friends! Not gonna lie, it's been a bit of a slog for the past month. I've been writing in fits and spurts, and for the last few days,...
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Maggie Eliot
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Eat Your (Craft) Veggies!
When I first started writing fiction after years of writing for the stage, this word kept coming up in all of the writing groups,...
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Maggie Eliot
- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
Real Life World Building
Hi friends! I've missed you. Sorry for the long absence. It's been an EXTREMELY busy summer with the real job and I've been doing a...
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Maggie Eliot
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Am I Unmasking If No One Even Knows Me?
Hi friends! I've got a conundrum that I legitimately need your feedback on. I spent some time last week updating this site. I'm kind of...
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Maggie Eliot
- Apr 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Thing About Changes...
Hi friends. I'm pleased to share that I'm able to write this post tonight because I've completed the first pass through my novel working...
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Maggie Eliot
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
"I Miss Strangers"
Hi friends. In my last post, I mentioned having a surgery. Glad to report, it went well and I'm home recovering. I feel "good" in the...
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Maggie Eliot
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Making Me FEEL
This post starts with a couple of confessions. The first is that I'm super awkward when it comes to meeting famous people. The second is...
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Maggie Eliot
- Feb 10, 2021
- 3 min
No Makes Yes So Much Sweeter
This week presented a major milestone for me as an author. Following the many rejections I've been collecting like Pokemon, I finally got...
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Maggie Eliot
- Feb 4, 2021
- 4 min
Plot Bunnies and the Carousel of Manuscripts
I suppose if one's creative life didn't have it's peaks and valleys it would get rather dull. But it does get tedious knowing that with...
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Maggie Eliot
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
The Dumbest Reason to Write a Post
Hi friends, Boy oh boy has it been a minute. I'd apologize for my disappearing act, but fuck it. It's a pandemic. One thing I've gotten...
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Maggie Eliot
- Jun 13, 2020
- 3 min
Wheel Spinning in the Plague
I hope this post finds you in good health. It's been a while since I put any thoughts here. There have been too many to sort and share!...
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Maggie Eliot
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
OMG I fixed the font!!
Shortest blog post ever, but I just wanted to revel in the fact that I finally figured out how to get rid of the scrolling script font...
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Maggie Eliot
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
I Finished Another Book!
OKAY! So the news of the week...I finished a new book! It's a contemporary romance which, for now, is called After the Win. It started as...
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Maggie Eliot
- Jan 7, 2020
- 2 min
Holy Shit! I Wrote an Outline! (sort of)
I'm working on something new and I just got to that point where the initial blush of inspiration has run its course and I have to make...
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Maggie Eliot
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
FEAR!
When I think back to my days in high school and undergrad theatre, I'm jealous of the fearless little shit I used to be. Even though some...
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Maggie Eliot
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
One Rejection Down, God Knows How Many to Go
I got my first bona fide rejection from an agent today. I wear it like a badge of honor. It was an auto-generated form email simply...
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Maggie Eliot
- Jul 20, 2019
- 2 min
The Waiting Game
Over the 4th of July weekend, I took a HUGE step in my writing efforts. It wasn't finishing a WIP, it wasn't editing an existing...
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Maggie Eliot
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
Oh Jesus! The site is live!
It's a very strange thing to be shy when your outward persona is very much the opposite. I've been performing for the entirety of my...
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Maggie Eliot
- Apr 15, 2019
- 4 min
From Stage To Page
The biggest challenge I've faced in the transition from writing plays to writing novels is world building. My whole writing career up...
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