Majanka Verstraete

Becoming: A Multi-Genre Anthology for Not Quite Adults

September 11, 2017

I have exciting news to share. Last year, one of my publishers, Patchwork Press, contacted me to write a story for their anthology. I did and now, many months later, the book is up for preorder. Becoming: A Multi-Genre Anthology for Not Quite Adults is an anthology of several new adul

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Monthly Goals June 2017

June 01, 2017

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It’s June 1 which means it’s time for my goals for this month! Here are my goals for June: Write a short story a week. That means five stories for this month. Finish first draft of this month’s WIP, which is the first book in the Marisol Holmes series. Write two blog

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Monday Musings #42

May 08, 2017

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Monday Musings is a post in which I talk about my writing goals for the upcoming week, and the progress I made on my goals for the past week. Here are my goals for last week. Goals I accomplished are scratched through. Write one short story for #AShortStoryAWeek. Finish beat sheet for

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Monday Musings #41

May 01, 2017

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Monday Musings is a post in which I talk about my writing goals for the upcoming week, and the progress I made on my goals for the past week. I don’t have a list of goals for last week because I’ve been a bad author and haven’t been able to keep up with Monday Musing

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How Many Characters Do You Need?

January 25, 2017

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Now, we all know you need a protagonist. If you have no protagonist, you have no story. Your protagonist can be anything – it doesn’t even have to be a person. Heck, you can write a story from the POV of a house, or a cat, or a cup of tea. But you need a protagonist. That&

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New Year’s Resolutions 2017

January 01, 2017

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It seems like yesterday since 2016 knocked on the door, and now it’s already 2017. 2016 was, in all fairness, a sucky year. Worldwide, everyone seemed to think that and in my personal life, I especially considered it that way. So here’s to 2017. I hope it’s better th

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Monday Musings #36

February 08, 2016

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I haven’t been doing well keeping up with my goals this month. I had a holiday last week, and instead of getting productive, I was lazy and didn’t do all the writing-related things I had planned. I did manage to visit family and friends that I hadn’t seen in a while,

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Cover Reveal Demonic Pact

February 05, 2016

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Today is the cover reveal for Demonic Pact, the sequel to The Soul Thief. The cover looks amazing, if you ask me, but I would love to hear your opinions. Here it is: And here is the list of wonderful people who signed up to host my cover reveal. Thank you all so much! 5 Girls Book Rev

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Age of Love Interest in YA Paranormal

January 28, 2016

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I never really focused on the age of the love interest in YA paranormal books. I guess, growing up watching Buffy who was super-awesome and dated hundred-year-old hunks (aka Angel and Spike), I never really cared about the age difference when it comes to paranormal books. So Buffy dat

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Monday Musings #34

January 25, 2016

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I did it! I finished my manuscript! I’m so HAPPY. One of my goals this year was to write a book a month (first draft, of course). Well, it’s January 25 and I’ve just finished my manuscript! With one week to spare. Pop the champagne, everyone. 🙂 Also, here’s ano

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