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AI talk – Le Salon Duval @ Kava Culture Key West
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AI talk – Le Salon Duval @ Kava Culture Key West

Active Voice, artistic collaboration, Inventions, Key West events/festivals, Le Salon Duval, Sean MacGuireApril 7, 2024by minitru

The first talk @ Le Salon Duval @ Kava Culture was great. Thank you to everyone who came out to support our first gathering. Lots…

Wanda Does What She Likes
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Wanda Does What She Likes

Art, artistic collaboration, fiction, Michael Haykin, novel, writingJanuary 7, 2024by Jessica

She came to me as muses do, whispering a challenge, implying a promise. And when I spotted “Tattooed Daughter” by Michael Haykin, I was certain…

No AI, thank you – Publishing Sidetrack Key – Epilogue
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No AI, thank you – Publishing Sidetrack Key – Epilogue

Active Voice, artistic collaboration, Guest Blogger, making things, publishing, Sean MacGuire, UncategorizedJanuary 7, 2023by admin

So I just added this to our copyright notice on the epub version:No AI tools were used to assist in writing this work.The use of…

The great epub adventure. Publishing Sidetrack Key
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The great epub adventure. Publishing Sidetrack Key

Active Voice, artistic collaboration, Guest Blogger, publishing, Sean MacGuireJanuary 6, 2023by admin

Part 1 covered the title and Part 2 covered the print version of Sidetrack Key. I’ve saved the best for last, creating the epub/Kindle version….

Sidetrack Key – Part 2 -How to Publish the Print Version
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Sidetrack Key – Part 2 -How to Publish the Print Version

Active Voice, Guest Blogger, how-to, Key West, making things, publishing, Sean MacGuireJanuary 4, 2023by admin

Jessica produced a very nice book in Microsoft Word. If you’re going straight to epub, you can just upload it at Amazon KDP and they’ll…

Title & Cover-Part One-Publishing Sidetrack Key
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Title & Cover-Part One-Publishing Sidetrack Key

artistic collaboration, Guest Blogger, how-to, making things, novel, publishing, Sean MacGuireJanuary 3, 2023by Jessica

This isn’t Jessica. This is Sean MacGuire, husband and publisher of Sidetrack Key. I get to do the interesting work of getting the book out…

13 Ways – How to Never Finish your Novel
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13 Ways – How to Never Finish your Novel

novel, Prose, rant, writingDecember 26, 2022by admin

This is a real list. I’ve done all these for Sidetrack Key, my second novel and the one I carried the greatest mythology about. Notions…

Sidetrack Key – Book 2 in the No Name Key series
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Sidetrack Key – Book 2 in the No Name Key series

novel, publishing, writingDecember 14, 2022by Jessica

After eight years, I finally finished the sequel to No Name Key and I hope it was worth the wait! Here’s my description: A twisty,…

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Best Course in Town: The Artist’s Way, taught by Rosalind Brackenbury

Art, artistic collaboration, Key West, making things, Prose, TSKW, writingNovember 12, 2022by Jessica

https://tskw.org/the-artists-way-with-rosalind-brackenbury/ When I moved to Key West, I had the great good fortune to take this class, and it changed my life. I had stopped…

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How Imagination Became Appropriation

No Name Key, publishing, rant, writingSeptember 14, 2022by Jessica

 I have a fraught relationship with publication. Although I love writing and being read, I’ve never conquered the childish sense that I’m asking for ‘more…

Painting A Pandemic – How to Collaborate
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Painting A Pandemic – How to Collaborate

Art, artistic collaboration, writingAugust 13, 2022by Jessica

My addiction to social media got upped during COVID-19 when extraordinary images made regular and frequent appearances on Michael Haykin’s Facebook page. They were outrageous,…

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Scrivener for the Fearful

novel, publishing, writingSeptember 13, 2019by Jessica

Last year I had multiple Word files for each section, scene and chapter of No Name Key 2. Some with unique names but similar content,…

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