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Welcome to my blog, where I publish insight into my writing and editing experiences as a speculative fiction author. HereContinue Reading
Welcome to my blog, where I publish insight into my writing and editing experiences as a speculative fiction author. HereContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I recently saw a post from editor and literary agent, Arley Sorg, about the realities of rejection.Continue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky So, by now, if you’ve been following this blog for a bit, you would have realised thatContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Humans are strange creatures – in a world where we can choose from an abundance of comfortContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I was recently lucky enough to score an Advance Reader Copy of Tim McGregor’s upcoming release, ‘Lure’.Continue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky One of the most interesting characteristics of Gothic fiction has to be its veneration of the sublime.Continue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky In my last post, I shared the results from putting Tasmanian Gothic through Chris Angelis’ Gothic Meter.Continue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Keeping with the deep-dive into all things gothic in the lead up to Tasmanian Gothic‘s release (AugContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky As you might have realised, I fell down a wondrous rabbit hole of gothic and weird scholarshipContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky When I was first drafting my latest release, I knew I wanted to call it Tasmanian Gothic.Continue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky This week I released my latest novel, Tasmanian Gothic. I first started drafting it back in 2016,Continue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently, I committed to making 2022 a year of editing. As part of that commitment, I’m readingContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky And so another year draws to a close. If, like me, you spent November writing or finishingContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I’m currently slogging away at NaNoWriMo – the first time I’ve genuinely attempted it since my disastrousContinue Reading
The wait is over! The final book in the Divided Elements is now available for pre-order. Four years since theContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Everyone loves a good sporting idiom, metaphor, or analogy – “A game of two halves”, “throwing aContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky In some ways, the fourth and final act in a novel (somewhat confusingly titled Act 3 (sinceContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky As my portfolio starts to expand (the complete Divided Elements series is published next year, and myContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Man, I’m on a writing roll at the moment. This blog was getting a little dusty and thenContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Welcome to The Quick Six – an ongoing series of posts, where I interview independent authors on their self-publishing stories, using sixContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky It’s been a while since I’ve written a post for this blog. To be honest, it’s taken allContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I started writing short stories eighteen months ago. Seduced by the competitions and submission opportunities, I thought itContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky As many of you already know, I am a big fan of both reading and writing about complexContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I’m in the second act doldrums of my current WIP (but not for long, because the break intoContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky It seems that every time I reach the middle of a WIP, I start musing on the problemsContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Today, I’m launching a dystopian anthology with eleven other indie authors. On the Brink features some amazing storiesContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky For long-time readers of my blog, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of dystopian narratives and indieContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently I wrote a post about character needing conflict, not goals. I received a great question fromContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Over here, in my part of the world, it is winter. Which means flu season. Which, when youContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Everyone has seen them – the pithy pieces of writing advice that can fit on a 940×780 pixelContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky A few years ago. author and blogger, Foz Meadows , wrote on the HuffPost blog: Science fiction isContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Writing a book is a mammoth task. Editing, re-editing, revising, polishing, revising, (did I mention revising), and pouringContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky It’s been almost five months since my last blog post. In previous years that would have been aContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Welcome to my blog series on how to edit your sequel. If you’re new to the series, youContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently, I wrote about my experience in drafting the sequel to my debut science fiction novel, Resistance (Divided ElementsContinue Reading
by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently, I wrote about my experience in drafting the sequel to my debut science fiction novel, Resistance (Divided ElementsContinue Reading