Today’s A. E. Reads book review is on Maya and the Rising Dark, a 2020 middle grade novel written by Rena Barron. I found this book by looking up middle grade books with black characters and came across a whole slew of books to read. After much debate over the lists, my top choice to…
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New Novel: Introducing Emmy Bell series by A. E. Costello
Hi, A. E. here. Sooo…remember when I said the parts I discarded from Zippy Mae are another story from my post last week? Well I meant that literally. Out of nearly everything I decided didn’t fit Zippy Mae, I made the Emmy Bell series. So, here it is! Its got a title and everything! How…
[Update] Where is Zippy Mae?
Hi, A. E. here. Today I wanted to update on where I am at with my current project, the Zippy Mae series. I announced this series last year and have been working on it ever since. I’ve restarted my draft twice, and am on the third draft now. After a lot of world-building, I decided…
The Writing Journey: Zippy Mae and the Seven Kingdoms “Written So Far”
Welcome! A. E. here. Today is another “Written So Far” post about where I’m coming along in my Writing Journey with my upcoming novel Zippy Mae and the Seven Kingdoms. Said book is the first of a new series I’m kicking off about the titular character Zipporah Mae Freedman. Call her Zippy please. So today’s…
The Writing Journey: Zippy Mae and the Seven Kingdoms “Written So Far”
Welcome! A. E. here. I’m here to say… Vacation is over everybody! The last time I posted on this blog was July 26th, so two weeks ago. These past two weeks I’ve been doing anything but writing on Zippy Mae and the Seven Kingdoms. My brain felt sore and worn out, I couldn’t think of…
Dream to Reality Part 5: Publication
Welcome to the fifth and final part of the series on how The Other Side came to be. You can check parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 if you haven’t read them already. But now we come to the close. This is it. Publication. Where to begin? Well where everything else started at. Research. I…
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