Dana Swift

Young Adult Fantasy Author

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One of the Greatest Lessons I Had to Learn about Writing

November 22, 2017 by danaswift2@gmail.com

I grew up wanting to be a writer and one day, an author. I also grew up being told and knowing my goal was: Difficult beyond belief, basically the equivalent of wanting to be a famous anything Cute when little, but I needed to rethink and charge into a career that meant I earned actual […]

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Being a Writer and Finding Others Out There

October 29, 2017 by danaswift2@gmail.com

Can we talk about shyness for a moment? Shyness is hard. You think, well I’ll grow out of this… hopefully. But you don’t really know how that’s going to happen, especially when in your free time you like to be alone, in your room, typing on a keyboard, creating people and interactions that don’t exist. […]

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3 Ways to Set Goals and Get Writing!

January 10, 2017 by danaswift2@gmail.com

What better way to start a New Year than to set writing goals! This could be the year you start writing. Or the year you finish your manuscript, or the year that you get published. Whatever your ambitions, writing and editing an entire novel can be a daunting task. The best way to complete your […]

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