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Summer Keown

Summer Keown lives and writes in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Her short stories have been published in Pulp Literature, Bikes Not Rockets, So It Goes, and the upcoming anthology CATS: Cycling Across Time and Space. She is also co-editing the Non-stalgia anthology of short fiction with Ryan Everett Felton. Her romance novel, Painted Over, published under the pen name Sofi Keren, was shortlisted for two 2020 Indiana Authors Awards.

Mar 6

6 Ways to Get Motivated to Write

For as long as I’ve been writing, I’ve struggled to sit down and get motivated to write. It’s an irony widespread amongst writers that we...

Feb 13

Writer’s Critique Groups and How to Form Them

You’ve been writing on your own for some time now, perhaps sharing with friends and family on occasion. Maybe you’ve taken some writing c...

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Dec 19

The Art of the Plot Twist: How to Keep Your Audience Guessing

A plot twist is a sudden, unexpected turn of events in a story that changes the plot’s direction or reveals a previously unknown fact. Th...

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Oct 25

How to Get Over Rejection: A Writer’s Guide

Learning how to get over rejection isn’t easy, especially if you’ve poured your heart and soul into your writing. You’ve written an incre...

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