Azeem Duran
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Azeem Duran
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📖 Fantasy Author and Avid Reader ✏️ Editing FC (Project 4) | Drafting AB (Project 8) 🌈 Advocate for Diverse Stories 📚 Reading is Political Join my journey! IG: https://www.instagram.com/azeem.duran?igsh=MXJqYzZnM3Rlcndxbw==
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Got an email about the Anthropic settlement this morning. If you're a traditionally published author whose book came out before 2023 (I think), you may be eligible to file a claim.

More information here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

And here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
KPop Demon Hunters had no reason to be as good as it was. 20/10.

#Fantasy #KPopDemonHunters #ContemporaryFantasy #UrbanFantasy #KDrama
Sometimes I think that my dogs are trying to stop any potential for a writing career. Then I remember that they can't #read, but it gives me an interesting #shortstory premise.

#PetsofBlueSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Fantasy
#TIL that I've been calling #ContemporaryFantasy books Urban Fantasies. I had no clue the genre existed. It's my own fault for not learning ALL the #Fantasy Genres. Now I'm rethinking how indescribe My Brother's Inheritance. At least there's time before I enter the query trenches.
#WritingCommunity
What kind of story was the book you represented/are representing? (It's understandable if you can't share!)
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BREAKING: Trump said protesters at his little military cosplay parade will be met with “very heavy force.”

That’s dictatorship talk. Protesting is your RIGHT. Don’t flinch. Don’t fold.

Also, NO KINGS PROTEST is Saturday—not Sunday. Pull up.
Just got back from #Portland! While there, I learned it was the start of #PortlandBookWeek. Wish I was there longer to visit more #indiebookstores. Oh well, there's always next year! 💙📚

#BookishTravel #BookSky #Reader
I don't usually reread books, but this is making a compelling case.
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There are a few spaces left for the talk I'm giving tonight about what authors can do to help their career before signing an agent or landing a book deal. It's free to attend (even if you're not part of the Orange County Library System) but you have to register: attend.ocls.org/event/13350654
Career Development for Pre-Published Authors
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss how to best prepare for a career as an author before landing the first book deal.
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7 reviews up on IG for May. Sure, I posted 2 today, but still. June snuck up on me.

📚💙

#BookSky #Bookish #Booksta #BookReview #BookReviewer
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Deadline Jun 15: Novel Excerpt Prize
Send an excerpt from your unpublished novel or manuscript in progress up to 5,000 words. Fee: $20. Three winners will each receive $1,000 and publication. Guest judge: Cynthia Pelayo.
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Make that 7 books. I finished one last night so that's cool. Lot of reviews coming this week on IG! 💙📚

#BookSky #BookReviews #BookReviewer #Bookstagram #Reader
Ugh, how is it already the end of the month? Now I need to rapid-fire book reviews again. 6 incoming this week (maybe 7 if I finish my current read). 📚💙

#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
I hope so lol. I really really do
The first 11 chapters of My Brother's Inheritance are feeling pretty good for this draft. But, 12 is where things start to get muddled and need a lot more work... characters to expand on, parts of scenes to cut, and stake sto become clearer. It'll be fun. Right?

#WriteSky #Writer #Fantasy #Revising
Ugh, how is it already the end of the month? Now I need to rapid-fire book reviews again. 6 incoming this week (maybe 7 if I finish my current read). 📚💙

#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
I have not been paying attention to the Pitch events lol. I literally just learned about the current one an hour ago.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
My Brother's Inheritance

His brother died. Now he has magic he never asked for, enemies he doesn’t understand, and a legacy that could kill him.

Can Orlando survive college, grief, and the supernatural world his brother left behind?

#YA #U #F #UF #WIPPit #FBW #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Are you an emerging writer or artist? We have just the contest for you! Cash prizes and no submission fees. Don't self reject! Submit before June 2.

Please spread the word!

Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri...
Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...
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This is your reminder to leave a review for that indie book you just read :)
Hit 100%! There's still a lot of work to do now that I've reread the story, but it was a fun ride reading through My Brother's Inheritance. Tomorrow, #revision planning starts.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy
In at 84% now (yes, I'll keep working on it today), but the amount of sighing my characters do, you'd think they're all in a world of oberstimulated pugs. Also, I need a better word that contorted for faces, lol. This is the only project where I use that so often (I'm 90% sure of that).

#Writesky
Words written this week? 15.
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.

Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.

#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
I have 4 book to review on IG. Ugh, why must I choose between working on WiP and Social Media?

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 💙📚
I've taken the weak to read an old project and make a plan for edits. Does that count? I have an ongoing WiP
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