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Author Archives: Chie Alemán
NaNoWriMo 2014
Hard to believe that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is almost here already! This year I will be participating again, though with my busy schedule, I’m not sure how far along I’ll get. For this year’s project, I’m going … Continue reading
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Tagged ASL, Deaf, Deaf Culture, Deafness, Five Minutes To Midnight, NaNoWriMo
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UnConventional Quotes: Happiness
Sometimes the only thing keeping you from happiness is yourself. Going to do something a little different this week. Start a new series in which I post shareable images featuring quotes from UnConventional. (If this takes off, I may do some … Continue reading
Updates
Hey, everyone! Thanks for helping make a great launch week for UnConventional. Thanks for all your support and feedback. I really appreciate it! Instead of a blog post with more music or something else, I wanted to do a little … Continue reading
The Music of UnConventional: “Love Is All Around”
The music of UnConventional continues this week! Early in the novel, Di is working out in the hotel gym and rocking out to some of her favorite tunes to keep her motivated. Joan Jett’s cover of The Mary Tyler Moore Show … Continue reading
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Tagged Cover, Joan Jett, Mary Tyler Moore Theme, Music, UnConventional, Video
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UnConventional – Release Day!
Yay! It’s finally here! UnConventional is now available for purchase!
The Music of UnConventional: “Weightless”
Music played an important role while writing UnConventional, and is particularly important to the main character, Di, who’s a huge punk fan. In fact, the novel opens with a playlist of songs (which you can listen to most of via the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Weightless", All Time Low, Music, UnConventional, Video
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UnConventional – Excerpt
With this being #BMDAwarenessWeek and UnConventional‘s publication only eight days away, I can finally share the “final” version of the first 3500 words of the book with you. I hope you enjoy! You can purchase the book here starting on October … Continue reading
BMD Awareness Week: Oct 5-11
One thing I discovered while doing research for UnConventional was how few people knew what Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy was (or had even heard of it). In fact, it’s one reason I decided to go with that disease while I was planning … Continue reading
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Tagged Becker's Muscular Dystrophy, BMD, BMD Awareness Week, UnConventional
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Music “Therapy”
So I’ve been a bad seed and haven’t been posting here regularly like I hoped I would. I always have all these great ideas, and I start them, but then I never seem to find the time to finish them. … Continue reading
UnConventional Cover Reveal!
I know it feels like I’ve been talking about UnConventional forever, but its publication date is finally approaching! The current release date is October 14, so mark your calendars. (Though I’m sure I’ll be hyping it up a lot more from … Continue reading
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Tagged Cover Art, Di, Loose Id, Mina Carter, photo, Santiago, UnConventional
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