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The Emotional Toll of Writing Dark Fiction

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I created characters I thought couldn’t exist in America—then watched them appear on the news. How to keep writing when reality feels dystopian.

Published September 29, 2025
Categorized as About My Books, And When I Wake, Dystopian, My Writing Journey, Science Fiction, Self-care, Writing Life Tagged Author Lynette M Burrows, writing life

How to: Writing Dark Fiction When Reality Feels Dystopian

image of the Statue of Liberty with images showing through her of flames, a flag, a person in black and with a globe like circle behind her against a dark starry sky Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

How to write dark dystopian fiction when reality feels like a dystopia. Including examples from writing the final book in The Fellowship Dystopia series.

Published September 15, 2025
Categorized as About Me, About My Books, And When I Wake, How To's, My Writing Journey, The Fellowship Dystopia Trilogy, Writing Tagged Lynette M. Burrows

Consistently Inconsistent OR Striving for Consistency

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This recycled post from 2017 serves as a reminder and a measure of my progress as a blogger, author newsletter provider, and the behavioral changes I’ve made.

Published August 11, 2025
Categorized as About Me, Inspiration and Motivation, My Writing Journey Tagged consistency, goals, guidelines, how-to, Lynette M. Burrows, Motivational Quote, plan, rules

New Lessons, New Experiences, and New Looks

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Lynette shares a review of the first quarter of 2025 for her business including a cover reveal and an excerpt from her next book.

Published March 31, 2025
Categorized as About Me, Cover Reveal, My Writing Journey, Sneak Peek Tagged Lynette M. Burrows, quarterly report

Valuable Lessons Learned at a Local Writers Workshop

I constantly talk myself out of things because they cost “money” or “takes too much time.” Well, look what I learned when I took a chance.

Published January 27, 2025
Categorized as About Me, My Writing Journey, Writing, Writing Life Tagged goals, Inspirations, Lynette M. Burrows

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