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Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Swoon Author Kiara London: Slow Burns are Torture and I Live for Them
Kiss Cam came out this week! So, let's talk romance, shall we?Anyone who knows me knows that I love a good slow burn. Ron and Hermione? My childhood depended on that happening. Anne and Gilbert? Come on, we all knew it was meant to be. Bellamy and Clarke? Trust me, it's end game. Stiles and Lydia? Took me a while …
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Friday, October 14th, 2016
Swoon Author Kiara London: Things Nobody Tells You About Editing
Confession time: I didn't think writers had 100% responsibility for editing their books.I was truly a romantic. Common sense didn't dawn on me until the manuscript was back in my lap with a laundry list of things to work out. You see, I thought you just turned in a manuscript and poof it would find a way to be perfect.But …
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Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Swoon Author Kiara London: Started Writing On Wattpad Now We Here
Hi, y'all!Long time, no talk! I've popped by to chat with you today because my book Kiss Cam is coming to a bookstore near you this month (October 18th, to be exact!).Kiss Cam is very special to me because, not only was I in high school when I wrote it, but it was a book I originally posted on Wattpad. …
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Monday, December 14th, 2015
And the winning cover for KISS CAM is...
Hello, hello, hello!I am back and I bring exciting news regarding the cover direction for Kiss Cam!Holy moly was it a close one. There at the beginning, every time I refreshed the page a different cover was at the top. But, this week it came down to the Close-Up and the Lip Prints; and boy, am I excited to tell …
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Friday, October 2nd, 2015
Swoon Author Kiara London's Editing Update: Worth the Work
So, this is kind of embarrassing to admit. Something I found out after receiving my revision notes for
Kiss Cam: editing is work. I had romanticized the entire process thinking that I was
just handing over my manuscript and that Swoon would do all the hard work for
me. I would just have to approve of some changes, rewrite a …
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