Posts | Avril Marie Aalund

Wrapping Up 2019 | Year-End Check-Ins

In one of my first posts of this year, I jumped aboard a bandwagon with many bloggers and shared some of my writing goals. Now that the...

Happy Anniversary! | What I’ve Learned In My First Year Of Blogging

This past week officially marked one who year since I launched my blog! It’s taken me some time to truly get into the swing of things,...

Murder She Wrote | My First Stab At Writing A Murder Mystery Dinner

On November 30, 2019, Thames River Community Service hosted its first-ever Murder Mystery Dinner fundraiser. Thames River Community...

The Cutting Room Floor Philosophy | How Book-to-Film Adaptions Can Help You Edit Your Novel

Before we get started, let me warn you this is a spoiler-heavy post discussing the following adaptions (in no particular order): Twilight...

Behind The Scenes Of Publishing | A Collaborative Post

With the holiday season quickly approaching and being shoved in our faces anytime we go into a store or turn on certain radio stations...

Calling All Detectives!

Dear readers, This special midweek post is one of particular interest: an invitation to a night of intrigue and fun. Thames River...

Let Him Go | Opinions on a Snowman

When Frozen first came out, I was absolutely in love with it. As a huge Idina Menzel fan with a lot of Nordic heritage (not to mention a...

Overwriters and Underwriters (and Finding the Balance Between Them)

A few weeks ago, I did a series of posts discussing Planners, Pantsers, and Plantsers. As I was working on those, I started thinking...

Organizing Your Oeuvre | A Quick Guide To Compiling A Series Bible

When crafting a series, it’s important to keep track of the details, especially as the story evolves over time. In the world of...

Welcome to The Hollow | A Glimpse Inside My New Writing Room

Last year, a few months after I finished college, my mother and I moved from the house we’d been living in for roughly twenty years to a...