Minu Freitag

Last minute copy edits on wipsnips :). P.S. Now is a good time to join the ARC team! Link in the usual places or Minu.co.nz/books 📚📚📚

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#JustCheckingIn, July 2025 How’s everyone doing? Six Months Into 2025 At the beginning of each year, I create a wild mind map of what I want to accomplish. Monthly check-ins help me see what I’ve actually done instead of fixati...

July Check-in, Six Months Into 2025!
At the beginning of each year, I create a wild mind map of what I want to accomplish. I exist in a state of restless chaos, balancing on a dark edge—imposing order is the only way to keep that balance ...
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Audiobook Speak Peek! The Fragments, Chapter—Lost Progress on the Audiobook Edition for The Fragments – The Spheres Book One has been made \(^-^)/ ! I am excited to announce that the first teaser for The Fragments, Chapter 1—Lost is out. I am still e...

Progress on the Audiobook Edition for The Fragments – The Spheres Book One has been made \(^-^)/ !

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And done! 1 hour 40 minutes ... not too shabby!

And now #Tuesday #writingsprint Go, go, go ...

New Stockist, HAPA, Christchurch, New Zealand I am so excited to announce my first South Island Stockist—HAPA in Christchurch. HAPA is a Local Design store, stocking a wide range of lovingly curated gifts, jewellery, artwork, craft and homewares ...

I am so excited to announce my first South Island Stockist—HAPA in Christchurch. I am happy to join their showcase of more than 300 local designers and artists!

\(^-^)/

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#writingsprint went well \(^-^)/. Time for elevenses before my gardening tasks for today. #norestforthewicked !

#Monday #writingsprint 45 minutes and go ...

I got this—Daily Updates, Publishing The House—The Spheres Book 2 Short daily updates between now and the release date of Book 2. February 13, 2025 Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 79,991 (8,926 since last update) #ARGH … Chapters 24 to 28 were a total disaste...

... I kept the revisions in a the rough draft instead of detailed line edits because this part still feels like it’s on the brink of collapse.
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#WritingUpdate Chapters 24 to 28 were a total disaster. Aligning the timeline in three POV plot lines is like putting together a puzzle while the pieces are moving and changing colours ...

#QuestioningLifeChoices
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Line edits for Chapters 21 and 22 are done. Chapter 23 is getting there …
… feels … all a bit ... too everything today …

#QuestioningLifeChoices
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#specfic

Crawling through my revisions … I needed to remind myself that I actually do this for fun …

Chapter 21 is ready for line edits … maybe … or not #scream
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#amrevising

#WritingUpdate for The House!
Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 61,360 (6,228 since last update)
Chapters 17, 18, and 19 are revised! Reshuffling my days worked and it’s go, go, go!
Maybe I’ll actually finish this before 2026 rolls around! 🌟

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"... Eass placed a metal gear directly under the bench's edge.
The tendril hesitated, then shot forward, snatched the gear, and vanished back into darkness. She had tried to coax whatever was hatching under her bunk into the open, but had never seen more than... "

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"... A spindly limb, woven from fibre and metal cables, reached out from the shadows but fell short of the pile. Eass nudged the pile closer to the edge. The tendril advanced but remained just out of reach..."

Sample from Book 2 continued in next image: Eass emptied the collection of random electronic parts, wires, and metal pieces from the coverall's pockets—her salvage from the recycling station whenever Mitt wasn't looking. She knelt before her bunk, arranging the small pile on the floor. Nothing. She pushed the offering closer. A spindly limb, woven from fibre and metal cables, reached out from the shadows but fell short of the pile. Eass nudged the pile closer to the edge. The tendril advanced but remained just out of reach. Eass placed a metal gear directly under the bench's edge. The tendril hesitated, then shot forward, snatched the gear, and vanished back into darkness. She had tried to coax whatever was hatching under her bunk into the open, but had never seen more than...

Sample from Book 2 continued from last image: ... than tiny claws or wiry limbs. When Mitt had complained about more missing material, Eass had started feeding the thing, hoping to stop it ransacking Mitt’s supplies. Eass nudged the pile closer, but the tendril remained hidden. ‘I have no idea when we'll be back at the reclaim centre. This might be all there is for a while.’ Silence. ‘If you steal more from Mitt, she'll find out about you, and she'll get you out of there no matter what.’ The creature remained in the shadows. She considered setting a trap to catch the tendril next time it reached for the pile, when her terminal pinged. Eass sighed and reached for the device on her bed...

"Eass emptied the collection of random electronic parts, wires, and metal pieces from the coverall's pockets—her salvage from the recycling station whenever Mitt wasn't looking.
She knelt before her bunk, arranging the small pile on the floor.
Nothing.
She pushed the ...

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Intrigued! Added to Want-to-read :).

... but after working outside on the landscaping, I am too tired to write. I’ll move the renovation “sprints” to the dead time between 2 and 5pm instead and see how that works.

#gettingthere #slowingdown

Chapters 15 and 16 are revised. Both needed more attention than expected… #ARGH. I’ll try to reshuffle my days a bit. At the moment, I am supposed to write 1 to 2 hours in the mornings and evenings...

(づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

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Same here... I have fallen out of love with even the idea of social media...

...I published my debut novel 'The Fragments' (2022), #amwriting the sequel, 'The House.' I'd love to connect and hear your story!

Hey there! I'm Minu Freitag, a German-born artist and author now calling New Zealand home. I create fantastical creatures that dance between light and dark, hope and melancholy, sold in local galleries. My writing weaves together science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian elements...

#Art #NewZealand

I got this—Daily Updates, Publishing The House—The Spheres Book 2 Short daily updates between now and the release date of Book 2. January 10, 2025 Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 50,454 (4,157 since last update 7 days ago) Chapters 14 is revised, and I am hal...

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Update on The House, The Spheres Book 2
Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 50,454 (4,157 since last update 7 days ago)
Chapters 14 is revised, and I am halfway through 15! Yay! Both were/are mostly rewrites and gaps.

I got this, right?

#auswanderer #newzealand

I got this—Daily Updates, Publishing The House—The Spheres Book 2 Short daily updates between now and the release date of Book 2. January 3, 2025 Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 46,297 (5,004 since last update 7 days ago) Chapters 12 and 13 are revised!I’m wo...

It's hard to believe that it took two more years to get Book 2 to where I am today. What happened to 2023 and 2024? How is 2025 even a real date?
#ARGH

I got this, right?
#amwriting #writing #newzealandauthor #newzealand

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Update on The House, The Spheres Book 2
Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 46,297 (5,004 since last update 7 days ago)

Chapters 12 and 13 are revised!
I'm working on my content strategy for my YouTube channel and watched writing update reels from November 2022…

Farewell 2024 ... to a joyous 2025!
(づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

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A year in review: 2024—let’s not do that again What on earth just happened? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly When I look back at 2024, I have three distinct impressions: black holes I’d rather avoid, gaps I’d rather not probe, and a few major achie...

My thoughts on 2024: let’s not do that again
When I look back at 2024, I have three distinct impressions: black holes I’d rather avoid, gaps I’d rather not probe, and a few major achievements glowing in the spaces between ...

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I got this—Daily Updates, Publishing The House—The Spheres Book 2 Short daily updates between now and the release date of Book 2. December 27, 2024 Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 41,293 (11,200 since last update 10 days ago) Chapters 9, 10, and 11 are revise...

... but I’ll be glad once Part 2 is finished. Fingers crossed that Parts 3, 4, and 5 will need less gap-filling and rewrites!

Continued at
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How is your WIP going?
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#amwriting #writingupdate Seasons greetings and a happy new year to all of you out there.
(づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

Update on The House, The Spheres Book 2
Status: ‘Final’ revision | Word count: 41,293 (11,200 since last update 10 days ago)
Chapters 9, 10, and 11 are revised!

The revision is going okay-ish ...