Allyson McCollum

Honestly I’ve probably done #2 but it hit me hard enough that I don’t remember so 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

I can’t snap, whistle, or cross my eyes

This is what I don't get about people who use AI. The whole point of writing is writing. Like ... what are you even doing here if you don't like writing? Go cook. Go hiking. Go ride a bike. Go play a video game. If you don't like writing ... then don't? But you can't claim a title you did not earn.

Flit hadn’t thought twice about it before she became a ghost, but things definitely changed afterwards

Had a great time this weekend with the #ForgeFam at Fantasy Forge Book Con. Can’t wait for the next one! #booksky💙📚

Here we go!👻🖤

Got all set up for Fantasy Forge tomorrow. Hope to see you there! 👻🖤 #booksky💙📚

#booksky💙📚

Friendly reminder #booksky💙📚!

Save the Cat Writes a Novel (and the original one meant for screenwriters) was incredibly helpful for finding a system for planning my writing. Taking creative writing workshops helped a good bit too.

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one of these people reached out to me on Instagram and was like "can I review your work?" and I said "You are free to do so. I do not pay for reviews." and then, of course, they sent me a price chart 🙄

Cassiel’s cloak. Bruises from battle. Some of the flowers growing in Heaven.

He really was trying to do the right thing, he just went about it the wrong way. And allied himself with the wrong person.

YOU decide who you are and what you do, NO ONE ELSE can make that choice for you unless you let them

Last read: Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G Drews. Can’t recommend this book enough and I can’t wait to get my hands on their other work🖤
Current read: A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet. It’s definitely interesting. Haven’t read anything like it before.
Next read: Haven’t decided yet.

How would you fill the jars #booksky💙📚?

Tequila 🫠

Day 4: I mainly enjoy other YA fantasy writers and draw inspiration from them. Especially people who can remember the lore for 10+ book series because I do good to keep 2.5 straight 🫠

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Almost forgot to post this for day 3. Here’s the #playlist for #vitapersequens and #interim

The archangel Michael is a redhead, so is the demon Merihem. He has his flaming sword, she has a censer that (I’m pretty sure) is gold.

I actually just finished the first of three sections yesterday. I’ll be starting on section two later today. #firstdraftfall #writersky

Constantly. Unless I’m actively focusing on something else. All thoughts are book.

Hi, for any new folks, I’m Allyson McCollum, author of “Mors Obliviscens”. I’m currently working on its sequel and a companion novella.
I started writing stories as soon as I learned to read and write as a kid.

Hoping to do even better this month during #nanowrimo and it’s proving much easier with motivation from my friends at @Page One 🖤 #writeonechallenge #writers #writing #writersky

Maybe that’s what it was. How I got to that at 7-8 years old I don’t know but that does make sense 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m Allyson. I currently write mostly YA fantasy/paranormal.
This was completely illogical and I still can’t quite explain how it came to be, but I was afraid of the “Dead End” sign on my road but only when it was dark. It just filled me with the worst sense of dread for no reason. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I was *just* thinking this a second ago. They’re not to be trifled with but nobody seems to believe that until it’s too late.