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EVE MATSDOTTER
The Wicker’s Word
WORDS WOVEN, NOT FORGED
No. 7
A NEWSLETTER FROM THE DESK OF EVE MATSDOTTER
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The Vault grew a second door
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The Vault used to be a room for writers.
When I built it, I was thinking about fellow authors: the character sheets, the tools I lean on, the craft notes. But most of you who write back to me are readers first, and the things I make on the reading side of my desk were sitting in a folder going nowhere.
So this month the Vault grew a second door.
Two doors
Walk in now and you choose. I read takes you to the reading shelf. I write takes you to the writing one. Pick the one that's you, or wander through both. Nothing behind either door costs a thing, and the doors do creak. Turn your sound on.
Here is what's waiting behind each one.
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“Pick the one that's you, or wander through both.”
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For Fellow Readers
Three things for the reading life. Two of them you fill in on the page and download to share. One you print and tuck into whatever you're reading.
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Play it, share it
Romantasy Reading Bingo
Twenty-four tropes. Tap the ones you have read, add the book and its cover to each square, and download your card for your story. Enemies to lovers, only one bed, touch her and die. You know the ones.
Play the bingo →
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What are you reading?
The Current Read card
Cover, title, a star rating, a spice rating, and one true line about the book. It becomes a story-sized card for your feed. Or print a blank one and fill it in by hand, the way I still do.
Make my card →
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For your tabs and pens
The Annotation Key
My colour code for marking up the books I love. One version to print, one set up for GoodNotes. Tab every moment that wrecks you.
Get the key →
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All three live behind the readers door. Open the readers door →
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For Fellow Authors
The writing shelf got the thing people ask me about most, and the sheets got a proper redo.
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The room I write in
The Romantasy Scrivener Setup
My Scrivener project template for two-arc romantasy, the theme that makes it look like a cathedral, five fonts, five textures, and a 19-page guide to why the binder is built this way. Mac and Windows, both. All the artwork is mine.
Get the setup →
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Redone from the skin in
Character and Location sheets
The printable sheets are rebuilt as proper print pieces: an eight-page character companion and a four-page one for places. And if you would rather stay on the page, the editors let you fill in only the fields you want and download a clean PDF. Nothing is ever saved.
See the sheets →
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Downloads open for Wickers Word members, which is you. Pop in the email you joined with and everything unlocks. Open the authors door →
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Dustling
Still growing. Saelynn is still making her situation worse and I am still letting her. The progress bar on the book page is honest, if you want to watch it crawl.
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Dustling · Chapter One
Chapter One of Dustling is yours as a Wickers Word member. If you haven't read it yet, this is the door I'd open first.
Read Chapter One →
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Beta Readers
Your feedback is shaping the world of Dustling, and I am so grateful for every note you send.
Reply to this email to express your interest and I’ll be in touch when applications open.
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Street Team
You are the ones who spread the word, and that means everything to me.
Reply to this email to put your hand up, and I’ll reach out when the street team forms.
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That's the Vault for now. Go and open a door. And if we haven't properly met, there's a little more about me.
P.S. If you make a bingo card or a Current Read, tag @evematsdotter. I want to see your shelves.
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The Wicker’s Word, from Eve Matsdotter
Dustling (Age of Serpent #1), coming soon
600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246
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