Mandie Dufour

The launch of Devour went extremely well last night!! I'm so blessed and grateful to have friends and family come out in support. It sold out by the end of the night!! 

Hello everyone! I am delighted to announce that my 2023 ONC entry Devour is set to launch on November 14th! The e-book is now available for pre-order on Amazon! If you'd like to check it out, the link is in my bio ^.^ 
          
          Thank you to everyone who read the novel and has supported me here on Wattpad. I truly appreciate it. 
          
          Special thanks to @amaryll28 for all of your help and support throughout this process since the very beginning. 
          
          Also, thank you to @Ostromn, @jordynsaelor and @Olvaaarrdd for reading and your feedback during the ONC. 
          
          This also means that my other novels, such as Creature of Creation, Double Edge and Glass Pomegranate have also found a home. I'll be working on getting them polished and ready for publication in the future ^.^

Has anyone tried Scrivner? I'm really enjoying it so far! It's nice to have a software that actually aligns with the way my brain likes to structure and visualize information. 

What are everyone's thoughts on immortality as it's explored in media? (Literature, shows, movies, games ect.) We've seen it be a blessing and a curse and everything in between.
          
           I'm curious to hear what you think. Are there avenues you wish were explored more? Elements that are overdone? Do you hate or love to see it in a story at all? 
          
          Personally, I love to explore immortality and have been enjoying taking the angle of not "came back wrong" but rather "came back exactly the same." 

I've recently done an edit of Glass Pomegranate and republished the chapters. Apologies if anyone was spammed with notifications. 
          
          If anyone has read chapters 1 - 10 there's no need to revisit them as the changes won't affect plot at all. Chapters 11 onward had some edits to tighten character development and clarification but aren't entirely necessary to reread either. 
          
          Thank you to everyone reading so far :) I've scheduled Glass Pomegranate to post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from now on. The final chapter will be up on September 22nd. 
          
          I hope you all have a great day!

Hello ma'am,  how are you?
          Can you recommend some good books for me? I have several that I prefer to read: mystery, fantasy, historical, fiction and actual history,, thanks.

I have finally completed the off-line draft of Glass Pomegranate Vol I. It's finished up at fifty-Seven chapters. I'm not sure what to make of it yet tbh haha Have you guys ever finished a draft and were like wtf is this?? haha I've had a lot of fun writing it and I'm glad there's three more stories to come in the series because though I feel vol I is finally where I want it plot wise, I'm not done with the world or characters yet, that's for sure. This is hands down my favorite piece of work I've created. It's by no means perfect, but it was fun (even though it gets heavy sometimes) and I hope you guys like it too. 
          
           I'm planning to start regular uploads again on Monday. A chapter should be coming out Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I hope you all enjoy it.

Thank you to everyone checking out Glass Pomegranate. I'm taking a short hiatus on posting so I can focus on completing the offline-draft. I'm currently on chapter 52 out of 57 planned chapters, so I'm nearly there! 
          
          As I've stated before Sleep Token has been a huge inspiration during the writing process. So I've compiled a Sleep Token only Glass Pomegranate playlist. Eventually, I'll post the general playlists as well. 
          
          For anyone interested, here are the Sleep Token songs I've felt are most suited to certain characters and their relationships. Though I've left out a bunch that mainly suited the general story in favor of specificity and brevity. 
          
          Angel
          "When The Party's Over" 
          "Dark Signs"
          "The Love You Want"
          "Damocles" 
          "Look To Windward"
          "Pastself"
          "Even In Arcadia"
          "Infinite Baths"
          
          Angel and Nyx
          "Blood Sport"
          "Granite"
          "Ascensionism"
          "Gethsemane"
          
          Kismet and Angel
          "Alkaline"
          "Give"
          "Rain"
          "Sugar"
          "Mine"
          "Provider"
          "Dangerous"
          "Emergence" 
          
          Caroline and Angel
          "Nazareth" 
          
          Unfortunately, I don't have any Sleep Token songs picked out for Kismet or Nyx individually, though they both have plenty of songs by other artists on their playlists. Are you guys interested in seeing the full playlists posted at some point?
          
          I hope you're all having a great summer so far! Hopefully I will be back with more chapters and a finished draft shortly ^.^

Does anyone like to write to music? I've found music plays such a huge role in my writing process. For actively writing, I usually choose something instrumental that suits the vibe, but in general, I like to make Playlists for stories and individual characters. Even though Glass Pomegranate has a pseudo- 90s/ early 2000s aesthetic, I've found Sleep Token to be a huge inspiration. I love them in general, they're my favorite band, but I've found their songs to be perfectly matched to the characters and themes im working with at the moment. 
          
          Sometimes if I'm stuck on plot or character motivation, I'll pick songs and meditate to them to figure it out. A fun game i like to try is putting songs on shuffle and picking a character at random to line it up to. Even if it doesn't match, it can be kinda funny when it's totally incongruent. Either way, it gets the gears turning. 
          
          Do you guys have an artist or genre that you prefer to write to? What role does music play in your process?
          
          If anyone would like to see a Glass Pomegranate Playlist or which songs I've assigned the characters and dynamics, I'd be happy to share.

Check out these awards! There's some really interesting categories and it looks like a lot of fun :)
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