S02E24-062 Pink, Sun and Sleeping Beauty with Poppy Solomon

Guest Bio Poppy Rose Solomon's novels are inspired by both her coastal childhood in Queensland and her love of escaping into magical worlds. Her debut series is four-book YA fantasy saga Woken Kingdom. She's also a professional editor and loves to help other authors cultivate their voice and tell their story. You'll often find her posting rosy-filtered pictures or yapping about publishing on social media. Find her at Poppy's Pages Editing .com or @PoppysVintageBooks.    Links Contact Poppy Website: http://www.poppyspagesediting.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poppysvintagebooks/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@poppysvintagebooks   Things you can enter TREASURE CHEST GIVEAWAY From Poppy: 1 e-copy of Woken Kingdom and d1 e-copy of How to edit your own novel.  Treasure chest Give-away 3: (open 30/07/2025 closes 8/10/2025)  https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/treasure-chest    Contact the Team Finding Elara Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FindingElara Discord: https://discord.gg/Ap8EWpPn BCP Website: www.bcpcreative.com.au BCP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcp.creative/ BCP facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577758720164   Contact Dianna Website: www.dlnix.com Facebook: (DL Nix) https://www.facebook.com/Faepatriantales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingelara/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@findingelarapodcast   Sponsor Info Shadow Lair: https://ko-fi.com/findingelara Empowered Words: https://empoweredwords.com.au/    Link for 70s Novella series:  https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/living-in-the-70s    Show Notes Worldbuilding early in the story. Take a long time Hand draw maps and gets artist friend Haylee Buswell to digitise. (@h.bpencil) Props to contemporary writers. Chose not to name Woken Kingdom world. 6 territories in WK world. Would bring love interest from book 2 into our world.   Quotes By Poppy Practice, Love your craft Fast Fire Questions What's you favourite Colour? Pink Would you rather draw a Sun or a Moon? Sun Would you prefer to live near the beach or a river? Beach Dream Holiday Destination? New York Favourite Fairy Tale? Sleeping Beauty   Linking to Elara DL: Can you tell me Self-Editing milestones to implement rewards and increase motivation?          Trust Future you. Julz: How do you treat religion? Do you go monotheistic or multiple?          Doesn't touch religion in the woken kingdom series but recommends you do solid research and approach it respectfully. Izzy: How do you find something unique when everything has already been done before? How do you draw inspirations instead of copying an idea because there is a fine line between drawing inspirations and copying.          It is hard! Develop your voice and confidence. Focus on your craft, Practice. Love your thing and the doubt will not be there because it will be uniquely you.