<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ceara Nobles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Follow Ceara's path to publishing and learn the ins and outs of becoming an author and accepting yourself as a writer.]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:36:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.cearanobles.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Strong Female Characters: When Power Is The Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[We need to talk about strong female characters. Specifically, the kind who can wield extraordinary magic, stand against impossible odds, and potentially bring an entire kingdom to its knees. That sounds like most fantasy heroines these days. But what happens when the heroine doesn't want to be powerful? When the very thing that makes her extraordinary is also the thing she's spent her entire life trying to hide? That's a question I've been exploring a LOT while rewriting The Stormbound Heir....]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/writing-strong-female-characters-when-power-is-the-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac7e173b3f2edd5e75e70d0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:49:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8be478_a22b53d1be65468ea337dfcd78b46566~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bringing Scotland Home: What My Dream Trip Taught Me About Worldbuilding]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been home from Scotland for a few days now, but my mind is still fully enmeshed in the misty mountains and ruined castles. This trip has been a dream of mine for years. And when I started worldbuilding the Rainlands for The Stormbound Heir, the Nordic countries naturally became the places I looked to for inspiration. Scotland's mountains, lochs, castles, moody weather... the general sense that I might turn a corner and accidentally stumble into an ancient curse. It was the perfect...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/bringing-scotland-home-what-my-dream-trip-taught-me-about-worldbuilding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac3edaf3c5b848101514712</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:03:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8be478_a0be211981194bbd812edc7d4699745e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does This Scene Belong in Your Novel? 5 Questions to Ask]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the strangest parts of rewriting a novel is realizing how many scenes you once considered absolutely essential… aren't. There's nothing more frustrating than spending 2,000 words on a scene, only to realize it's doing absolutely nothing for my story. As I've been rewriting The Stormbound Heir, I've had to look at every scene from the original draft and decide what comes with me into the new version. Some scenes survived almost completely intact, some have been combined with other...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/does-this-scene-belong-in-your-novel-5-questions-to-ask</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aac4475262dc41108469187</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:15:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad5fba49bd284946b09d28b1aafb36e6.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Rewriting Your Novel Isn't Starting Over]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something mildly soul-crushing about finishing an entire novel, celebrating the fact that you wrote tens of thousands of words, and then realizing: Cool. Now I'm going to write it again. That's where I am with The Stormbound Heir. Earlier this year, I finished the first draft faster than I've ever drafted a book before. I typed THE END. I celebrated. I made the graphic. I watched my beautiful word-count graph climb all the way to the finish line. And then I started digging into...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/why-rewriting-your-novel-isn-t-starting-over</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa314dc7f7369fb3bd0d64a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:44:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_818116e459a94b2a933ec6c6ed9240c3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Fall Writing Reset: New Goals, a Novel Rewrite &#38; What's Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something about September that always feels like a fresh start. Maybe it’s the kids going back to school. Maybe it’s the first hint that summer is finally loosening its death grip here in Utah. Maybe it’s all those years of buying new notebooks and school supplies permanently convincing my brain that fall is actually the beginning of the year. Whatever the reason, I’m feeling it. August was my transition month. After a busy summer filled with editing work, kids at home, and a very...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/my-fall-writing-reset-new-goals-a-novel-rewrite-what-s-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a99d7be3f51da93f341631a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:34:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abb585d54407424896ce437e74cc264a.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Slow Burn: Building a Romance Across Multiple Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is one problem with writing slow-burn romance that I don't think I fully appreciated until I started planning my current romantasy duology: Eventually, they have to actually like each other. Terribly inconvenient. Attraction is easy to make interesting. Give me two people who shouldn't want each other, trap them together, throw in some lingering eye contact and emotionally significant wound-tending, and we're in business. But what happens after that? If the romance is going to stretch...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/beyond-the-slow-burn-building-a-romance-across-multiple-books</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a909e1bffd914775c669203</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_c2b6a36533154dffaa65d67852066645~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Revise a Novel Without Getting Lost in the Details]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a particular kind of overwhelm that comes with finishing a rough draft, stepping back to look at the whole thing, and realizing, Oh. I have to fix all of this now. Not just the awkward sentences or the scenes that run a little too long. That will come later. I'm talking about the big stuff—character arcs, subplots, motivations, worldbuilding, foreshadowing, pacing, and all those tiny threads you somehow have to weave through 80,000-ish words without dropping one along the way. That's...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/how-to-revise-a-novel-without-getting-lost-in-the-details</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8762e50c902f24d9c29cda</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8be478_bf1a75e00e4d4f13b3551ab90da2f732~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Summer Author Update: Where I've Been and What I'm Working On]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, friends! It has been a minute. Things have been a little quieter around here lately, but I promise I haven’t disappeared. I’ve just been busy. Like, really busy. This summer has been one of those seasons where approximately twelve different things are competing for the same three available hours in the day. Between running my editing business, working on my own book, and navigating summer with two kids at home, something had to give. Unfortunately, that something was mostly marketing....]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/a-summer-author-update-where-i-ve-been-and-what-i-m-working-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e318324b7499942a753fa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_44506bbc0a3348cf8d3d89fc0be4024c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Through Change: How My Creative Process Has Evolved]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first started writing seriously, I thought the hardest part would be learning how to tell a good story. Plot structure. Character arcs. Dialogue. Worldbuilding. All of that felt like the mountain I needed to climb. And don’t get me wrong—those skills absolutely matter, and I’m still working every day to learn how to master them. But what I didn’t realize at the time was that my creative process would have to evolve just as much as my craft. Because (surprise, surprise!) life doesn’t...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/writing-through-change-how-my-creative-process-has-evolved</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69af30da1b8e90b2a7e9341b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:46:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_54999e97e7374b259ea1aa15261fa926~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[March Writing Update + Big Changes to My 2026 Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[author update · writing progress · creative goals #AuthorUpdate #WritingProgress #CreativeJourney #AmWriting Well, March has entered the chat. And with it… sheer chaos. Before we get into the dumpster fire that is my 2026 plan now, let’s start with the headline: I finished the rough draft of Book 1 in my new series. Not only did I finish it, but I drafted it faster than any book I’ve ever written before. Cue dramatic lightning strike. Cue celebratory THE END graphic. Cue me staring at my word...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/march-writing-update-big-changes-to-my-2026-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a604667db715abddf7999b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:53:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5851577441464f4f377a63~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside My Writing Binder: How I Track Progress Visually]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s something deeply satisfying about watching a graph climb. Not in a hustle-culture, grind-yourself-into-the-ground kind of way, but in a quiet, steady, “Oh look, I really am making progress”  kind of way. Because here’s the truth about writing: Most of the work is invisible. You can draft 3,000 words and still feel like nothing is happening. You can spend hours revising a chapter and end the day with the same word count you started with. You can brainstorm an entire world in your head...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/inside-my-writing-binder-how-i-track-progress-visually</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699e18fb91604ab56c32ad00</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:40:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/314a5b273a49670b391ac67bd76b3629.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Slow-Burn Romance Without Losing Momentum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slow burn romance is my love language. It’s one of my favorite types of romance stories to read, and I’m falling in love with writing slow burn too. Give me longing. Give me restraint. Give me two characters who absolutely should not want each other—but do. Give me tension that simmers for chapters before anyone dares to name it. But here’s the tricky part: Slow burn does not mean slow story. There’s a difference between romantic tension that builds and a plot that stalls. And when I’m...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/writing-slow-burn-romance-without-losing-momentum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6993807d159d7fac9641ea74</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:46:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd93f5925c34e4a83622c6503017cb5.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choosing Curiosity Over Pressure]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a strange quiet that comes after you finish something big. The deadlines fall away. The adrenaline fades. The constant question of “Is this done yet?”  finally disappears—and in its place is a much softer, more unsettling one: What now? I’ve found myself standing in that space recently. Coming off the end of a long creative chapter (5 years in the same world, working on the same series), I was excited to look ahead at new ideas, new goals, and new possibilities. But with that...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/choosing-curiosity-over-pressure</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698a3a9141590511a34424af</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/690fa8de9ce5406a9b0ddfa288be4917.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[February Updates + Future Plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[February always feels like a hinge month to me. The rush of the new year has worn off. The adrenaline of big goals has settled. And suddenly there’s space to ask quieter, more honest questions— How am I really doing? What’s working? What needs to change before I push forward again? So this post is a little check-in, and a look ahead at what the next few months might hold as I continue to step into this new creative cycle. If you’ve been here for a while, thank you for sticking with me through...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/february-updates-future-plans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6981716f889819a51f05fedd</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 03:57:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_519867db4efa4f65853794ffd51c231a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Next: Peeking Ahead at the Rainlands Duology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finishing a series is a strange thing. There’s relief, pride, a little grief — and then, almost immediately, a quiet question starts whispering in the back of my mind: What’s next? For me, that question has been answered by a new world that has slowly, insistently taken shape over the past year — one I’m finally ready to talk about. Welcome to the Rainlands . This post is a sneak peek. I’m in the first draft phase of this project, so things will inevitably change. Characters will surprise me....]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/what-s-next-peeking-ahead-at-the-rainlands-duology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697918feda77a8ffff0530e7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:08:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8be478_719f2a5737524361a65d67b469967ebd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative Habits For Authors and Writers]]></title><description><![CDATA[If there’s one question I get asked all the time, it’s some variation of,  “How do you stay inspired?” And the honest answer is… I don’t. Not all the time. Not magically. Not by waiting for a lightning bolt of motivation to strike while I sip tea in a perfectly clean office. For me, inspiration isn’t a mood. It’s a habit. It’s something I protect on purpose, especially when life is busy, kids are loud, errands pile up, and my brain would really rather scroll than create. Over time, I’ve built...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/creative-habits-for-authors-and-writers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696eac78e4340f7772bb4742</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:21:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_3ddcd2e4c7764ae7907e6508a5e1d91a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Idea to Publication: My Writing Process Unveiled]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the outside, publishing a book can look like magic. A cover appears. A preorder goes live. A finished novel lands in readers’ hands. But behind every published book is a long, messy, deeply unglamorous process that involves half-formed ideas, chaos drafts, color-coded outlines, self-doubt, spreadsheets, and approximately one thousand edits. So today, I want to pull back the curtain and walk you through my actual writing process —from the very first spark of an idea to the moment a book...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/from-idea-to-publication-my-writing-process-unveiled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69654ed7d1d562b302fcb9e9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:49:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_b5a826bfaf444bf0aecf0947f58603cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books That Inspire Me as a Writer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every writer has those  books. The ones that don’t just entertain you but quietly rewire your brain. The ones that make you close the book, stare into the middle distance, and think, Well. I guess this is part of my personality now. These are the stories that shaped my imagination long before I knew exactly what I wanted to write. They taught me how fantasy could feel—how it could ache, swoon, brood, and burn. And looking back, I can see their fingerprints all over my work… and especially all...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/books-that-inspire-me-as-a-writer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695c1348ef35928416b05673</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:46:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14113e59799d43379571d5a1e719e8bb.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Year in Review - My Best and Worst Moments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every December, I feel the urge to sit down, crack open a notebook, and ask myself the same question: What actually  happened this year? Not the polished Instagram version. Not the tidy list of accomplishments. But the real, messy, beautiful, exhausting truth of what it looked like to be an author, a mom, and a human trying to hold everything together while chasing my creative dreams. This year didn’t fit neatly into a wins-only category or a “hard season” label. It was both. Sometimes...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/writing-year-in-review-my-best-and-worst-moments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6952dc7223e37bb95699ff3a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:58:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8be478_e51dfb1c19da4b6d9c52d8c1697038c8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_927,h_650,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Build My Fantasy Worlds: Thios and Beyond]]></title><description><![CDATA[Worldbuilding is one of those things that sounds very serious. Very official. Very I definitely have a leather-bound notebook filled with maps and runes. The truth is… sometimes worldbuilding starts with a single ✨vibe✨ and spirals wildly from there. For me, worlds aren’t built all at once. They grow. They change. They argue with me. They refuse to behave. And occasionally they show up fully formed at 2 a.m. when I absolutely should be asleep. Today, I want to pull back the curtain on how I...]]></description><link>https://www.cearanobles.com/post/how-i-build-my-fantasy-worlds-thios-and-beyond</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6940e1b833c5123904eb7949</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:41:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8be478_c8fc3fc2c52646b8bf1a4a6604145ace~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_783,h_723,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ceara Nobles</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>