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How to Build a Champion: A Novel Amazon.com: How to Build a Champion: A Novel eBook : Cody, Dylan: Kindle Store

ℹ️ Today’s your last chance to pre-order my novel, How to Build a Champion, at Amazon! ℹ️ ➡️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX16Q4GP

As of tomorrow, April 9th 2026: How to Build a Champion is available worldwide 🎉 (I'm delighted, excited, and terrified!)

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“I’d Like to Keep Readers Guessing.” An Interview for Stress Free Book Marketing - How to Build a Champion Head's up: I completed this interview for Stress Free Book Marketing – only to discover their indie author interviews are a thing of the past. (Can you imagine my surprise?! 😅) After a brief chat with...

"I'd like to keep readers guessing." An Interview for Stress Free Book Marketing - to #promote my book, How to Build a Champion. 📖 available April 9th 2026 via #Amazon!

howtobuildachampion.com/2026/04/07/i...

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York coffee shop hosts 7am 'rave' for mental health group Ravers enjoy a walk and then dance music with their morning coffee before going to work.

What a way to wake up to your day - And for people to come together! 🥳🎉(I'm not surprised Rant & Ramble is in #York - that city is full of warm, generous people! Wouldn't it be great if these events make their way across the #UK?) #PositiveNews #Champion #Music #GoodVibes
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How I Wrote a Novel – And How You Can, Too! - How to Build a Champion How did you write How to Build a Champion?* Honestly? The first draft was written seated, on my bedroom floor, in long-hand; an A4 lined note-pad in front of me, a blue pen between my fingers. (I disl...

How I Wrote a Novel - And How You Can, Too! (A Sort-of Roadmap.)

Here's where you start! ➡️
howtobuildachampion.com/2026/03/22/h...

"follow the same rhythm – day-in, day-out – for around 6 or 8 weeks, until the first draft [is] finished..."
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Schulz's reply is the definition of #howtobuildachampion.

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#Writesky #Writingcommunity #Books #Booksky #Contemporary #NewAdult This is the last snippet of my novel, How to Build a Champion, I'm sharing before it's published on April 9th 2026. If you're a book reviewer who'd like an e-ARC, drop me a DM! 👍 #IndieAuthors need #reviews! #nomorelastminutechanges

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⚠️ATTN. BOOK REVIEWERS ⚠️Are you up for discovering How to Build a Champion in exchange for an unbiased #Goodreads review? Send me a DM requesting your FREE e-ARC and we can talk further - terms, your preferred format - and I'll share a secure WeTransfer URL so you can download a review copy! #BookSky

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How to Build a Champion by Dylan Cody | Motivated Savages - A story of courage, resilience, quick-wit, and joy: a feel-good summer read.

⚠️For any #IndieAuthor who wants more eyes on their book(s), or to join a supportive #author community: check out @motivatedsavages.bsky.social Indie Author Bookstore! Their curated discovery platform's designed so readers find #indiebooks across genres. Here's my book's page: tinyurl.com/46nfmyp5!

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Interview with Author – Dylan Cody – Book Goodies

Delighted to share my first author interview - to promote my book, How to Build a Champion - with Book Goodies! You can read our short Q&A at: bookgoodies.com/interview-wi... 📖 available April 9th 2026 via Amazon! (Link in bio.)
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#Writesky #Writingcommunity #Books #Booksky #Contemporary #NewAdult A longer snippet of a scene in my novel, How to Build a Champion. (Yesterday, I shared an earlier segment of this scene on #WIPSnips!) If you're a book reviewer who'd like an e-ARC, drop me a DM! 👍 #IndieAuthors need #reviews!

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#WIPSnips #Writesky #Writingcommunity #Books #Booksky #contemporary A snippet from a scene in my novel, How to Build a Champion. (It's still a work-in-progress - tidying up loose ends, step-by-step! - and publishes April 9th 2026.) If you're a #bookreviewer who'd like an e-ARC, drop me a DM! 👍

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This is the only #Madonna I recognise. #ExpressYourself #RespectYourself Thanks for sharing this work by #FIGUE,
@patleon.bsky.social!

(Side note: If a book featuring #streetart, #artists and their #community is your "vibe", see my novel, How to Build a Champion, at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX16Q4GP)

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If you’re a book reviewer who’s up for discovering How to Build a Champion: send me a DM requesting your FREE e-ARC, and we can talk further. (Our terms, your preferred format, and I'll share a secure WeTransfer URL where you can download your review copy.) (2/2)
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #Promosky

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⚠️ATTN. BOOK REVIEWERS ⚠️Would you like to receive a FREE e-ARC of my novel, How to Build a Champion, in exchange for an unbiased Goodreads review? It’s a feel-good story of courage, resilience, quick wit, and joy which encourages readers to live life, fully, whatever their circumstances. (1/2)

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"Keep Your Coins, I Want Change" is a stencil artwork by British artist, #Banksy. It's from 2007 - And to think that this #artwork, about the root causes of poverty, applies in 2026! (If you're interested in 'culture jamming', I found this insightful from the CJMD: cjmd.com.uw.edu/project-arch...)

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Meals, Murals, and Meeting Places: A Taste of Home - How to Build a Champion One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about living inner-city is the seemingly close proximity to everything. (I said seemingly. When you get ‘out there’, the reality can be quite different depending on...

Looking for a taste of 'home'? Read more about meals, #murals, and meeting places ➡️
howtobuildachampion.com/2026/02/07/m...

"An act of everyday generosity, the sharing of a warm greeting or showing a polite interest in how someone is, can buoy someone for whatever storm they’re facing.” #Writesky

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Night Becomes the Day

Night Becomes the Day

Buena Vista, LAX series

Buena Vista, LAX series

Cloud Box, 1966

Cloud Box, 1966

Does anyone else get sick of wading through the muck, and murk, that the news tries to convince us is an accurate picture of modern life? (It's not; it's a focal point an editor's chosen out of a day's events, framed to fit biases.) I'd rather look through Peter Alexander's #art, for a fresh take.

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⚠️ATTN. BOOK REVIEWERS⚠️Would you like to receive a FREE e-ARC of my #book in exchange for an unbiased Goodreads review? If so: send me a DM requesting your FREE e-ARC and we can talk T&Cs. (I'll share your preferred format via a secure WeTransfer URL where you can download a review copy.) #Promosky

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You wrote an entire book. From nothing. Just your brain and a blank page. Do you understand how few people on earth will ever do that? Give yourself one minute to actually appreciate that before you panic about the algorithm again.

You wrote an entire book. From nothing. Just your brain and a blank page. Do you understand how few people on earth will ever do that? Give yourself one minute to actually appreciate that before you panic about the algorithm again.

You wrote an entire book. From nothing. Just your brain and a blank page. Do you understand how few people on earth will ever do that? Give yourself one minute to actually appreciate that before you panic about the algorithm again. #Books #Authors #Indie #Writing #Writingsky

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Pretty cool sentiment. (And it's one I 💯stand behind!) Thanks for sharing this work, with it's positive "vibes" @evanka.eurosky.social! (Side note: If a book featuring #streetart, #artists and their #community is your "vibe", see my novel, How to Build a Champion, at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX16Q4GP.)

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How I Wrote a Novel – And How You Can, Too! - How to Build a Champion How did you write How to Build a Champion?* Honestly? The first draft was written seated, on my bedroom floor, in long-hand; an A4 lined note-pad in front of me, a blue pen between my fingers. (I disl...

⚠️ NEW BLOG POST! ⚠️

How I Wrote a Novel - And How You Can, Too! (A Sort-of Roadmap.)

Here's where you start! ➡️
howtobuildachampion.com/2026/03/22/h...

"follow the same rhythm – day-in, day-out – for around 6 or 8 weeks, until the first draft [is] finished..."
#Writesky #WritingCommunity #Booksky

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⚠️ATTN. BOOK REVIEWERS⚠️Would you like to receive a FREE e-ARC of my novel in exchange for an unbiased Goodreads review? If so: send me a DM requesting your FREE e-ARC and we can talk T&Cs. (I'll share your preferred format via a secure WeTransfer URL where you can preview/download a review copy.) 2/2

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#WIPSnips #Writesky #Writingcommunity #Books #Booksky #contemporary A snippet from a scene in my novel, How to Build a Champion, between Cassandra and David, which shares a glimpse into Cassandra's philosophy. See the attached post if you're an indie book reviewer! (Thanks! 👍) 1/2

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Yesterday, I was reminded of collective nouns. (I know! - And I call myself a writer! 🤭) So, I thought I'd share some with you!

A flamboyance of flamingos
A prickle of porcupines
A dazzle of zebras
A parliament of owls

(Aren’t they delightful?)

Can the #writingcommunity find – or share – more?

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If you’re a book reviewer who’s up for discovering How to Build a Champion: send me a DM requesting your FREE e-ARC, and we can talk further. (Our terms, your preferred format, and I'll share a secure WeTransfer URL where you can download your review copy.) (2/2)
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #Promosky

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⚠️ATTN. BOOK REVIEWERS ⚠️Would you like to receive a FREE e-ARC of my novel, How to Build a Champion, in exchange for an unbiased Goodreads review? It’s a feel-good story of courage, resilience, quick wit, and joy which encourages readers to live life, fully, whatever their circumstances. (1/2)

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Thanks, @mimibetareader.bsky.social! It's exciting and terrifying in equal measure!

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How to Plot Your Story – Without Shedding Blood, Sweat, or Tears - How to Build a Champion Many of us jot down an idea for a story and file it away for a later date, intending to ‘get to it’ when an opportune time arrives; when we can find the time to transform that idea for a story into a ...

“...one of the things I found most difficult in writing ... was ‘charting its course’ without any kind of ‘map’.”

Are you struggling with ‘mapping’ your story? Here’s how to – with one plot point at a time! Read more ➡️
howtobuildachampion.com/2026/01/24/h...

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⚠️ATTN. BOOK REVIEWERS⚠️Would you like to receive a FREE e-ARC of my novel in exchange for an unbiased Goodreads review? If so: send me a DM requesting your FREE e-ARC and we can talk T&Cs. (I'll share your preferred format via a secure WeTransfer URL where you can preview/download a review copy.)

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#WIPSnips #Writesky #Writingcommunity #Books #Booksky #contemporary A snippet from a scene in my novel, How to Build a Champion, using a synonym for 'addition', between two central characters, Gabrielle and David. See the attached post if you're an indie book reviewer! (Thanks! 👍) (1/2)

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