Buy from Amazon! Lydia has vanished. Lydia, who’s never broken any rules, except falling in love with the wrong boy. Lydia, who’s been Piper’s best friend since they were children. Lydia, who never even said good-bye. Convinced the police are looking in all the wrong places, eighteen-year-old Piper Sail begins her own investigation in an …
A Book Review of the Lost Girl on Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill Read More »
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It’s time for this month’s So Your Character is From Another Country! This is a monthly or bimonthly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and …
It’s time for this month’s So Your Character is From Another Country! This is a monthly or bimonthly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a crash …
So Your Character is from Papua New Guinea … Featuring Kara Swanson Read More »
I doubt most of you have heard of this film, but IF YOU GET THE CHANCE WATCH IT! I was browsing on my Amazon Prime one night and I saw this film suggested so I decided to click on it. Mind. Blown. How have I not heard of this?! It apparently came out in 2014. …
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s time for this month’s Beautiful People! Yay! This is a link-up hosted by Paperfury and Further Up and Further In where you answer questions about your characters. I participated in Beautiful People for the last three years every month. Pretty crazy. XD This link-up has been just so helpful with character development. I’ve done Rouyn before in …
Buy from Amazon! Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But …
A Book Review of Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Read More »
Villains meet their demises in so many different ways. For some this means death, for other this means an unfortunate incapacitating situation. Writers put a lot of thought into how their antagonist finally fails, but which way is best for your villain? That all depends on so many different circumstances, including audience and genre. This …
Villain Necrologies & Debacles: Disney Animation Edition Read More »
The first call for questions of the year is here! This one is with one of Starbloods’ villains named Ioto. I’m currently in the editing process of Starbloods and any questions to help develop Ioto would be wonderful! Let me tell you a little bit about him. Ioto is a 567 year old werewolf and …
February provided a much needed break for me. I’ve been so stressed about finances of late that I feel like I’ve been going crazy. Having two weeks where I didn’t have to worry about bills was a much-needed hiatus. What I did: 1.) I got Red Hood edited (again) and resubmitted to the publisher who …
Accents are essential for worldbuilding, can make a very defining trait for characters, and are just part of making your book more realistic. I have been fascinated with accents since I was a child and I’ve been imitating them for years to the amusement of even some of the native speakers. But accents are also …
