Last Monday was Shelter‘s one year anniversary! This collaboration of American, French, and Japanese art has gained over 22 million views on YouTube. I didn’t watch this video until this summer, but it blew me away with its fantastic storytelling in just six minutes! The only want to totally experience this brilliance is to watch …
Buy from Amazon Fleeing assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head . . . and his world goes black. From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world where evil is contained. A world where Thomas Hunter …
When I was a kid and in my early teens, my piano teacher was actually deaf. A lot of people think that’s an impossibility, but she could see the keys and feel the vibrations of the piano. Since then I’ve felt a connection to deaf and hard of hearing culture. I even took a semester …
So Your Character is Hard of Hearing … Featuring Lelia Rose Foreman + Kiara @ Bookends 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 …
Necrologies and Debacles: Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra Edition Read More »
NaNoWriMo approaches so it’s that time of year again! Time for Beautiful Books! This is a link-up hosted by Paper Fury and Further Up and Further in! Instead of the usual character focus, this time it’s about your whole book in preparation for NaNo! I’ve been participating in it for the last three years with Red …
Beautiful Books 2017 ~ Introduce Your Novel: Silhouette Read More »
It’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a …
So Your Character is From Bulgaria … Featuring Vilina Christoph Read More »
September was a whirlwind of a month! It had a lot of great times and a lot of stressful times what with Hurricane Irma and two conventions! What I did: 1.) I finished going over beta critique and surveys for Starbloods. Now I’m letting that story rest while I prep for NaNo by starting some …
I’ve never done two conventions in one month before! DragonCon I hadn’t been to in two years and AWA I’ve wanted to go to for quite some time, but could never manage it. Thus I’m very happy to have been able to attend these two conventions! DragonCon: Friday Today was See Nathan Fillion today! Friday …
It’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a …
So Your Character is From Ukraine … Featuring Valery @ Sunny Eri: Beauty Experience Read More »
No, I’m not talking about blocking in a fight. I’m talking about the theater term. Last year, I went to New York City after attending Realm Makers in Pennsylvania to visit my cousin who is pursuing her career as an actress. The two of us went to see a Broadway of The Phantom of the …
