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A Book Review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Buy from Amazon! “‘There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.’”  Harry Potter’s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical …

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So Your Character is From Qatar … Featuring Sumaica @ Life & Times

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 …

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Wanted: A Superhero to Save the World Blog Tour, Giveaway, & Character Interview!

Today I’m part of the blog tour for Bryan Davis’s new release, Wanted: a Superhero to Save the World! Mr. Davis is kicking off his self-published middle-grade novel with a tour across blogs and here is one of the stops. I’ve been friends with Mr. Davis for wow, about eight years now, so I’m happy …

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So Your Character is From Pakistan … Featuring Zainab @ A Bibliophile’s Obsession

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 …

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Writing Lessons from Anime: Fate/Zero & Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks

This anime franchise has been out for quite a while, but I just got to watching it last month. While most anime are based on manga, this one was based on a visual novel where you have choices as to where you can go in the story. Since then it has been made into several …

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So Your Character is From Turkey … Featuring Leona @ Leona’s Blog of Shadows

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 …

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Villain Necrologies and Debacles: The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit Edition

Villains meet their demises in so many different ways. For some this means death, for others, 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 …

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