May was a good but busy month. I’ve been working hard trying to scrape together cash for my flight to Realm Makers and I went down to Orlando for MegaCon! What I did: 1.) I finished my rewrite of Starbloods and I’ve begun microediting. I wanted to edit a little of Red Hood, but that …
Last year I had the best convention experience of my life at MegaCon 2016, so this year I saved my pennies so I could go back for round two with my two best con buddies Casey and Amy Covel! Day 1: I woke up at the buttcrack of dawn to hop on a bus to …
ADD is a very foreign concept to me since I’ve always been focused ever since I was a little kid. There are several people in my life I know who struggle with ADD and I’m familiar with it from Percy Jackson. I’m glad Ari has come to tell us even more about this disorder. Let’s …
Last October I became the official social media manager for Splickety Havok Magazine. Since I’ve been with them for over six months I thought it’s high time I do a post about the things I’ve learned while being one. A social media manager is the person who posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, any social media …
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Buy from Amazon Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood–those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, …
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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How to Train Your Dragon is one of the best animated films that’s come out in the past ten years. Before I saw this film, it felt like the other children’s animated features of the early 2010’s were riddled with nothing but shallow plots and potty jokes. This film’s animation is beautiful, the soundtrack breathtaking, …
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Arhaus encouraged me to do a post about what my dream reading space would be (Check out their living room page to get a look at what they do!). Thus I’ve decided to go completely all out. I doubt this place actually exists and I doubt I’ll ever have the money to actually do this, …
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 …
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 …
