Buy from Amazon! In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the “thing” inside her When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch. Only Griffin …
A Book Review of The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross Read More »
Have you ever read a back cover copy (also known as a blurb) and thought that’s not like how the book is at all, that spoils most of the book, or the copy really tells me nothing about the plot? I bet you’ve thought that about movie trailers, too. Back cover copies are the three …
How Movie Trailers Can Help You Write Back Cover Copies Read More »
Blind characters are pretty prominent in fiction. Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Iggy from Maximum Ride, and Chirrut from Rogue One are just a few of the many. I haven’t known many blind people in real life. I did have the experience of having a tour of a blind school, but that’s the majority …
January was an okay month. Nothing super exciting happened and a good part of it was the continuation of my blog hiatus, but it was super nice to see some Southern snow! What I did: 1.) I read over Starbloods and worked a lot on the worldbuilding. 2.) I did a lot of job …
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 The Netherlands … Featuring Arlette @ Arlette Writes Read More »
Positive Writer is hosting a new contest called You Deserve to Be Inspired where the participants write a blog post with their inspirational story. For more details you can check out the post since the deadline isn’t until March 1st! Everyone’s journey to reach their goals is different, not every path to success has to …
You Deserve to Be Inspired Contest Entry: A Different Journey Read More »
Usually I have a “featuring” in that blog title but today I’m not because the person who’s being interview is well … me. This is a really hard post for me to write, because it’s a very personal issue and one I really struggled with last year in particular, but I’m hoping talking about it …
The Elderscrolls: Skyrim is one of my favorite video games. It has nearly limitless gameplay with hundreds of quests, beautiful landscape, a moving score, and even the power to change the fate of your character. For those of you who don’t know the game is set in the fictional world of Tamriel specifically in the …
Writing Lessons from Video Games: Skyrim on Worldbuilding Read More »
It’s the first post of 2017! I’m back, guys! I hoped to do this post in December, but since the link-up didn’t happen I’m doing it now. XD You can check out Beautiful Books #1 and Book Beautiful Books #2 and this post will have way more context. If you’d like to participate hop on over to Paper Fury and …
2016 was a whirlwind of a year. I’m still reeling from it. I’m glad most of it happened, but at the same time I’m glad it’s over. This month I feel like I’ve been recovering from the chaos of this year. What I did: 1.) This month: I didn’t really do much writing at all …
Monthly Summary: December 2016/Year End Post + Giveaway & Survey Read More »
