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. This month’s …
Beautiful People #26 ~ Author Writing Process Edition 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 Japan … Featuring Mami Suzuki + Noriko @ Diary of a Bookfiend 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 and Debacles: DreamWorks Animation Edition Read More »
I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for five years! It’s pretty crazy. Blogging has really grown me as a writer and a person and I’m so happy I start even though this blog had humble beginnings. Stats: I can’t believe I’m almost to a quarter of a million views on this blog. Thanks you guys! 2012 …
Kate @ Story and Dark Chocolate and Christine @ Musings of an Elf both tagged me for this one a while back and now I’m finally getting around to it! I literally have a little note with a stockpile of tags. XD I want to stick to Starblood characters so here are Rouyn and Elasa! 1.) Who …
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 …
I feel like every comic relief character is expected to be either cute, crude, funny, witty, or stupid. Oftentimes, this is all those characters are, making them very one-dimensional and even throwaway characters. However, I believe the most memorable comic relief characters are more than just good for a few cheap jokes or slapstick antics. …
June was mostly just a work month. I’ve worked hard on saving up for RM, worked hard on editing, and worked hard on doing a lot of things in advance for next month, so it’s mostly been a preparatory month! What I did: 1.) I got halfway through my edits of Starbloods! Woo hoo! I’m …
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 …
Last year, I wrote a post about what it’s like being an editor (if you want my whole long backstory on how I became an editor in the first place check that out), and now it’s my fifth most popular post on the blog. Since I’ve written that post, my duties as an editor have evolved …
What Being an Editor for a Website has Taught Me Part 2 Read More »
