Accents are essential for worldbuilding, can make a very defining trait for characters, and are just part of making your book more realistic. I have been fascinated with accents since I was a child and I’ve been imitating them for years to the amusement of even some of the native speakers. But accents are also …
Monday I returned from my second trip to Alberta, Canada! I went last year, partially for book research so I can experience subzero temperatures, but it was hot. -_- Thus this year I’ve gone for round two and I got to experience subzero temperatures and more. So much great book research! Day 1: I got …
Buy on Amazon! Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price–and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… A …
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 Finland … Featuring Leona @ Leona’s Blog of Shadows Read More »
You may or may not have heard about the punk genres. These are subgenres of science-fiction that have developed over the years. What I’ve noticed that they have in common is the level of technology a storyworld has. Technology is essential to think about when you’re developing your storyworld. How advanced or primitive effects method …
Let’s Talk About the Punks: Four Ages of Technology Read More »
Happy Valentine’s Day! 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. Caleb and Pro‘s relationship doesn’t …
Before the trailers released, most people I knew had never heard of Doctor Strange. The only reason I knew about him was from the Facebook game Marvel’s Avenger’s Alliance. I absorbed a lot of my Marvel knowledge from there. With Benedict Cumberbatch starring as the one and only Stephen Strange, I knew I had to …
Last year Sara Letourneau tagged me for this and now I’ve finally gotten to it. It sounds like an interesting tag. Normally, I don’t care for prompts (I don’t like being told what to write), but here is what I’ve come with. But first … Les Rules Open an new Microsoft Word document. Set a …
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 »
