The Legend of Zelda is one of the most famous gaming franchises since 1986. Though the storylines are all unique, each of the games feature the main character Link, a chosen reincarnated hero, who fights many monsters, finds loads of chests, and navigates many temples to save the lovely Princess Zelda. My favorite Legend of …
Writing Lessons from Video Games: Twilight Princess vs. Skyward Sword Read More »
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 #1, #2, #3 and the villain special last year. And I’ve done Beautiful People Author Edition, Beautiful People Valentine Edition, Beautiful People #7, Beautiful People Sibling Edition, Beautiful People #9, Beautiful People: Parental Edition, Beautiful People #11, Beautiful People: Friendship Edition, Beautiful …
Beautiful People – Appearance Edition: Rouyn (Starbloods) Read More »
Buy it on Amazon! Michael thought he understood the VirtNet, but the truth he discovered is more terrifying than anyone at VirtNet Security could have anticipated. The cyber terrorist Kaine isn’t human. It’s a Tangent, a computer program that has become sentient. And Michael just completed the first step in turning Kaine’s master plan, …
A Book Review of the Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner Read More »
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 Thailand … Featuring Melissa Gravitis @ Quill Pen Writer Read More »
Since I’m doing my high fantasy Starbloods for NaNoWriMo this year, I’m trying to better get to know some of the characters. Elasa was last month’s Beautiful People, so I’ve decided to have her for this month’s character interview. She is one of the three point of view characters of the book. Let me tell …
Nowadays having your character dubbed as having “too good” morals can often be seen as an insult or a mark of bad writing. Antiheroes are rising in popularity for their tragic backstories, while heroes are being shoved into the background and even considered boring. It seems that being good is going out of style. Am …
Keeping Morality in Fiction: Perfect and Good Characters Aren’t Synonymous Read More »
The months of this year seem to go by so fast yet at the same time when I think of the beginning of a month it feels like ages ago. July started out slow with mostly prep for Realm Makers and then ended with a bang with my big trip to Philadelphia and New York …
Time to break some rules! So I’ve been tagged in this award twice and I did it twice (here and here if you want to see), but I’m frankly running out of facts to give about myself so I’m going to give you eleven facts about my trip to New York City and Philadelphia instead! …
I thankfully do not have diabetes, but I have known a few people who have had it, including a relative. Though, I wasn’t close with any of this people, so I didn’t know much about the disease. The only movie I’d ever seen it portrayed in was Steel Magnolias, hence the picture above. Admittedly, I …
So Your Character is Type 1 Diabetic … Featuring Ely @ Teas and Titles + Lillian Taylor Read More »
Welcome to this week’s Writerly Bundle! A post where I hope to inspire you with three of the world’s greatest things: music, words, and tea. This tea is blended after Mirkwood, so I had to make this last Writerly Bundle Hobbit-themed! The Word: internecine adjective 1.) of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group: …
Writerly Bundle #26: Internecine, The Feast of Starlight, & Mirkwood Read More »
