Writing Lessons from Anime: My Neighbor Totoro

Though I didn’t grow up with this film like many people have I’ve been touched by this Japanese Narnia story (Don’t believe me? Mei = Lucy Pevensie). I’ve watched this film three times now and cried each time. Just recently I watched My Neighbor Totoro with my best friend and during this watch, I realized …

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Interview with Faol (Red Hood)

Me: *sitting outside with my laptop in a chair* Hey, everybody! Today I’m interviewing Faol, a secondary character from my steampunk fantasy Red Hood. If you’d like to learn a bit about him before reading the interview, check out his bio. Thank you, everyone who submitted questions! These interviews really help me develop characters! If you’d like …

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Wonderful Word Wednesday: Cynosure

It’s Wonderful Word Wednesday again! Do you as a writer ever struggle finding that perfect word to describe something or you want to shake your writing up with some new words? Each Wednesday I post hand-picked descriptive words for writers and other vocabulary nerds out there. 😉  cynosure noun 1.) something that strongly attracts attention by …

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Soundtrack Sunday: Arietty’s Song (The Secret World of Arietty)

It’s Soundtrack Sunday again! The day where I post awesome music to write to or just listen to for pleasure if you’re a fellow soundtrack junkie. One of the awesome readers here on the blog reminded me of another amazing soundtrack: The Secret Word of Arietty, my favorite Studio Ghibli film!  The soundtrack movie is …

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A Review of Song of the Ovulum by Bryan Davis

Buy from Amazon! It has been fifteen years since Billy and Bonnie Bannister helped repel the demonic assault on Heaven. Now they and Ashley Foley sit in a maximum security prison where the authorities conduct experiments on them to learn the secrets of long life. Earlier, the world’s acceptance of dragonkind crumbled, and the Enforcers …

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Wonderful Word Wednesday: Eternize

It’s Wonderful Word Wednesday again! Do you as a writer ever struggle finding that perfect word to describe something or you want to shake your writing up with some new words? Each Wednesday I post hand-picked descriptive words for writers and other vocabulary nerds out there. 😉  eternize verb (used with object), eternized, eternizing. 1.) to …

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