Hello friends, Recently I started revising my steampunk romantasy novel, and I remembered how "they" say that prologues are bad. The question came to my mind, why are prologues bad? What if they aren't? And I decided to investigate and see what I can find on this topic; especially since I am writing a prologue,… Continue reading Prologues – Bad or Good?
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New Sequel Books in 2024!
Hello, fellow writers and readers! I am excited awaiting certain YA and fantasy titles that are sequels to books I loved, and wanted to share them with you. Also - do you have any that you've been dying to recommend? Maybe you saw a video about it on BookTok? If so, please share in a… Continue reading New Sequel Books in 2024!
Camp NaNoWriMo 2024!
My fellow writers and readers, I have been so MIA on this blog! But yet again, I say - it is not dead! I was busy towards the end of last year traveling, and have been planning my wedding (OoofF! A stress I don't wish on anyone!) Today I am celebrating revising an old novel… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo 2024!
Happy New Year!
Hey everybody, Happy New Year! Crazy that it's 2023 now, right? I'm glad the new year is here, but also, I'm not into new year's resolutions, and sometimes I tend to look back at the past year and feel disappointed in what I haven't completed. So, to counteract that, here are some achievements I made… Continue reading Happy New Year!
Daydreaming
Sometimes it helps me to just lie down and daydream. Often, it helps me when I'm having difficulty writing a conversation between two characters, or don't know what to write next. Maybe it helps you, too! Let's explore the why and how of daydreaming. Featured Photo: by Pixabay on pexels.com Why daydreaming helps writers As… Continue reading Daydreaming
Writing Unpredictable Characters
Dear readers and writers, I've been studying the topic of writing unpredictable characters lately, because I'm stuck on a section of my YA historical novel draft. I was really hoping to have the draft done by November so I can spend NaNoWriMo revising or drafting a different novel, but...here we are in almost mid-October now,… Continue reading Writing Unpredictable Characters
Planning Your Book with NowNovel
I know I said I would post by Friday, but gosh darnit, I just plum forgot! So here I am posting on...Sunday! Haha. I'm going to be honest here, guys. Right now, I'm having a happy moment with my novel revisions, and so I'm posting a really short thing right now! But I think I… Continue reading Planning Your Book with NowNovel
The Crazy, Starving, Disorganized Writer
This is me right now. Crazy, starving and disorganized. From Sharon's Super Secret Eden Blog I'll have a moment where I'm totally in the writing, sweetly diving in, getting all these great ideas...zoning out, like the lady in the above picture... And then I'm like this the next day: N Not a word… Continue reading The Crazy, Starving, Disorganized Writer
Typing Madly 