Whenever I’m writing full-time, and writing moves from hobby to job, I find I need a new hobby to do during the evenings and on the weekend to help me recoup form all the mad writing I’ve been doing all day or week. Lately, I’ve discovered junk journaling. I’ve always journaled, and my journals have …
Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Before I picked up this book, I read a few contradictory reviews and wasn’t sure that I would read it. There were plenty of diverging opinions about whether or not the world really needed this book. In the end, I decided that as I …
Send your favourite character to a Thanksgiving dinner. Describe how they see, smell, and taste the food. How does the dinner go for them? Write for ten minutes.
My progress over the past couple of weeks has been spotty but great! I’m pushing to get a draft done, and I write best when I keep a draft flowing continuously for as long as possible, without taking breaks for side projects or rewriting. This is my novel writing process, it might not be everyone’s, …
Write about this bucket of weeds. What makes it beautiful? Would your character be glad to see the weeds gone, or sad to see them go? Why?
I have been waiting for the 20’s forever! And now they are here! Wishing you all the best of this fierce decade. Happy New Year!
Just popping in to say Happy Halloween to all you people and ghouls out there! Pop back tomorrow for my review of Four Dead Queens! Wishing you all your favourite treats today and maybe even a fright or two! Me, I’m in my best Harry Potter outfit, and it’s off to Hogwart’s I go!
Just wanted to pop in to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! (whether or not you reside in Canada). It is snowing here today, but that won’t ruin my pumpkin pie eating. Hope your holidays are great too!
The other week I put the final book of Artifacts of Avalum on sale on Amazon Pre-Order. This was the first time I’d ever tried an Amazon Pre-Order, as the changing of the rules made it easier and more convenient, since I didn’t have to 100% ready, uploaded manuscript prior to beginning the pre-order period. …
Part of creating fictional words—especially fantasy worlds—often includes making a map. I drew this map of Avalum by hand while writing The Torc, and then elaborated on the map while writing The Circlet. World building can be the most exciting part of writing fantasy. In a way, it’s like playing Creator. How do you shape …