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Welcome to a sneak peek of my current work-in-progress! A few extra details at the end, but for now I’ll let you dive right in.… Read More »Sneak Peek: Current WIP | Newsletter Excerpt
Author’s Note: This excerpt from THE HEIR AND THE SPARE is subject to change. Please excuse any grammar errors, typos, etc. that I haven’t caught… Read More »The Heir and the Spare (Newsletter Excerpt)
Greetings, my friends! It’s time for a few project updates. Some bad news, some good news, maybe…? Idk. So, as Li Shang says, let’s get… Read More »Project Updates and Other Ramblings
Dear Readers, I come bearing gifts. Well, just one gift, actually. And I made it myself, and it’s not a cat sweater. It is a… Read More »The Gift That Keeps On Giving
I’ve had more than a usual amount of reading time lately (*coughprocrastinationcoughcough*), which has reminded me of why I previously took a time-out from reading.… Read More »Got Low Self-Esteem? Meet One Girl Who’s Had It.
“And now, Beowulf, best of men, I wish to love you in my heart as my son. From this time forth, keep well this new… Read More »My Swedish Grandmother Made Me Do It
“That’s the ending? You can’t just end it there!”
These are the words my mother uttered when she finished reading my first draft of Kingdom of Ruses. It has a sort of open ending, I’ll admit, but intentionally so. The major plot points are resolved, the hero has triumphed, and all is well, so the story ends. (Sorry for the spoilers, all ye who have not read it: Surprise! It’s not a tragedy!)
Linguistics: a term that makes many a writer cringe. While the study of this discipline might seem daunting, it can be a boon to the… Read More »Linguistics for Writers: An Introduction
Over the course of my life, I’ve compiled a sort of Writing To-Do List. I would encounter genres or general plot types and think, “Oh, I’d like to write something along those lines someday.” And just like that, the item in question would hop on to my mental list.
It wasn’t a serious list at first, of course. I’ve treated my writing very casually and for the greater part of my life never believed that I could finish even one book, let alone an assorted spectrum of them. (This is foolishness, of course, but I labored under it for probably fifteen years, and I still battle with a variation of it to this day.) Recently, though, as I’ve been taking a more serious look at this my chosen pastime, I decided it was time to define and review that list of genres and tropes.
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