You know how the music you loved in your early teen years tends to be the stuff that nostalgia is made of in your adult years, the… Read more “Childhood Nostalgia: The Book Version”
Tag: YA
Enrich Your Fiction: What’s in a (Nick)name
Naming a human is perhaps one of the most significant things we do as already living humans, or so I gather. At this point, I don’t have… Read more “Enrich Your Fiction: What’s in a (Nick)name”
The Second Finish Line
Okay, after much whining and complaining, I finally finished draft number 2! I’m shooting for a September 1 publication date and upon doing a quick read-through before… Read more “The Second Finish Line”
The Long and Short: Hair as a Literary Device
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Sage advice. But advice we rarely follow. We all judge people by their appearance, whether we want to admit it… Read more “The Long and Short: Hair as a Literary Device”
First Draft Victory Lap
Well, after many months of work and 98,601 words later, I have a first draft of Withered World! I’m about two months late, but better late than… Read more “First Draft Victory Lap”
The Reader’s Path
Do you remember when you became a reader? Sometimes I think I’ve been a reader my whole life. I remember being very young and sitting with my… Read more “The Reader’s Path”
Writer vs the World 