Meagan Spooner's Blog, page 135
September 10, 2014
hatzigsut:
very chilling topic on twitter right now.
i have my...
very chilling topic on twitter right now.
i have my own reasons for #WhyIStayed, and looking through this hashtag, i can see so many women and men who were lost, just as i was.
i stayed because it was the first time i felt important to anyone. he “loved” me. when he said he would die if i left him, i thought it passionate. when he started showing up unannounced at my house, because my friends told him my brother’s friends were over, i thought the jealousy was endearing.
then h...
katzhangwriter:
epicreads:
#PositiveProject Featuring ladies...
September 9, 2014
Ms. Bardugo, I loved your first books, but I was terribly disappointed to see you give in to political correctness in Ruin & Rising. You had a great story and then you ruined it with unnecessary lesbianism. Authors don't need to make statements, they just
I was really tempted to ignore this because I don’t believe in giving anon wangs a platform, but the term “unnecessary lesbianism” made me laugh so hard that I caved.
Authors can write good books and make statements. I’m going to make some statements now. (Get ready.)
Queer people and queer relationships aren’t less necessary to narrative than cishet people or relationships. In fact, given the lovely emails and messages I’ve received about Tamar and Nadia (and given the existence of anon wangs...
Ms. Bardugo, I loved your first books, but I was terribly disappointed to see you give in to political correctness in Ruin & Rising. You had a great story and then you ruined it with unnecessary lesbianism. Authors don't need to make statements, they just
I was really tempted to ignore this because I don’t believe in giving anon wangs a platform, but the term “unnecessary lesbianism” made me laugh so hard that I caved.
Authors can write good books and make statements. I’m going to make some statements now. (Get ready.)
Queer people and queer relationships aren’t less necessary to narrative than cishet people or relationships. In fact, given the lovely emails and messages I’ve received about Tamar and Nadia (and given the existence of anon wangs...
TAG GAME: CHARACTERS WHO SHARE THE SAME PERSONALITY TYPE AS YOU
No one ACTUALLY tagged me for this, but brilligspoons and twentyghosts did it and it looked like fun, so I did it for funsies and figured I’d post the results.
If you don’t know your personality type, take the test here. (spoiler, it’s myers-briggs.)
Rules: Find…
Apparently I’m the same personality type asHolden Caulfield (Catcher in the Rye),Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby),Zuko(Avatar:The Last Airbender),Sweeny Todd (...
September 8, 2014
Cover Reveal: 'Every Last Word' by Tamara Ireland Stone
Every Last Wordis the latest novel from Tamara Ireland Stone about a teen girl hiding part of herself from the world.Every Last Wordreleases on June 16, 2015.
Exclusive cover reveal here on Hypable.com.
Check out the cover of my next novel, Every Last Word. I’m so excited to share this story with you!
I was just wondering how you and Amie co-wrote These Broken Stars. My twin and I are currently planning a story and curious as to how we would divvy up the written aspect of it. Do you have any advice? :)
Hooray for co-authoring! I find it to be heaps of fun, if you’ve got the right partner—and sounds like you do! My best piece of advice to co-authors just starting out is one that co-authors Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman gave amiekaufman and me whenwewere just starting out:communicationis key.And I don’t mean communication about the story, which hopefully would be a no-brainer—talk about your goals for your work the way business partners would. Some examples:
Is this project just for fun or d...
NOT A DROP TO DRINK $1.99 on Kindle!
Are you ready for IN A HANDFUL OF DUST??
No? Because you haven’t read NOT A DROP TO DRINK yet?
Now’s a good time…. $1.99 on Kindle!
Awesooooome. Do it!
mimswriter:
Kurt Vonnegut: 16 Rules For Writing Fiction
1. Use...
Kurt Vonnegut: 16 Rules For Writing Fiction
1. Use the time of a total strangerin such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one characterhe or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the endas possible.
6. Be a sadist.No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make...
