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Merry (Purple) Christmas Eve

I've been wanting to do this purple makeover for a few weeks now. Purple was pretty much the only colour wig I didn't have yet, that I wanted anyway. So here's the look and products I used.

Ambielly Purple Cosplay Wig
Paper Lashes. These are dirt cheap and if requested I'll do a tutorial on how to fit them so easy.
Barry M Lavender LipstickNote: I used some of the following eyeshadow to give my lips shimmer.
Loreal Infallible EyeshadowI used this shadow in purple and blue in the inner corner...

Exclusive Q&A on The Lie from Author C.L. Taylor

I've been wanting to feature The Lie on my blog since before it was officially released! But I was pregnant and gave birth so I've had baby-brain for the past few years, and that means hardly any reading. Maybe it's a good thing I waited though because I've had time to watch this book climb bestseller lists all the way onto the Sunday Times! Cally is an amazing writer and she's the reason I write novels myself. I remember when Cally wrote her first novel and it was published in 2009. I've rec...

How to know if you should blog post (or not)

Write the post. Set it to publish on a future date. Read your post the next day, decide you shouldn't have written such bollocks, never publish it. 

And that's how you can save face. When we are emotional about topics we sometimes regret what we say. By postponing your blog until you're in a rational mindset, you won't have words up on your blog that you might regret. Although at other times raw emotional posts make the best blogs, but that's people who don't care about embarrassment.&nbs...

Jeff Russell on Indie vs. Trad Publishing

The romantic in me wants to believe that most authors suffer from an incurable passion to create. Scenarios, characters, dilemmas, conflicts, resolutions, happy endings, etc. are all aching to get out, to be heard, revised, edited, revised again (and again and again) and then, in due time, to be shared with the world. And it doesn't stop – before one story is done the next is crying to be heard. 

It is certainly that way for me. Three novels are complete – each of them an exhilarating exp...

How to Write an Addicting Novel Series

This is how I write series books, because I'm a reader first and I know what I like to keep me interested.

So firstly, be sure to have a bad guy or conundrum that runs through 3 books, solved at the end of the 3rd book. Make your series themed with underlying themes every 3 books. The entire series can be 9 books long, or even more! The hero solves a case in every book, but for 3 books there's also another plot-line haunting the MC.

The reason shows like Orphan Black and Extant don't work for m...

How to write an addicting novel series (a thought process post)

If anyone reads my blog you probably won't understand this post. It's for my own benefit. I'm trying to be a better writer. Always trying to improve my writing skills. I had thoughts on what gets me addicted to certain TV shows and novel series. It's the underlying plots. I have to be hooked for the long haul as a reader to even consider reading the next book in a series, and I want to get good at incorporating addicting themes into my own books.

So firstly, be sure to have a bad guy or conund...

Guest Post from Author Geoffrey M Gluckman on Inspiration

The inspiration for The Secret Keepers, the sequel to the award-winning spy thriller Deadly Exchange (2007), came slowly. In fact, it was the urging of readers for a sequel that set the creative wheels in motion. Unlike Deadly Exchange, which was writing itself unconsciously for several years before being put to paper, I had no workable ideas for a sequel. Then, after a prolonged stay in Europe in spring of 2008, a story began to emerge along with new and compelling characters. Key to the sto...

FORGED IN THE FLAMES OF FANFICTION; Guest Post From Author Andrew Seiple

Hello there! My name is Andrew Seiple, and I'm a fanfiction writer. This is normally the part where you chorus "Hi Andrew!" and I confess my sins. 

But a weird thing has been happening lately. I'm not feeling that sinful anymore. See, the popular stereotype of fanfiction for years has been more about the "fan" part of the fanfiction. The stereotype is of poorly-socialized overpassionate zealots pounding out bad stories. Unskilled individuals committing literary sins; poorly written portra...

Guest Post GUY ESTES Triad (Sisters of the Storm Book 1)

Today we have a guest post on the inspiration for his book Triad; Sisters of the Storm, Book 1. Please welcome author Guy Estes.

Strong female characters have always been my favorite, but they're a character type that is very difficult to get right and all too easy to get wrong. The result is either a one dimensional – and very unlikeable – character or one that ends up becoming a damsel in distress needing a guy to come rescue her. 

When I first started writing Triad, the only women warri...

Guest Post On Inspiration From Author Katrina Ray-Saulis

I've just begun the initial notes for a new novel. My first novel, a YA fiction about faeries, is out on some agent's desk awaiting a rejection (or acceptance, be optimistic!) letter right now. My second, a novel about ghosts in a hotel, is almost a complete first draft. This third novel, though, feels entirely different.
As you can see, I don't focus on one project at a time. I'm way too easily distracted for that, and I switch between projects daily. Eventually, though, they all get complete...