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July 9, 2015
Blog Response to: “Why are those birds so angry, anyway?”
I know I’ve been away from my blog for a little while, but nothing brings me back all fired-up like a good attack on one of my favourite hobbies. Over on the Telegram, Peter Jackson (no, not that Jackson) bashes video gaming and gaming for charity events. I’m actually appalled by the nonsense he’s preaching […]
June 25, 2015
A Stranger in the Garden – Teaser Thursday
Welcome to Teaser Thursday! Here’s a snippet from my WIP high fantasy, The Myth of Kalvartr. ~~~ The force of another body colliding into her nearly knocked her down. It took a moment to regain her balance, grabbing for a nearby lantern post to steady her footing, though her victim was already neatly composed when […]
Thoughts upon Female Characters
As much as I love feminism and fighting for equal rights, some people take the concept of “independence” too far. Critics are saying the new Jurassic World is sexist because of Claire’s character development throughout the movie. She goes from cold, calculating Claire to caring, reckless Claire. In my review earlier this week, I pointed […]
June 23, 2015
Positive Attitude for Writers
This Tuesday I’m going to talk about something a little different. I normally post writing tips on Tuesday, though today I’m going to touch upon something that’s just as important as writing a good story: Your attitude as a writer. All authors have (or should have) a social media presence. Whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, or […]
June 22, 2015
Jurassic World Review
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS (You have now been warned. You can also jump to the end to see my pros and cons list) I went to see Jurassic World in IMAX on Saturday and was–as expected–amazed by the movie. Being a long time Jurassic Park fan, that wasn’t surprising. The story opened as it […]
June 19, 2015
High Fantasy Friday – Dungeons
I touched upon dungeons in high fantasy in a previous post, but I’ve decided to delve deeper into the world of medieval imprisonment and torture. Dungeons are the primary location to keep prisoners locked away until their trial or execution. Firstly, let’s go over the structure and location of a common castle dungeon. Dungeons were […]
June 18, 2015
The Secret World of Dragons – WIP Cover Art
For #teaserThursday this week, I’m showing off the (very) rough artwork for The Secret World of Dragons rewrite. The lineart is pretty messy at this point and the font looks this way because it’s hard to see against the uncoloured trees. I’m really excited to finish this project with my newest digital art skills! :) […]
June 16, 2015
Dialogue Tags in Writing
Writers have been arguing over dialogue tags since… well, since forever. Everyone has their own take on how tags should be used. This post will go over what I believe to be the best ways to use tags–and, more importantly, how not to use them. Dialogue tags are basically words like “said”, “asked”, “exclaimed”, “shouted”, […]
June 10, 2015
A Morning with the Reeves – Teaser Thursday
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you may have read a few of my tweets concerning my rewrite of The Secret World of Dragons. Yesterday I managed to complete the first chapter. I’m over halfway through the book, but the intro was really frustrating me. Now it’s finally done and I’m going to share […]
June 9, 2015
How to Write Character Personalities
As promised, this Tuesday I’ll be talking about writing character personalities into a story. To be honest, I’m not feeling great tonight so this post will be fairly to-the-point but still helpful for anyone struggling. I’ll start with a simple 5-step method to creating characters. Write up a profile in a separate document or in […]
