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November 24, 2018
Indiecember: A Way to Give Back.
I hope you all survived Thanksgiving with only minimal scaring. Now it’s time to gird our loins and suit up for December. In the spirit of giving, the amazing Megan Tennant has created a reading challenge for the month of December called Indiecember. Basically it’s a way to help indie authors and give back the community for giving us wonderful stories to read. I, myself, am a proud member of this community.
The rules are simple and I will link the main page with...
November 14, 2018
Beta Reader….What’s that?
When writing, our stories go through several changes before it makes its way into the hands of our readers. We as authors, write, revise and edit. Then we send it to the editor who does the same thing. We do this to ensure that the story that makes it out to the readers is the best one that we can make. But there’s one more level that sometimes doesn’t get used – Beta readers.
I can see some of you tilting your heads. Let me clarify. A beta reader is someone who...
November 12, 2018
Book Review: My Favorite Harry Potter Book.
It’s Monday so that’s means that it’s time once again for me to do a book review. Today’s review is going to be a bit different. In honor of the Crimes of Grindelwald hitting theaters this weekend I thought it would be nice to review the Harry Potter books. Instead of reviewing the whole series, because honestly I would be up here forever, I’ll just do my favorite. So let’s go!
0 cups= I hated it/couldn’t finish
1 cup= did like but finished bc I’m stubborn
2 cu...
November 7, 2018
NaNoWriMo: is it worth it?
For years I’ve heard and seen people talk about NaNoWriMo, which stands for National November Writing Month. The basic premise of this event is for you to pump out a 50k word story in 30 days. I’ve never worried about it because that seemed like an awful amount of work that I wasn’t sure if I was ready to tackle. But this year I decided to give it a go. I mean what’s the worse that can happen? My writing has been pretty much non-existent lately so I’m hoping that...
November 5, 2018
Book Review: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
It’s Monday so that’s means that it’s time once again for me to do a book review. Yea! So here’s how this works. I rate books on a scale of coffee cups….because I love coffee. Also there will be no spoilers in these reviews.
0 cups= I hated it/couldn’t finish 1 cup= did like but finished bc I’m stubborn 2 cups= meh 3 cups= Not the best but interesting enough to finish 4 cups= I really like it. 5 cups=OMG YOU HAVE TO READ THIS [image error] Rating:
4 Cups
General Overview:...
October 30, 2018
World Building: Maps
So here we are! The last piece of my world building segment and everyone’s favorite thing to look at MAPS!
After all this planning and speculation, it’s time to take it all and put it into a coherent world. I love maps. I love reading a story and following along on the maps provided, and in all honesty I wish they could fold out so I could read and look at them at the same time. They add a whole other level to the story telling. But just how do you do this? Well...
October 29, 2018
Book Review: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
It’s Monday so that’s means that it’s time once again for me to do a book review. Yea! So here’s how this works. I rate books on a scale of coffee cups….because I love coffee. Also there will be no spoilers in these reviews.
0 cups= I hated it/couldn’t finish
1 cup= did like but finished bc I’m stubborn
2 cups= meh
3 cups= Not the best but interesting enough to finish
4 cups= I really like it.
5 cups=OMG YOU HAVE TO READ THIS
[image error] Rating:5 Cups
General Overview:...
October 24, 2018
World Building: Economy
It’s time again for another segment in my world building series. This is the last one that pertains to the planning stages. Next week we’ll dive into the final segments. But without further ado, let’s talk about money. I actually only have four things for you to consider today. Like with everything else these don’t have to be completely hashed out as long as you have a good understanding. The reason why I’m even bringing up money is because that is the force tha...
October 22, 2018
Book Review: Catwoman Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas
It’s Monday so that’s means that it’s time once again for me to do a book review. Yea! So here’s how this works. I rate books on a scale of coffee cups….because I love coffee. Also there will be no spoilers in these reviews.
0 cups= I hated it/couldn’t finish
1 cup= did like but finished bc I’m stubborn
2 cups= meh
3 cups= Not the best but interesting enough to finish
4 cups= I really like it.
5 cups=OMG YOU HAVE TO READ THIS
Rating:4 Cups
General Overview:...
October 17, 2018
World Building: Religion
It’s time for part three of my World building segment. So far we’ve talked about you country and the people who live in it. Now it is time to talk about religion. I know some of you may already be rolling your eyes, but you cannot deny that religion is an important aspect for any people, culture, world. So without further ado, here’s the five things you need to keep in mind when creating a religion for your world.
Do I even need a religion?
Let’s go a head and n...
