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October 15, 2018
Book Review: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Hey guys. Sorry I missed last week. I had a family emergency and didn’t think about it. But I’m here no so let’s get this party started. 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:0...
October 4, 2018
World Building: The People/Cultures
Sorry this post is a little late. I’ve been dealing with a stomach issue (thank you lovely children). I’m feeling a bit better so I figure it’s better to post late than never. Today we’re delving into the second segment of my world building series…The People. Now I don’t mean your characters. When I refer to people I mean the humans in the background and the factors that create the basic foundation of your characters.
Last week we created the countries that made...
October 1, 2018
Book Review: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
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:
H...
September 26, 2018
World Building Part One: The Land
Today is part one of my six part series on world building. I’m supper fricking excited to get into this. I love creating worlds and all that mess. You would think that I play D&D because of how much I love creating new worlds, but nah I don’t. Not that there’s anything wrong with playing D&D it’s just I don’t have anyone around me who plays so I never had the opportunity. Any way, lets get started.
So you’ve decided that you have to create a whole new world for...
September 24, 2018
Book Review: The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
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:5 Cups
General Overvi...
September 19, 2018
World Building for Dummies
The world that you build for your characters to play in can make or break your story. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve come across a story that was great but I spent half the time confused because I was trying to understand the rules of the world. Sometimes they give me names of people or cultures without explaining anything about it and then roll on. Or sometimes they’ll sum up what appears to be complex magical system with a few short sentences and never buil...
September 17, 2018
Series Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
It’s Monday so that’s means that it’s time once again for me to do a book review. Yea! I had a book last week that made me want to reread one of my favorite series. I’m actually in the middle of rereading it so I figured why not review it.
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 cup...
September 12, 2018
Digital vs Paper Outlining
I hope that everyone is doing well on this fine Wednesday. For my people on the east coast watching the hurricane roll in, I hope you got all your provisions and let’s keep our fingers cross that we don’t loose power too long…
On a different note…I was supposed to have a book signing event this past Saturday but something fell through and I had to cancel. I’m not gonna lie, I cried. But I pulled up my big girl panties and went on with life. I’m hoping to get it re...
September 10, 2018
Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
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:
3 Cups
General...
September 5, 2018
Fiverr a Hidden Gem!
Boy oh boy what a week. I have survived my first week at school back with my students. I have to say that it went pretty well. But that makes me afraid for this week. Positive thoughts though.
Any who, let me tell you about this nifty little sight that I came across thanks to one of my favorite Youtubers, Safiya Nygaard. She does a lot of weird posts and I love her. Well one thing that she tried was Fiverr and that got me wondering if it could be used for write...
