“Voted Most Likely” Writers Tag!

I’ve been struggling a bit with my current WIP, Sacrificing Cowboy J, so when I saw this on The Story Sponge I knew I had to do it! Rules  Thank the lovely blogger who tagged you. Story Sponge tagged everyone with charas that fit the prompts, so yay. Include a link to the tag creator’s

3 Tips For Book Bloggers

 I’ve been blogging for four years now, ever since I was a junior in high school posting my AP lit book reports and poems. I am now a queer blogging about LGBTQIAP+ books and the occasional depressing life update. Tip 1: Things Change   You might move to a library that doesn’t have the same books.

Why I DNF’d

I’m going to talk about two books today. I will name one (Again, But Better) but not the other because it’s not as well known. ABB’s decision was based on quality, but the other was based on a harmful portrayal and I do not want to spread the idea of picking it up. So let’s

Love For Notebooks

   The worst thing you can do to a writer is steal her notebook. Persons of other professions, including teachers, seem to think notebooks are a convenient, use-by-use, disposable items that have no meaning no matter who owns it. Notebooks are important!  Filled notebooks are the past, empty notebooks are the future, some planned, some

MICE!

  M.I.C.E., found on Williamablan, is a way to categorize character motivations into Money, Ideology, Conscience and Ego. I’ve found that most motivators fall into these categories, and a way to humanize or villainize characters. For instance, money is not a consideration for Voldemort, but he has a strong ideology about killing muggle-borns to isolate the wizarding

Writer In The Well

Today I have to write on sentence. One meaningful sentence. A sentence that doesn’t have the word ” sentence” in it. I have been stricken by writer’s block. Maybe because I’ve been reading a book about a demon ghost for so long that I can’t read or write about anything else until I finish it.

Books I Brought To College

 Lord Of The Rings boxset: I’ve tried to finish the entire thing before but… This is my 3rd time reading The Hobbit. I should do a book vs. movie thing. Dwarves and a dragon! Reader’s Digest: Genius Issue 2016 Yay, a magazine instead of a book! It can really inspire me when I need it, esp.

Courage To Write Quotes

GAR! Hi humans and nonhumans alike. I have moved into college! They don’t allow incoming to have access to the internet until they register for classes, thus the delay… Anyway! I recently finished Courage To Write. Overall, it had good messages, but the chapters could’ve been condensed into a single quote. “Writing by hand, mouthing

War of the Worlds-Book Review

War of the Worlds is such a journalistic novel that a radio adaptation convinced the people of New Jersey to flee their homes, commit suicide or die by a Martian Heat-Ray. I snatched a copy already convinced that this is the greatest science fiction novel of all time. But the journalistic style that made it

Lolita- Book Review pt.1

Lolita is one of those books where you know the basic idea before you read the book. How to Write A Damn Good Novel, among others of its type, had so thoroughly analyzed the book that I was almost certain that it would be dull. There were few surprises but Humbert’s demented lyrics and her-or-die