It’s still wild to me that I’ve been writing for almost 15 years. When I was little, I always used to envy people who started working at a skill at an incredibly young age and became a prodigy in their own right. Working tirelessly at playing an instrument, becoming a figure skater, learning to shootContinue reading “How Do I Start a New Book? Lets Do It Together!”
Category Archives: Deep Dive Discussions
When People Ask Me to Describe My Book and Protagonist in One Sentence, and the Curse of Self Promotion
You made it to the party. You’ve left your crypt for the first time in a month. You emerge pale and frizzy-haired, socially obligated to perform your routine human interaction at least once before you return to the safety of the dark hole you crave to continue writing. They don’t know. They don’t care. HowContinue reading “When People Ask Me to Describe My Book and Protagonist in One Sentence, and the Curse of Self Promotion”
The Self Inflicted Torture of Creating a Magic System – a Thorough, Deranged, Meandering Waffle
Writer’s Log: day 3,667, 4,899, 5,999 I’m not sure of attempting to produce a viable magic system. Stats for 3/9/2023 And there it is. Out of my reach. The heart of every fantasy world. The topic of thousands of 5 hour video essays all over this vast stretch of digital space we call the Internet.Continue reading “The Self Inflicted Torture of Creating a Magic System – a Thorough, Deranged, Meandering Waffle”
Lets Analyze The Hunger Games Chapter 11-15
Good morning everyone! Welcome back to my deep dive discussion of The Hunger Games. I wanted to go into something a little more analytical this week. Something to focus my brain before I charge into some of the more personal and emotional topics of the next few weeks. My sleep schedule is a wreck, soContinue reading “Lets Analyze The Hunger Games Chapter 11-15”
Let’s Discuss: Cancel Culture, Putting Artists on a Pedestal, and Separating Art from the Artist
If you know much about me at all, you know I won’t ever have a Twitter. Even without one, you can spend very limited time on there. I use this to check up on creators I follow on Youtube or anyone else I’m curious about. It’s probably the most toxic space I’ve ever encountered (noContinue reading “Let’s Discuss: Cancel Culture, Putting Artists on a Pedestal, and Separating Art from the Artist”
How Much Responsibility Should Be Placed on YA Authors? Let’s Discuss…
There are so many different categories of literature aimed at all kinds of different audiences. Today we’re talking about YA fiction in particular. “Young adult fiction is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults.Continue reading “How Much Responsibility Should Be Placed on YA Authors? Let’s Discuss…”
Writing My World 