Writing, no, life in general, can be exhausting. If you’re anything like me, you’ve filled your days with stimulating experiences, books, and music. Occasionally, I become overwhelmed with all the writing, thinking, and doing. I begin to feel as though I’ve been here and done that. Like me, you might find yourself asking, “How do …
Don’t be ashamed if you are new to the writing world and haven’t the foggiest what a word count is. Part of the life of a writer is encountering a host of terms you aren’t familiar with and there is nothing wrong with asking good ol’ Google for the answer. To keep this simple, a …
What the heck is a genre? For a word we use so often to describe our taste in music, books, or art, do we know what it means? A genre is a category that we assign depending on focus and style. By organizing tastes into specific genres, we create rules that define whether or not …
I’m going to keep this short: I want to read these books. You want to read these books. Everyone wants to read these books! The covers are tantalizing, the titles whisper to me, and frankly, the blurbs sound interesting. What’s not inviting about these books? Here are three stories I can’t wait to get my …
I don’t know about you but I look forward to book releases like a football fan looks forward to every single game. We know March is the month where we all get pinched if we aren’t wearing green. It’s packed full with International Women’s Day, Sun-Earth Day, religious holidays, and, of course, the Vernal Equinox. …
Message from blogger: As an avid reader and bibliophile, I LOVE giveaways. And because I love books and I appreciate the hard work that goes into writing one – let alone publishing one- I do whatever I can to support authors who have delivered spectacular stories to the world. Below is the Starfall Launch Blitz […]
Message from blogger: As an avid reader and bibliophile, I LOVE giveaways. And because I love books and I appreciate the hard work that goes into writing one – let alone publishing one- I do whatever I can to support authors who have delivered spectacular stories to the world. Below is the Starfall Launch Blitz …
Resources are a basic component of survival. As living beings, we need food, shelter, water, and clothing to keep us warm or cool. These are basics needs to be met to keep us alive. There are, of course, several layers of needs. If you think about it, we need access to proper health care and for …
Writing daily is hard. Actually, it might be more accurate to say the prospect of writing daily can be daunting. Life tends to happen: college assignments pile up, work becomes a vacuum for all your remaining free time, friends struggle while watching you struggle, and if you have children, bless your little soul. Somehow, you’ve …
Life is full of rejection. Last one picked during recess? Rejected. Didn’t get into the college you wanted? Rejected. Turned down for a position you wanted because they “went with someone more qualified”? Rejected. Sooner or later, rejection feels less like a sharp word or a slamming door and more like a punch in the …
