Writing is hard. There are so many days when despair claws at me, trying to drag my spirit down. As I write, I often think “Man, this is trash. I know people liked my writing before, but I’m probably losing my touch. Whenever I try to make something better, I always make it worse. This…
Genre: Medieval Romance You’ll like this if you like: Foreign Worlds, Feisty, Red-Headed Heroines, and an Intense Alpha Hero. Cleanliness: The story begins in Algeria, so the Alessandra’s “Father” (more accurately: her mother’s husband), has multiple wives and concubines, though her mother is his favorite. Since it’s a harem, there’s a bathing house where…
Today, I’d like to introduce my first interviewee today, Rayleigh Gray, both a blogger and a writer. Rayleigh is a graduate from homeschool, manages two blogs, and is a columnist for Tap into Your Potential for Pursue Magazine. Her first blog Accelerate the Jesus Movement, is essentially a gas stop for Christians to refresh them…
Have you ever wanted to write a typical, not-so-extraordinary romance novel? It’s simple, really. All you have to do is create the primary characters, the heroine and the hero. Next step: add the secondary characters into the mix for fun, drama, and intrigue. Lastly, add some interesting scenes. For romance scenes, leave them to…
Genre: YA Fantasy You’ll like this if you like: Winter, Seasons, Magic, and Relatable Character Arcs Cleanliness: Towards the end of the first book, a bad guy prepares to rape the main character. She’s able to kill him, of course. Then in the second book, the main character launches away from the prince after he’s…
Of these two genres, post-apocalyptic and dystopian, which do you prefer? Do You Prefer Post-Apocalyptic or Dystopian?
I turn 18 just in time to vote this year. Yay. I’m tempted to call this a curse, but I know God doesn’t do things by accident, so I’m going to call it a blessing. I’m dreading the upcoming election. I’m not going to use this post for a political rant, but I feel my upcoming…
Genre: YA Fantasy You’ll like this if you like: A Classic Fantasy Adventure, a Girl Disguised as a Boy, Romance, or Telepathy. Cleanliness: The evil prince threatens to make a girl Achan likes into his mistress. Vrell, as you’ll later learn, has to bathe and go to the bathroom in privacy, since she’d a girl….
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“You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” I thought I’d defied this maxim, especially where time was concerned. I budgeted my entire day into simple categories to keep myself as productive as possible, but really I was living like my life as a means to an end, rather than what it really is….