MK’s Book Reviews: A Darker Shade of Magic

  In the midst of current events, the one thing keeping me from going totally insane is…

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MK’s Book Reviews: Six of Crows

I’ve been gushing about this book all over social media because …

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MK’s Book Reviews: An Ember in the Ashes

Time to review this one!

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

I read Neil Gaiman’s latest oeuvre this week, and I’m here to tell you what I thought…

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Writing Tip: “Three Great Scenes, No Bad Ones”

So as I’m slogging through my current work-in-progress, there are a lot of problems I’m encountering. One of them is this:

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Girl of Fire and Thorns

So after a 3-star book streak, I finally read a book I adored…

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One Big Thing You Need To Write A Great Manuscript

So I’ve talked some about my own personal NaNoWriMo–attempting to write a first draft in three months, instead of one–and also about how I’m just a wee bit behind. (More specifically: my total word count is at about a third of what it should be.) But I don’t feel like a failure, because after 2+ […]

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Writing Tip: Read in Your Genre

So I’m in the process of writing my first YA fantasy novel, and something recently occurred to me…

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MK’s Book Reviews: Carry On

Confession: I’ve been an obnoxiously slow reader lately. Life has been getting in the way. But last night, I finally finished this book…

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Learning From the Masters: World-Building

Time for another post on how to world build when writing a fantasy novel! (First post available here)

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