On The Necessity of Flawed Characters

Some readerly/writerly musings for your Monday…

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An October Reading List

Tis the season for scary books!

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The Books that Taught Me the Most About: Plot

So I started writing a post about the books that have taught me the most as a writer. And I’m not talking about the “How to Write a Novel” books…

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The Best YA (For People Who “Don’t Like YA”)

I’ve decided Fridays are good days for book posts. So that is where they shall be from now unto eternity (or at least, until I change my mind again.)

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My Favorite Literary Relationships

There are a lot of elements that make up an excellent book.

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What Draws You Into A Story?

I haven’t decided what my next Learning from the Masters lesson will be. So for today, I’m asking a very important question…

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Writing Tip: The Myth of The “Great Idea”

The other day I was talking to someone about my book…

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Learning From The Masters: Setting the Scene

On Monday I discussed the struggles of toeing the line between too much description and not enough. And on Twitter I’ve been tweeting about my frustrations in trying to accurately describe the massive castle my story takes place in without bogging my writing down with too much detail. So today I decided to see how […]

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The Best Series of All Time (according to me)

Since getting embroiled in yet another series I love, I’ve been thinking about my favorite series (plural) of all time…

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Friday Things

I recently took one of those Buzzfeed quizzes–I think it was the one that tells you which Harry Potter book you are (I got Deathly Hallows, and I am fine with that). One of the questions asked what magical device you would want. I picked Time Turner, because I wish I could redo every day […]

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