Posts that don’t quite fit in with the other categories
One of the most difficult things for a Creative is maintaining and creating confidence. And it’s hard to feel good about yourself when you’re writing and comparing yourself to masters of the craft. I, Word Witch Autumn, have a little magic spell to teach you. You may not believe in …
I said I wasn’t going to do it. I told myself that several times. But with stress from work, school, life, I decided to repeat that mantra that has never done me wrong (my wallet begs to differ) So, in an effort to get control back in my life… I …
I’m being 100% serious. Writing in Comic Sans works. I can’t believe it either. Comic Sans, really? Oh, Comic Sans. You can visualize it just by reading the font. And perhaps, just reading that name, your blood pressure spiked by the sheer force of hate. Me. It’s me. My blood …
Perhaps the worst thing anyone can do is compare their daily output to someone’s highlight reel. I’m sure everyone has heard this advice at some point in a social media world but for the writer, this comes in the form of comparing your rough/early draft to someone’s final draft. These …
While conceptualizing my latest novel, tentatively titled “Proserpina’s Lie”, I decided to focus on the theme of tangibility. In a utopian future where mostly everything is digitized and machine-made, human-craft becomes something akin to those who enjoy analog things in our current times. Tangibility becomes the thread that connects the …
Lately, I’ve had “Satisfied” from Hamilton stuck in my head. Most of it is Renée Elise Goldsberry’s magical voice but certain refrains stick in my head. With those musical bits floating and my clutter around me, I realized I am helpless because I’m never satisfied and I realized three fundamental truths at the …
For class, I had to watch a video in which Ben Tarnoff discusses how television is the new form of American literature. Being that I’m in a literature course, the class discussion centered mostly around “salty” bookworms who bristled at the thought of literature ever being replaced. My perspective is …
No one asked but here it is anyway!
A short preview of plotted upcoming titles (titles may change): DEVOID OF STARS: NA Fantasy, sequel to THE VOID OF EDEN THE CURSE OF THE BLACK STAR: YA Fantasy I WANT TO BE A NPC!: YA Fantasy; light novel DUCHESS OF MIASMA AND TOXINS: WLW Fantasy Romance NECTAR: YA Fantasy …
This past weekend I went to a writer’s conference and the presenter seemed to have a vendetta against YA and NA, specifically readers outside that age range. It’s a known industry fact that most readers of YA/NA novels are women aged thirty and above, not the age range the books …
