Category: Character Development
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Book Review: Seige & Storm
Before we start, have you checked out the Summer TBR challenge? We’ll be giving away prizes at the end of every month, so join the challenge and start reading those books on your To-Be-Read list. I read Seige & Storm in less than two days. The prose, written in first person, has a way of…
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Book Review: DUNE
This book came to me as a recommendation from one of my writing instructors. He said it was a must for studying prose and world building, so I added it to my To-Be-Read list and went on with writing. In January, it finally made it to the top of my TBR pile. I’ll admit, I…
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Book Review: Phoenixheart
PHOENIXHEART: BORN OF ASHES by Arthur Quill was an ARC book I had the pleasure of reading recently. Quill is a brand new author on the self-published scene and is doing a smashing job. Most debut novels (including my own, THE EARTHSPARK, when it originally published in 2021) are generally still very rough. Great stories…
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When You Can’t Afford Therapy, Start Writing
When I very first set out to write my first novel, I’ll be there first to admit that I had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t know what story structure was and why I should even care about it. All I knew was that I had words on my mind that wouldn’t go…
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Shadow and Bone Book Review
SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh Bardugo was another reread from 2023. I originally read this novel so fast, I didn’t have much time to absorb details I could use while teaching my writing class. So I had to make this my second book for 2024, as my students are getting more involved in learning about…
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When a Horse is Your Best Friend
I’ve always been a lover of both books and horses. Sometimes I’d even combine the two and read while sitting or laying on the back of my horse while he was eating. During my childhood, one of my absolute favorite books was BLACK BEAUTY. If you’ve never read this classic by Anne Sewell, and you…