Hi everyone! As you probably know, I am hosting a giveaway with a signed copy of my YA novella, Dear Jackson. When 16-year-old Malcolm Gibbs’ parents divorce, he, his Mom and his little sister Annie move to rural Kentucky to live with his Grandmother. The news of his brother Jackson's death sends Malcolm reeling, and…
Hi! My name is Flair, and I'm a half-human-half-Centri (A Centri is a type of... 'alien,' as you Earth folk call creatures from other galaxies). My author, Carynn, suggested that I write a post where book characters can communicate, helping their writers to better understand them. To start off, I'll tell you three things about…
Have you ever wanted to write, but every time you sat down you somehow found an excuse to do something else? It's like mentally you thirst to spill your writer blood onto a blank paper, a vast stretch of white space without limitations except for those which you yourself create. You want to let the…
Chapter Seven Cato leaves me for dead, and as time melts away I begin to wish that he’d just finished the job. I lay in the clearing for who knows how long, sure that I’ll be gone any moment. I can almost hear the cannon, my cannon, ringing in my ears. Finally I decide that…
Chapter Five Even with a full canteen of water, I’m still exhausted. I stumble a few times, and Cato keeps sharply telling me to get control of myself. But I just can’t. It’s like all of my energy has just melted away. We take a break pretty earlier on, but then, it’s hard to tell.…
Chapter Three I’m sure we’ve walked for at least another four hours before Cato hears it. I swear, he has ears like a dog. The way he stops so abruptly, his back going rigid and his ears at attention, it isn’t like a human at all. All is silent at first, and I’m not sure…
Everyone has things about them, whether it be habits, thoughts, or memories that they keep hidden. Things that they don't tell anyone, because it's either embarrassing or they're afraid of what people will think of them. Some don't even notice that these things are different than other people's, as they forget to reflect on the…
Anyone who's been writing for a while knows that the experience of reading changes as a writer. I've found several writing memes talking about this very thing, because it's so completely true. Don't you love seeing a writing quote or meme that makes you think 'wow, it's not just me'? For example (one of my…
The past few weeks I've been working on customizing my writing lifestyle. I wear writing shirts, I drink out of mugs with writing quotes (my Ravenclaw mug is an exception) and have a writing binder full of research and character forms. Last night (late into the night, as most writers do) I was up designing…
Okay, so I couldn't handle not posting a bit more of my new novel, Myth. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do; you won't be disappointed! After I post this chapter I won't post any more of Myth, because (obviously) someone could (illegally) steal it. Luckily they can't do much with one chapter! …
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