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St. Louis, Here I Come!
Tomorrow, I’m going to Realm Makers!!!!! *insert excited squeal* What is Realm Makers, you might ask? Realm Makers is a Christian speculative fiction writer’s conference. Speculative fiction is a giant umbrella term to encompass the genres that include something that isn’t in the real world. Genres like fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, steampunk, fairy tale retellings, and…
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Why I Don’t Read Romance
I’ll start off by stating some facts: I am a girl I am a teenager So wouldn’t it make logical sense that I would read romance novels? Well, I don’t. I don’t even really read novels with a separate main plot, but a strong romance plot. Now, I do enjoy a minor romance subplot though.…
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The Importance of Your Writing Environment
It wasn’t until I started writing seriously that I realized how important it is to have a writing environment and for it to be consistent. I have discovered that changes in my writing environment can really affect how well I write. So what do I mean by writing environment? I mean where you write. For…
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The Antagonist Is not the Villain
The title might have you a little bit confused right now. You may be asking yourself, “The antagonist is the bad guy of a story, and the villain is the bad guy, so aren’t they the same thing?” The answer: Most of the time, yes. But the antagonist is not always the villain. It isn’t…
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Book Review: The Adventure’s Guide to Successful Escapes
by Wade Albert White publisher’s synopsis “Is there such a thing as too much adventure? Anne is about to find out. She’s spent most of her thirteen years scrubbing dirty hallways and laboring in dark mines at Saint Lupin’s orphanage, dreaming of finding her true home and of becoming an adventurer alongside her best friend,…
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Book Review: The Lost Girl
by Anne Ursu publisher’s synopsis When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else: For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark is inventive, dreamy, and brilliant–and from their first moments in the world together, they’ve never left each other’s…
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Book Review: The Adventure’s Guide to Treasure (and How to Steal it)
by Wade Albert White publisher’s synopsis: At Saint Lupin’s Quest Academy Completely Ordinary School Where Nothing Unusual Ever Happens, students are most assuredly not taught about pirates, which leaves the school dangerously open to a pirate invasion. And on the first day of classes, that’s precisely what comes to pass. When a pirate captain and…
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A Letter to the Discouraged Reader:
Dear Reader, I understand the feeling. The feeling that there aren’t any good books left out there in the world. That all of the books that you’ve already read are the only books you’ll ever be able to read. I have been in your shoes so many times. I have wandered around the library, depressed…
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Book Review: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone
By Jaclyn Moriarty publisher’s synopsis Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when a telegram announces that her parents have been killed by pirates. This does not bother her particularly; Her parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby. She has been raised by her Aunt Isabelle, with assistance from the Butler, and…
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