Total Words written: 1, 395 This week I've been working on my space opera novel, A Star so Dark and I made sure to spend some time writing. I have a goal to finish it by the end of the summer. I'm about half way through, so I think I'm getting close. I'm including the…
Are Evernote’s writing sheets helpful?
I discovered in high school Evernote after my Microsoft Office subscription combusted and I lost everything I had saved on my OneNote. Since then I've used Evernote on and off and find it useful for a variety of things. One of things I find interesting about the program is their templates for their notes. I…
(Repost) Mini Book Reviews: Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
The Legend of Beka Cooper gives Tamora Pierce's fans exactly what they want—a smart and savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of Tortall's Lower City—while offering plenty of appeal for new readers as well.Beka and her friends will face their greatest and most important challenge ever when the young heir…
PSA: Back Up Your Stuff Right Now
Photo by Zen Chung on Pexels.com BACKING UP YOUR FILES IS IMPORTANT. HERE'S THE STORY. Why backing up is important:This is so important for writers. Say you've been working on that 80k word novel for three years and you just finished it. It's amazing and you know that it'll be a best seller for sure. You…
Writing Tips: A Quick Guide on Plotholes
Photo by Alex Green on Pexels.com This is a repost from my old blog that I am working on transferring over and updating. If you notice any issues, feel free to reach out. If there's anything writers hate more then writer's block, it might actually be plot holes. Especially the ones that you never seem…
What Blogposts I read this week #7
So sometimes when I copy and paste links into WordPress, it will automatically convert it to a link and other times it won't. I'm still figuring it out. Anticipated February 2021 YA Releases - Confessions of a YA Reader I love seeing what's going to be released month to month and I think there were…
January 2021 Review + February 2021 Forecast
This month I ended up having a lot of changes happen to it was quite a busy month. On the bright side, I have a lot more time to read and write on my hands and that makes me pretty happy. A couple weeks ago, I did a lot of blog planning and now I…
4 Book Releases I’m Looking Forward to in February 2021
In place of BookPage this month, instead I'm looking at books being released next month that I'm excited about. The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1) by Julie Kagawa I really loved the Iron Fey series back in the day. I find it hard to believe that it's been already 10 years since these books…
Blog Posts I read recently #6
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Some of these posts are from a couple weeks ago but I've been so caught up in some other things I haven't gotten around to sharing them yet. Hope you enjoy these great posts! The Queen Of Nothing by Holly Black Review by 24hryabookblog I haven't read past the first…
Japan’s Ancient Queens: Himiko and Iyo
Queen of Yamataikoku Classical portrait painting by Yasuda Yukihiko In my research, I've discovered that Japan seemed to hold a special place in their society for women that I haven't seen a lot of other places in the ancient world. One just has to trace back the lineage of the Japanese Imperial Family to discover…
