Category: fantasy
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“Follow the Coin” Book Review: Blood for Coins
Blood for Coins was a first for me in several ways. It was the first book I’ve read by Cam Wolfe, a YouTuber who reviews novels in the fantasy, horror and science fiction genre. It was the first thing I read on my new Kindle Fire 8 which had just been delivered to my front…
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Oh, The Heights and Fights: A Door in the Dark, A Review
I miss the days when my book reading friends and I eagerly awaited the next Harry Potter tome. I’m always looking for a fantasy novel with the wizard academy trope, like The Magicians by Lev Grossman or Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. Even the Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo falls into that category.…
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MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 7
Much to my chagrin, I’ve been doing more watching science fiction and fantasy shows than writing lately. But, thankfully, I’m back to writing now that these three shows have concluded: Shadow and Bone, Season 2 I just finished reading all of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaworld novels before watching season 2 of Shadow and Bone. If you…
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Do you create an annual reading list?
Ugh. I only read 20 books last year. Yes, yes, I know. That’s probably more than a lot of people. But for me, that’s not a lot. For some reason, I didn’t feel as motivated to read. To me, reading regularly is essential if I’m going to be a writer. And I had several “to-read”…
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NaNoWriMo Day 23: Rules
Last day of work until December 5th. I’m a little behind on NaNoWriMo, but I intend to spend my free days in November finishing my NaNo and getting to 50k words. My story arc is complete, but I won’t be writing the entire story out as a narrative before the end of November. That always…
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NaNoWriMo Day 21: Think before I write
Still on par for my word count, but I’m not ahead. I only wrote a couple hundred words yesterday. It was very cold out and I was lazy all day. I am finding the benefit of planning out my scenes before I write them. One last thing I do before I actually write a scene…
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Friday’s Findings: July 2022 Camp NaNoWriMo Update #3
Since last November’s NaNoWriMo, I’ve been using what I call the scratchpad method for my writing process. Ever since, I’ve been honing and improving it for my way of writing. Each month, I start a new document and almost every day, I write whatever for that day. That could be a scene for two for…
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Friday’s Findings: July 2022 Camp NaNoWriMo Update #2
Word count: 17,000 I recently watched YouTuber Nick Sturgeon’s video Camp NaNoWriMo: Have Fun with Your Writing. One thing he said stuck out to me: “It’s okay. You had a bad day. Today things didn’t go according to plan. But that’s okay. This is just Camp Nanowrimo. It’s a practice. It’s a first attempt at…
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Friday’s Findings: July 2022 Camp NaNoWriMo Update #1
It’s Thursday evening and I’m going to wrap up my first week of Camp NaNoWriMo July 2022. Word count: 8482. This time, I’m working on three projects at once: 2 novels and a novella. I’m writing 333 words on all 3 each day. It’s simple. It’s fun. And I’m able to dabble a little bit…
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