The Invisible Life of… My Existential Crisis

If you haven’t read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, go do it. Unless you’d prefer not to question your entire life. I jest, of course. Go read it. And then feel free to shed your tears in the comment section below. I shall cry with you. The thing that makes The Invisible Life of

I Am Not An Author- And Other Lies

I am not an author. But I have written a book. I am not an author. But I have written several books. I am not an author. Because I am not published. I’m sorry- but if you’ve told yourself these things, it’s a load of crap. You have written, and therefore you are a writer.

Should I Give Up On My Manuscript?

Disclaimer: I am beginning the road to publishing my current novel after obtaining my degree, taking numerous writing classes and seminars, joining SCBWI, and writing several manuscripts that probably will not see the bookshelves. And every single second of this was worth it thus far. But my journey isn’t your journey, and my journey may

The Underrated Lovers to Enemies Trope

Warning: Jennifer Armentrout spoilers ahead. Proceed with caution. By chance, many books that I have been reading as of late are significant in regards to the enemies to lovers trope. And well I do like the enemies to lovers trope I think there’s another, opposite, trope that is even more fascinating and that would be

Bad Guys and Backstories

I recently read a feed on twitter about the negative versus positive aspects of giving a bad guy in a novel a backstory, be it harrowing or not. What’s interesting is there seems to be a fair split between those who find it beneficial or detrimental to the story line to give the reader some

In A World Full of Mediocre Characters, be a Rose

If you haven’t read the Vampire Academy novels, you might want to look away. Have you looked away? I assume not because you are still scanning this page. Well, I hope you have read them, because I am about to examine the character that is Rose Hathaway. Rose Hathaway is one of the most, perhaps,