How many times have you said or heard someone say they didn’t go near a book because of all the hype? You’d think a lot of hype was a good thing but if it turns away potential readers or turns off people then- what’s the point? It’s kind of an interesting situation. A lot of hype means…
First of all, why are aliens always blowing up New York? I mean, the city is awesome but still… Anyway, Avengers was amazing! I really enjoyed myself. Though I love comic books, I hadn’t read any involving The Avengers so I have no idea if the movie was faithful to the comic. Marvel must’ve learned from the X-Men: Last Stand disaster…
I’ve discovered I’m not good at writing fight scenes. The last two books I read made my scenes look so unfortunate. “He sheathed Retribution and grabbed the hand holding a blade aimed at his belly and yanked a skinny highlander across the circle to stab his fellow. Reaching around his own back with a knife,…
How do you organize the chaos of your own mind? I generally don’t since I’m really good at multi-tasking. But, I have a lot of projects to plan- job hunting, getting Certificates in Editing and Graphic Design, working on my second novel, to name a few. The brain warehouse became cluttered and everything was screaming at me…
What place inspires you the most? When the weather was nice, this became my new favorite place to work. I’d roll out the blanket and sit for hours. The atmosphere is amazing- so relaxing. The ideas flow so freely here.
In novel writing, is it really important to hook the read with a delicious opening line? A while ago, I would’ve said yes. No one has the patience to struggle through a story. When shopping in a brick and mortar store, some readers still let the first page decided whether or not they want the book. But, after reading The Last Wish and…
Pottermore is open to the public! I was gonna blog about something else but seriously, what else matters now? More Harry Potter so, I’m excited. Can you tell? 😉 As a writer, I’ll be taking notes. As I’ve said before, I’m really interested in how technology will change the way we interact with content. An article…
I really like looking at cars. Spent almost 4 hours at the Auto Show over the weekend and took like 300 pictures. There were so many hotties. I had to take a picture from every angle. Talk about eye candy. Let me tell you, at the end of the day, my feet, my legs and back were killing…
I’ve been in a content sharing mood lately but what can I say, I love sharing information. Anyway, I setup Google Alerts for terms like publisher, author, literary agent and dark fantasy to receive daily emails when new content containing those terms is put online. I find some really interesting stuff. Sometimes it’s information I would never…
Why Writing is a Potent Drug. Before I even read this article on Suvudu, I knew it was speaking to the choir. I like articles or posts like this. Always nice to know I’m not alone in my insanity. Writing as a drug. What a great way to put it! I never thought of it that way but it’s…
