You know those passages that make you excited to be a writer. Those descriptions you have to read twice maybe even three times because they are just that good. As a lover of all things horror and dark, I get excited about chilling line and passages. “A kind of nervous restless which haunted me as a fiend.” (Poe M.S Found in…
Ever read book you didn’t want to finish because it’s that good; a book where you can’t help but break out the highlighter? I loved King of Thorns. Another amazing cover by the way. This is the second book in Mark Lawrence’s The Broken Empire series. The first was Prince of Thorns. The story centers around one major event…
Why are people, including me of course, making the switch from paper to ebooks without much thought? I said before, I’m more interested in the content not the wrappers. It’s still true but, working with old books has me thinking even deeper. The books, physically, today aren’t anything spectacular. They aren’t collectibles. Some have nice…
Examining how I buy books is helping me develop a marketing plan for my own WIP. I’m becoming a bookstore’s worst nightmare. Okay, a little over dramatic. I haven’t yet jumped to the dark side but I’m so close. I grew up with print books and thought the whole eBook thing was so unfortunate- like the beginning of…
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…
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’ve read often how important it is for writers to have a blog. I was glad because I enjoy blogging but recently, I came across an article where a writer said it was a wast of time. I started thinking am I spending too much time on something that’ll do nothing to promote my brand and…
I read this interesting review about Prince of Thorns recently. What got me thinking wasn’t the review itself but this statement: “I’d heard so much that I was starting to fall into the ‘There is so much hype that it is bound to be terrible’ camp.” This is not the first time I’ve come across a statement like…
I started reading A Game of Thrones then stopped. Started reading Wraeththu by Storm Constantine then stopped. Didn’t even make it halfway through. Started Shadows in the Asylum by D.A. Stern then…stopped. Notice a pattern. I can’t find any flaws in the story. They got great reviews. The writing was brilliant but after a while, I just got…
