Friday Things

This week. I just can’t.

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Learning From The Masters: Setting the Scene

Time for another example of how the brilliant authors who came before me introduced readers to a setting without making it boring…

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In The Spirit of “Why Not” Travel…

I got an email last week from my friend saying they were heading to Grenada for her husband’s birthday in a month. And would we like to come?

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MK’s Book Reviews: Panic

I’ve written about how much I love Lauren Oliver‘s writing before, so it was no surprise that I loved this book…

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The One Thing You Need to Keep Readers Reading

I was writing a scene in my current manuscript–and I was getting bored. This was not good. If I, the writer, was bored writing this scene–what are the readers going to think? Boredom is definitely not the emotion you want your readers to feel. So I looked back on the scene I was writing and […]

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Closer to the Mountain

Here’s my take on the New Year’s Resolution thing. I saw a brilliant idea somewhere, and I wish I could remember where so I could give the author credit…

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Friday Things

The first week in January is always an odd one.

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Learning From The Masters: Setting the Scene

On Monday I discussed the struggles of toeing the line between too much description and not enough. And on Twitter I’ve been tweeting about my frustrations in trying to accurately describe the massive castle my story takes place in without bogging my writing down with too much detail. So today I decided to see how […]

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: The Pros and Cons of Traveling Off-Season

The reason people like to travel in warm weather is obvious. But I don’t always like to do this, and here’s why…

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Girl of Fire and Thorns

So after a 3-star book streak, I finally read a book I adored…

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