What Makes It Epic?

Two weeks ago I asked this very important question, and last week I asked this one. Today I’m asking the final question in this series…

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My Favorite Female Writers

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, I’d like to pay something of an homage to my favorite female writers. The following women are everything I aspire to be as a writer. Also, from what I’ve heard, they’re pretty cool people, too. Jennifer Niven Starting off this list with my newest fave. I’ve only read one […]

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Writing Tip: Don’t Focus on Theme (in the first draft)

I gave away what I’m going to be talking about in my title. But this is really important, so please read on…

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What Keeps You Reading?

Last week I asked this very important question, and this week I’m asking something equally important…

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What Draws You Into A Story?

I haven’t decided what my next Learning from the Masters lesson will be. So for today, I’m asking a very important question…

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

I read Neil Gaiman’s latest oeuvre this week, and I’m here to tell you what I thought…

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Writing Tip: The Myth of The “Great Idea”

The other day I was talking to someone about my book…

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MK’s Book Reviews: All The Bright Places

Apologies for the longer-than-expected hiatus! It’s been quite the busy week and a half. Changes are coming my way. Which is terrifying, but good. I hope. More on that later. Today I want to talk about the reason I bawled myself to sleep last night. Unsurprisingly, it was because of a book. You may have heard […]

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Friday Things

Happy Friday!

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MK’s Book Reviews: Shadow and Bone

If you follow me on Twitter at all you may have seen me freaking out about this book a bit lately…

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