Young Adult. A popular genre in Book World. It's also one genre that carries cliches on its back. We all know the stereotype: young, 16 year old girl, virgin, no drinking, drugs, or partying of any type whatsoever. The outcast with 1-3 close specific friends. Sheltered. Bland, blah, and so exhausted.
I haven't picked up a good YA novel in a while. I think the last one that didn't have a stereotypical...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
Scattered Thoughts
So far, all of my posts have been scattered, disjointed thoughts.
A broken road-map from point A to point B where I visit points C-Z first.
My mind works in a scattered way. I will have a thought or idea and to vocalize that thought I feel like I'm jumping down the rabbit hole just to get it out....
Friday, March 25, 2016
There's More to Me Than You'd Think
There's more to me than even I would like to think.
I am not just a writer. I am not just a wife. I am not just a mother. I am not just a woman.
I am all those things. I am creator, maid, laundress, reader, writer, play-thing, musician, singer, seamstress. I am queen, princess, peasant. I am my daughter's...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
For The First Time Ever...I'm Doing A Thing
And that thing is....*drum roll, please*....plotting.
Yes, for 25 years I have been what writers refer to as a pantser, ie. a person who writes by the seat of their pants. I have never in my life plotted, made notes, researched, wrote out character notes. None of that. I would get a story in my head...
Monday, March 21, 2016
Research...You Mindless, Fickle Being
Writing fiction means you make up the rules. You create the world, the religions, the culture, the beliefs. You create the characters. You control everything.
Until you publish and you get criticized for the decisions you make. They say, "You didn't follow the rules." "That's not how it's supposed to be."
You could tell them all to screw off, that you make your own damn rules. But the things they...
Saturday, March 19, 2016
The Things You Find Online
It is a known fact that you can find anything, and I do mean anything, on the internet.
Especially when you're doing research that involves mythical creatures.
Hence, I present to you a journey to the perfect mini-vacay: Mermaids.
Whilst Googling pictures for mermaid inspiration I came across this article by ABCNews. It introduces a school in Canada, specifically a mermaid school. AquaSirene is...
Friday, March 18, 2016
Gonna Try This NaNoWriMo Thing Again
This time, I've signed up for Camp NanoWrimo. Instead of 50,000 words, I can set my own limit. I've set it at 25K words, hoping I can make or even beat that goal.
I will be working on the same novel I tried to work on last time, but I hope to actually get some work done this time.
A lot of people think being a writer means you wake up, write, do life, sleep, and repeat. Not true. AT ALL.
Most of...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
I Suck At This...
Blogging thing. I make 2 posts, all ready and fired up to do this writer thing and I never again come back online.
I could tell you that I was busy (I actually was in November which is why I never finished my NaNoWriMo '15 story) but the truth is I just don't have anything to say.
I spend my days watching TV and playing with Lil Miss. There's nothing else to do in this small town when you have no...
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