Hell hath no fury like a woman’s favourite character scorned — I recently read Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Silver Flames, the latest instalment in her massively popular YA series “A Court Of Thornes And Roses”. …

Reviewing the responses I get from telling people I am a writer — For a long time, maybe since I was eight, I have defined myself by the statement “I am a writer”. To many people, this can mean different things. It could mean you’ve written a book. Or you’ve written more than one book. Or you have New York Times best-sellers, and…

Remembering to have fun with your passions — no matter how passionate you are about them — Up until a really short while ago, I was in a bit of a rut when it came to writing. I was deep in what I now believe was Writer’s Burnout. Now, it’s not like I aspired to be the next J. K. Rowling or Stephen King (though it wouldn’t…

Practice makes perfect, I know, I know — I have always loved writing. I know it sounds cheesy, but it is something I believe I was just born to do. I started writing as early as 8 years old, around the time I read a book without pictures for the first time. It was a very eye-opening experience…

Dark Wolfe is doing a number on me — I remember being great. I remember being able to sit down at my computer like I’m doing now, decide to write a full-length chapter in a day, and then do it. Just like that. I’m not saying the chapter took a short time to write or was easy to write…

The necessities of creativity and invention — If one reads for escapism, can it also be said that they write for escapism as well? If we seek out novels to achieve some sort of wish-fulfillment, is that why we so often become sad or angry if the story doesn’t go the way we want it to? Or…

Navigating life with self-agency — I grew up as a Christian. There was nothing else that I could have been. My mother and father are both Christians so they raised us accordingly. And not just any Christians. We’re Seventh-Day Adventists. My mother was previously Catholic, but when she married my dad she switched to Protestant…

You gotta do what you gotta do — For a very long time in my writing process, I found myself having writer’s block. This was not because I had a shortage of ideas. Oh, no. If you read my article linked below, you will see that having ideas come to me was not my problem. How I Plotted Dark Wolfe I just couldn’t stop my train of thoughtmedium.com What was my…

This book-writing thing is getting serious — Alright, so if you’ve been following me on my writing journey even a little bit, you’ll know that my characters kind of live in my mind right now. As I wrote in my article linked below, I’ve been thinking about the book I’m currently writing for a long time now…