A lot of us are fantasy lovers. We love the larger-than-life elements of a fantasy novel that break us away from mundane and stressful...

This week, I’m going to give a bit of an update, but also just talk about the general experience Kristin and I are having since receiving...

Back again for another fun month of book suggestions? Here are the things Kristin and I have been reading since the last wrap-up. Be sure...

Hey, Everyone! Kristin and I are taking this week off for the holiday, but we'll be back next week with the November Monthly Reading...

This week we are talking about symbolism: specifically, how one series uses symbolism to emphasize meaning and overall tone. We use...

If you read the October Monthly Reading Wrap-Up, you’ll see the series I’m currently re-reading is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins....

This week we’re talking about death (also fitting because this week was day of the dead). Killing off your characters can have a huge...

Back again for another fun month of book suggestions? Here are the things Kristin and I have been reading since the last wrap-up. Be sure...

Ah, yes. You see our topic for this week correctly. We’re going to talk about the dreaded rewrite. *Insert thunder and lightning* I feel...

Back again for another fun month of book suggestions? Here are the things Kristin and I have been reading since the last wrap-up. Be sure...

All of us, at some point in our writer lifetime, have had moments where we question our work, we question ourselves and our ability to...

Think about your favorite stories for a second. Does it seem like a lot of them have the same sort of vibe character-wise? You know what...

This week we’re talking about formatting. More specifically, how to make your manuscript easy to read and how to go straight onto a...

Back again for another fun month of book suggestions? Here are the things Kristin and I have been reading since the last wrap-up. Be sure...

While it’s nice to sit down and write to your heart’s content and the words flow endlessly from your fingertips until–bam! You write...

A few weeks ago, I started reading Amie Kaufman’s new YA book, The Isles of the Gods, and I noticed something really interesting in the...

So this week I thought I would dive back into characters and more specifically, how to take an idea for a character and bring them to...

Sometimes when you’re reading, you just get in a mood for something, you know? With me, I might go stretches where I want something...

Hey, everyone! Here we go again for month #5 of the Monthly Reading Wrap-Up. Here’s some of the cool things we read this month. Be sure...

I have been musing on characters. If you’ve been reading along so far, you probably already know that I tend to talk about characters a...