So, I finally read through all of Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic books. I did it in a weird way too. For those that don’t know, the four books were released in a sort of Star Wars type of way. … Read More ›
Books
Finding the Time
This will be my obligatory “rant about finding the time to write” column. It seems like I write something like this every year. So, if you’re not wanting to read something along those lines, then you’ve been warned. On March… Read More ›
Villains: The Ultimate Evil
The last villain type I want to discuss, for this current series anyway, is the Ultimate Evil. You know the kind. It’s the evil force of nature that threatens to blanket the world in everlasting darkness…or something similar along those… Read More ›
Review of The Maidens
Amazon Rating 4 out of 5 Goodreads Rating 3.63 out of 5 My Rating 2 out of 5 The Silent Patient was one of my favorite reads of last year. In my opinion, Alex Michaelides knocked it out of the… Read More ›
Villains: Family
There’s a reason why Disney movies like using the “evil stepmother” trope in their movies. It’s entirely relatable. Well, okay. Maybe not the whole stepmother contracts a dude to take a child into the forest to kill her, then poisons… Read More ›
Adding Gas to the Fire
So, the plan was to have a nice little rant about another type of fictional villain. However, due to recent events, I feel that it’s my responsibility to rant about yet another book burning. Now, I have joked about burning… Read More ›
Villains: The Antihero
Have you noticed lately that there are more and more protagonists that aren’t…well…heroic? For instance, my mom likes to watch the Fox/Netflix show Lucifer. If you haven’t already guessed the premise, the show’s protagonist is Lucifer Morningstar (that’s right, the devil)… Read More ›
Torture Your Heroes
No one likes to read about characters living normal lives. Have you ever asked someone about the story they’re reading, and they tell you: “Oh, it’s an amazing story where the hero works a 9-5 job, and the villain is an inept boss. But it’s okay… Read More ›
Time to Make Those Resolutions…Again
That’s right, it’s time to make those promises to ourselves in hopes that the dawning of a new year will motivate us to actually commit to them. You guessed it, I’m talking about New Year’s Resolutions. Ugh…am I right? There’s a website I was looking… Read More ›
Failure as a Writing Tool
Around this time every year, I’m either really satisfied with myself or angry with myself. It’s not because it’s the weekend after Thanksgiving and I’ve gorged myself on too much food. And no, it’s not the fact that I may… Read More ›
The Writer's Apocalypse 