Making A Plan

Making a Plan

So, editing is eating my soul.  And by that I mean I’m so deep in the revisions process that getting my brain back to writing for this blog is proving quite difficult. But I’m making a plan.  Two posts a week!  (This totes counts as a whole post.) Even if it’s just to say, “Hey I’m alive! Also, still editing.” (It’ll be longer than that, promise.) Regular updates are back, baby! PS. Puck and I…

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To Nap or Not to Nap

To Nap or Not to Nap

I’m literally writing this just trying to keep myself from napping. I love naps.  Like I really love naps. I used to be good at napping.  In the sense that I could power nap.  In college, I was constantly running around, so every time I could, I would grab 10 minutes and some couch space in the formal lounge of my dorm and nap.  And then off I’d go.  Sometimes, those few naps, occasionally taken…

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Structuring a Series: Part IV

Structuring a Series Part IV: Follow-Up

Welcome back to Structuring a Series! This is mostly a follow-up to the rest of the blog series.  If you haven’t yet read Parts I, II, or III, or familiarized yourselves with Dan Well’s 7 Point Plot Structure, now’s a good time to do it! This installment is for structuring a series that is not a trilogy.  Using this structure is best for series with a serialized structure (or mythology arc)…

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Fall Reading Reviews '15

Fall Reading Reviews ’15

Every season I have a list of books to read; you can find out more information under the Great Book List page.  This season I slightly overdid it with my commitments, but we’ll chalk it up to a learning curve. Below the read more are reviews (with minor spoilers) of Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell, The…

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Downton Abbey Blues

Downton Abbey is over.  Naturally, I’ve been watching the series over again on Prime.  But that and the latest season of Daredevil aren’t enough for me.  So, I thought I’d share some other period shows with awesome ladies being awesome.  They’re listed in chronological order from the time period. 1928-1931: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (on Netflix) The Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher hasn’t taken…

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