Writing Tips – Book Reviews – Productivity for Creatives
One of the best ways to stand out in the slush pile is through a good, solid hook. However, a poorly written hook is one of the quickest ways to get rejected. But why is that? Because first impressions are everything. Here is a guide to some of the five most common bad beginnings I saw and a couple of tips on what you can do to fix them to snag your audience hook, line, and sinker.
can’t seem to get your leg up on the competition and make your work shine? As an intern for a small press, here are five of the biggest pitfalls that cause me to reject a story from the slush pile.
This review has been so long in coming! I finished reading the The Walking Chaos Trilogy by Patrick Ness around Christmas time and I’m so excited to finally share the review with you! Synopsis Todd Hewitt lives in Prentisstown, a village where privacy is impossible. A disease called the Noise causes everyone’s thoughts to be… Continue reading Book Review: Chaos Walking Trilogy, by Patrick Ness
I am so stoked to share my latest review with you! I recently finished The Stolen Kingdom series by Bethany Atazadeh and it was a delight to read! Synopsis Arie is the heir to Hodafez and holds a gift that could cost her life: the ability to read minds when others are thinking directly about… Continue reading Book Review: The Stolen Kingdom Series, by Bethany Atazadeh
I would like to try a little experiment. I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a newsletter. However, I’ve been doing a lot of research and found myself faced with a few barriers that will take some time to overcome, so I’ve decided in the meantime, I’m going to try writing a type of… Continue reading March Newsletter
As promised, here is the review of the last half of The School for Good and Evil books. It took me so darn long to get this done because 1) I wasn’t very smart about how I put the books on hold (I put them on hold as I finished one, instead of multiple at… Continue reading Book Review: The School for Good and Evil, Books 4-6, by Sonam Chainani
2021 is finally here! I’m sure the rest of you are just as relieved as I am to have a fresh start at new goals and new plans! I’m a little late to the “New Years” train this year because I’ve had three family traumas on the same side of the family in the past… Continue reading 2021 Goals and Intentions
National Novel Writing Month is over! Every year I feel like it is the longest month of my life, and then BAM. It’s December. This year for NaNoWriMo, in tandem with the normal manners of accountability, I decided to see if I could amp up my productivity and word count by using Alexa Donne’s Star… Continue reading The Star Sticker Method: Does It Really Work?
Have you ever had days where you feel like you have a limited number of words in you and once you hit it, you can’t produce anymore? That is me this week. National Novel Writing Month is well under way now and I’ve been meaning to write this blog post, but since I have hit… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Weeks 2 & 3: Survival Tips
It has been so long since I last posted a review. I have been working through The School for Good and Evil series by Sonam Chainani and as it turns out...the series has six books in total. I didn’t expect that! I thought it was only three! But it works out, because as I’ve gotten… Continue reading Book Review: The School for Good and Evil, Books 1-3, by Sonam Chainani
The Plotter's Apprentice 