I don’t often talk a whole lot about editing on here, largely because the focus of this blog is what I’ve read, but editing work feeds into that, too. After all, editing involves ‘reading’ a manuscript, though in a more active way than if I’m reading something something for pleasure. Still, I feel like theContinueContinue reading “On Editing”
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Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing as a Reader
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. Let’s Talk Bookish always has such interesting prompts! I really do love doing these, and IContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing as a Reader”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Blogging Slumps
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. This is a really interesting one, and something I think most of us struggle with nowContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Blogging Slumps”
Book Blogger Hop: June 23rd – 29th
Book Blogger Hop What questions would you ask any author if you had the chance? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) This is a hard one because it feels like there are so many authors I would just love to actually sit down and talk to. And my questions would totally depend on who it wasContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: June 23rd – 29th”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Books Set in Real Places
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. June 16th: Books Set in Real Places Prompts: Do you like books set in real places?ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Books Set in Real Places”
Top Ten Tuesday: Things Getting in the Way of Reading
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Full prompt: Things Getting in the Way of Reading (what’sContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Things Getting in the Way of Reading”
Book Review: Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
Publisher: Catapult BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: January 19th, 2021 Rating: 5/5 Stars If you are a writer, you need this. That is especially important if you run or even plan on running workshops. I picked this up after a fantastic webinar from Writing the Other. A book like this is important not just because it canContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses”
Blogmas Day Fourteen: Looking Forward to 2022
After my ‘reflections’ post I thought it would a good idea to see what I’ve got coming up next year! And I really am looking forward to next year – I don’t know what it holds, but so far there is some exciting things happening that have me hopeful. In the writing part of things,ContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day Fourteen: Looking Forward to 2022”
Updates!
Just checking in with a quick couple of updates, friends! Things have been very very busy recently and it’s been hard to keep up, but some exciting stuff has happened, and hopefully that’ll continue into the next year. Short Stories When it comes to writing, I’m definitely going into the end of the year onContinueContinue reading “Updates!”
Why I Love Doing NaNoWriMo
At time of writing this, it is November 5th, which means we are five days into National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. This is the month when many writers and would-be writers try to tackle a novel in a single month, aiming for 50,000 words written between November 1st and November 30th. It’sContinueContinue reading “Why I Love Doing NaNoWriMo”
Unwrapping Words 