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. For this one, I’ve pulled from a few different places.ContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Posts I’ve Written That Give You the Best Glimpse of Me “
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On Editing
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”
Top Ten Tuesday: Writing Errors
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. I’m deviating from the prompt this week. The actual promptContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Writing Errors”
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”
NaNoWriMo Is Here
Yep, we have reached that time of year some writers love, and some absolutely dread with every fibre of their being. A few times in the past, I’ve sworn off doing NaNoWriMo – “I don’t have time this year!” – but by the first, an idea has festered in my brain and demands to beContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Is Here”
No Killer, No Filler
Ah, writing. It comes so easily, doesn’t it? The words just flowing from your fingertips, the wonderful sound of keyboard keys clanking, being hit, one after the other, over and over until you have a sentence, a paragraph, a chapter…a book… Full of the same words. Just. Very. That. Suddenly. Started. Then. There are certainContinueContinue reading “No Killer, No Filler”
Play Time
One thing writers are told time and time again is to read everything they can get their hands on. You cannot be a writer unless you’re a reader; otherwise, how do you know what’s gone before? Plus, reading books allows you to see how sentences are crafted and with a keen eye you can seeContinueContinue reading “Play Time”
Unwrapping Words 