Or: How To Win Your Inner Creative Battles and Write Your Novel! “The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.” ― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles…
Welcome, Jade Kerrion, award-winning author of Perfection Unleashed. Jade is on tour to promote the next two books in her Double Helix series: Perfect Betrayal and Perfect Weapon. (Read more about the first two books HERE.) Today Jade will try to answer a couple of the more burning questions I had while reading her perfectly wonderful…
Let’s be honest, during the holidays, I’m too easily distracted by turkeys, big balloons, holiday lights, and snowmen to be much of an effective writer. One thing I am good at is making myself a cup of hot cocoa and curling up with a good book to read. Thus, today I’m bringing you my suggestions for…
Jade Kerrion wants to know: “What would you do if you came face-to-face with perfection, and it looked just like you?” Personally, I’d be quite surprised. All kidding aside, I just finished reading Perfection Unleashed, by Jade Kerrion, book one in a series I’d describe as a brainy, emotional X-Men-like adventure. Honestly, I didn’t know what to…
As a blogger who reads and reviews (discusses) books and a writer who is constantly submitting her books for review, I can’t tell you the number of times the expression, “So many books, so little time!” has come up in my correspondence with other bloggers and reviewers. Well, I’m here today to announce that I’ve…
For avid readers there are many books that are enjoyable, many we might even consider brilliant, but only a few that actually leave a lasting impression on us—for me, Seraphina is one of those books. With her novel, Seraphina, Rachel Hartman joins the ranks of JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, and CS Lewis. Much like Middle…
Welcome to a discussion of Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore. After reading my thoughts, please respond by adding additional comments, opinions, and feel free to heartily disagree with me. (If you haven’t read Bitterblue…spoiler alert, you might want to check back after you’ve read it.) Here goes… Having read Graceling and Fire by Kristin Cashore, I was…
The Graceling Realm Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Kristin Cashore is the author of one of my all time favorite books—GRACELING. Book 1 of the Graceling Realm series. Not only is GRACELING beautifully written, but I absolutely love the heroine of the story. Katsa is everything a female protagonist should be: strong, smart and beautiful. In…
That’s right, I’ve combined two categories. No, wait–I’ve combined two categories and subtracted one. Let me explain… A few nights ago, while watching the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics (not from the awesomeness of London, but from the comfort of my own living room), I happened upon the website and blog of writer…
What intrigued me about Across The Universe wasn’t the promise of yet another YA love story or even a murder mystery set aboard a generation ship. No, what intrigued me was a premise that, in my own geeky way, I’d often wondered about. What if we could be cryogenically frozen alive? Would we dream? Would…