I decided to do something different for today’s post. I used a random word generator to determine today’s blog post topic and as you will have seen by the title, the word I got was newspapers. Newspapers is actually a good topic, because this is something I talk about a bit with other people because…
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What makes a character feel real?
Have you ever read a book where you were rooting for the main character? Maybe you cried and laughed along with them? In other words, have you read a book where the characters felt real? Becoming invested in the characters is always something that guarantees I will love the book. In fact, I have a…
A to Z flood
Well, it’s been two and a half months since I have posted. Oops. Life has been very busy this year. Much more so than I expected. I keep thinking of things I want to post, but I just haven’t had the time to sit and write the posts. I’m not going to promise anything for…
#ownvoices is moving on
Like everything in life, when something becomes more mainstream, people start using it as a marketing ploy. The same thing has happened to the #ownvoices movement in the publishing industry: We Need Diverse Books announced that it will no longer refer to books using the term #OwnVoices. Instead, they will use “specific descriptions that authors…