Hey, everyone! So I’ve been working my butt off at practically everything but writing this last week. I haven’t been experiencing writer’s block per say, it’s more that I haven’t been able to find the right words and I wasn’t sure where I was going with the scene. So my writing was sluggish and clunky […]
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A Writers Guide e1 – Writing Physical Wounds
So… I was sitting here at my computer building a scene. One character was seeking treatment for a… wound. That’s all I had. So I looked up “types of wounds”… and came up with jack [Except perhaps some medical sites]. I eventually hit on a site that gave me some adjectives like dreadful, ancient, bite, […]
Happy Mother’s Day
It’s Sunday the 14th of May today which means it is mother’s day here in New Zealand! I am off to visit my own mother soon enough for a short walk around the neighbourhood (it is absolutely freezing here, so emphasis on short =P). One thing I wanted to say about my amazing mum is […]
Reality
Don’t you just love it when you awake thinking this day will be like no other, only to find that there is no milk left, your last clean pair of pants has become a bed for your cat and somehow(!) the leftover dinner that was destined to be your lunch has been consumed by the […]
Then Vs Now
I have been writing for a long.. long time. That doesn’t mean I’m great at it, but I am a heck of a lot better than I used to be. So today I thought it would be fun to share a snippet of my writing from when I was younger, followed by an excerpt of […]
Shadows
My book is firmly rooted in the high fantasy genre, as such, I have different races in my story. It was a helluva lot of fun creating these races or putting my own spin or flare on the standards *cough*elves*cough*. When it comes to being original with a preexisting race that has been celebrated throughout […]