Normally, I find my inspiration while out and about. I wander through parks and see other people talking or playing. I go to work and hear a funny story or experience something new. However, in mid-March, everything changed. We’re not meant to go out. We can’t socialize in person, can’t wander through parks, can’t find…
As a writer, I’ve found that I’m always between the feelings of “Wow. This is amazing!” and “Why on earth would anyone want to read what I have to say?!” We all feel it. That dread and anxiety of possibly never being good enough, and more than that, we’re shown it through a number of…
Within the past two months, I have written a total of 700 words on my novel. I know… I’d better slow down or I’ll have it written in the next decade or so. The thing is, I’ve never written fantasy before. I’ve always stuck to the “write what you know” motto, but now, I find…
C.S. Lewis once wrote, “One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.” When I was in college, I took a 19th Century British Lit class focused on solely on fantasy literature of the Victorian Era. Prior to this, I had never really thought of fantasy being older than the Hobbits, Wizards,…
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