March 1: TBR Books (we all have those books on our TBR that we know will be favorites, but just sit on our TBR forever) Ah, the beautiful Mount TBR, smoking gently in the light of my bedside lamp, just waiting patiently to explode. Foothills made of giftcard purchases and one-click Kindle freebies. Small, winding paths [...]
Friday Favorites is a fun new hop created by Somethingofthebook, aka the best bookstagram challenge creator ever. Click on the link and come join! This week's favorite is totally appropriate and one of the best parts of reading romance, in my humble opinion. Oh, those declarations of love! If you tell me you never rewound and [...]
Friday Favorites is a brand new blog hop from Somethingofthebook. Come hop around your favorites with us! All bookworms are welcome. February 8th Favorites: Fictional Couples This week's topic speaks to me on a deep, personal level. I read all around the genre spectrum. From horror to sci-fi to fantasy to romance, with a short detour in [...]
This is an Insecure Writer's Support Group post. Come, writers of all neurotic types, and join us. Any and all are welcome and the support is unbeatable. Our Co-Hosts this month are Raimey Gallant (Hi!!), Natalie Aguirre, CV Grehan and Michelle Wallace. Don't forget to go over and show them some loving support. The (optional) question for this February 6th: Besides [...]
Friday Favorites is a new weekly blog hop from Something of the Book.com. Come join in! Today's favorite: Teacher/Mentor Characters Dimitri Belikov--Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead Let's go ahead and lead off with my (probably inappropriate) love of May/December romances. Dimitri is EXACTLY what I want in my mentor characters. Grumpy, older, hot, with a sexy Russian accent, [...]
It happened. The thing you've been dreading, avoiding, secretly praying will pass you by forever. Negative feedback. Maybe it's kindhearted constructive criticism (OUCH) or maybe it's a scathing one-star take down of your entire book (FUCKING OUCH OW PAIN). No matter what form it takes this kind of feedback is hard on you. I know [...]
Friday Favorites is a prompt created by Kibby at Something of the Book and it's a brand new blog hop. Come and join us! Today's favorites: Old School YA books (YA release before 2000) *rubs hands together* Alright, bookworms. Let's get this party started. Surprising absolutely no one, Tamora Pierce is about to feature heavily in my [...]
Although maths is not my strong point, I can handle a little statistics. Strap-in and let's do some statisticking. Blogging-wise, 2018 was a pretty good year and I always have fun breaking it down. Visitors in 2018: 1,535 Top 5 Posts from 2018: 16 Parenting Sites/Magazines that Will Pay You to Write for Them (I will [...]
This is an Insecure Writer's Support Group post. The group is all about no judgment, secure support for every writer. We post once a month and reach out to each other for support, tips, ideas, encouragement, and occasional lists. It's the most wonderful time of the year, every month. Come join! This month's co-hosts are JH Moncrieff, Tonja [...]
It's currently snowing and you know what? Watching the flakes drift down, inhaling the steam from my spicy orange tea, it's the perfect time for a cozy read. Yes, please. These ten books are all tried and tested favorites. They usually only come out when life is sucking major donkey balls, I'm sick, or it's [...]