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S.E.’s Favorite Mentor Characters in Literature

2026-07-15
SE White
Blogging, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

Today’s favorites list (which literally no one asked for) is all about those wise, solemn characters who give guidance to the other characters in some of my favorite books. Because I am me, they deliver this instruction with a healthy helping of sarcasm and sass. It’s just not quality counsel without that sassy component. Today’s favorite: Teacher/Mentor Characters Dimitri Belikov–Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead Let’s go ahead and lead off with my (definitely inappropriate) love of May/December romances. Dimitri is EXACTLY what…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Has Tunes

2026-04-01
SE White
Blogging, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

It’s April 1st and this is not a trick, it’s IWSG Day. I’m assuming the timing only comes around once every few years, so enjoy the irony while you can, bookworms! To sign up for the group yourself, go here. You can also find us out and about on the interwebs by looking for @TheIWSG and #IWSG. We owe our thank you comments this month to Melissa Maygrove, Cathrina Constantine, Kate Larkinsdale, and Rebecca Douglass! Thanks for co-hosting! And the question…

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The IWSG and 15 Sparkly Fun Fail Safe Ways to Get People to Buy Your Book, Guaranteed*

2026-03-04
SE White
Recommendations, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Writing Process

*By “Guaranteed” I mean “I have no idea, take these suggestions at your own risk, this list is just for fun, please don’t sue me when it isn’t fail safe and doesn’t work”* The Insecure Writer’s Support Group meets monthly, online, so you can air out and dismiss your anxieties in the comfort of the group setting where we are always on your side. If you’d like to join, go here. Our generous co-hosts this month are PJ Colando, Ronel Janse…

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The Great Blogging Wrap-Up of 2025

2025-12-10
SE White
Blogging, Holiday Wishes, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

Lets get to some maths for the year. Although I am terrible at all types of maths, I still genuinely have a lot of fun breaking my blogging year down in stats. I acknowledge that this is boring for anyone other than myself or other book bloggers. But my philosophy there is Bore Big or Go Home, so on that note, other bloggers if you’re interested the 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017 breakdowns are linked. 2020 was a lot of…

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My Favorite Books With a Lovely Yellow Hue

2025-07-23
SE White
Blogging, Recommendations, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

My favorite color is yellow. It’s the color of sunshine, hope, happiness. It’s an energetic color and it makes me feel positive. It’s also summer, which makes the sunshine even more appropriate. Just because I feel like it and it’s sunny, here’s a list of books with my favorite color on the cover for you! All photos and descriptions are from Goodreads. 1. The Girl With All The Gifts This one was such a great subversion of the zombie trope,…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Brings the Nostalgia

2025-06-04
SE White
Blogging

It’s the first Wednesday in June, so let’s rock the neurotic writing world together in our group! The Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG, if you’re social media inclined. To sign up for the group’s blog hop, go here. As always we have lovely co-hosts this month to thank. They are PJ Colando, Pat Garcia, Kim Lajevardi, Melisa Maygrove, and Jean Davis for the month of June. And there’s an optional question to answer: What were some books that impacted you as a…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is Limitless

2025-03-05
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Silliness

It’s the first Wednesday of March, which means it must be Insecure Writer’s Support Group day! Come bask in the glorious sound of your insecurities being smushed into flat little pancakes like the useless entities they are. Join the group here. Our lovely co-hosts this month are Ronel Janse Van Vuuren, Pat Garcia, and Liza @ Middle Passages! Give them a click and a comment for their kind work today, if you’d be so kind. And the question for this month is: If…

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My Favorite Couples in Love

2025-02-12
SE White
Blogging, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

In honor of Valentine’s Day: Fictional Couples This topic speaks to me on a deep, personal level as an author of romance. I read all around the genre spectrum. From horror to sci-fi to fantasy, with a short detour in middle grade and a light stop at young adult. Set me loose in a bookstore and I’m hopping between shelves like a monkey on banana-based amphetamines. But there’s one subplot which will always catch and keep my attention. If a book,…

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Autumn Favorites: Pumpkin Spice Horror Edition

2024-10-16
SE White
Blogging, Friday Favorites, Recommendations, Top 10 Lists

AKA my Favorite Fall Weather Reads Yes, I am one of those annoying people who love pumpkin spice and celebrate the season it shows up in everything. I admit this with zero shame, because pumpkin spice is the best. And you know what’s even better? Apples. And caramel. And caramel apples. And butternut squash, pecans, maple, cinnamon, cloves…basically every food item in autumn. I have learned how to make pumpkin spice (it’s super easy) so I can include the flavor…

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10 Fun Pranks to Play on a Bookworm

2024-06-26
SE White
Silliness, Top 10 Lists

Although a substantial portion of us are introverted and pranks are associated with attention-getting extroverts, the reality is that a lot of us introverts love a well played trick. We can have a wickedly quiet sense of humor, and it can come out in some surprisingly literary ways. Here are ten ways to pull a literary joke on your favorite book-loving friend. (With thanks to Ginni Chen over at Barnes and Noble blog for some of the ideas used, you…

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