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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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Pleading for Some Change in the Book Industry, an IWSG Post

2026-07-01
SE White
Blogging, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is a place where writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. It’s a safe haven for you on your author journey and available at this website where you can also find resources, articles, and various other help. The awesome co-hosts for the July 1, 2026 posting of the IWSG are Rebecca Douglass, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Cathrina Constantine, and Jacqui Murray!Don’t forget to go say hello as you’re hopping…

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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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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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SE and that Summer Classical Feel

2022-08-10
SE White
Blogging, Friday Favorites, Recommendations, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

The recent recommendation posts going up on my site may lead readers to believe that all I ever read is filthy, filthy smut. And this is 90% accurate. But I am also an intense mood reader and sometimes I’m in a different reading mood. Then I turn to either horror, or my other surprise favorite: classical literature. I know. I know. Wtf, SE? How random can you get? Just wait, it gets even less comprehensible. Because if I’m being honest,…

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10 Books That Have All the Sensory Feels

2022-03-10
SE White
Blogging, Recommendations, Reviews, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Top Ten Tuesdays

This is all about the trip down memory lane. It sounds strange at first to think a book, dead leaves stuffed full of inky imprints of soul, could come with a strong sensory memory attached to anything other than your eyes. But if you think about it, a lot of different things combine to be part of the reading experience. Where you were, what you were going through at the time, your environment, even what you were eating. Most of…

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Author Life: Tiptoe Through the AHHH TOO MANY BUTTERFLIES GET THEM OFF OF ME

2021-06-16
SE White
Blogging, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books

I’m going to take a leap of faith and generalize something because this has been bothering me lately and I want it out in the world to bother you, too. Although in any other context generalizing is a BAD IDEA and I should never ever do it…in this one case I think it’s less a stereotype and more of a sterling truth. Authors/Writers live a life stuffed full of imaginings. I feel like this is true of all of us.…

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My Favorite Things About Being a Reader

2021-02-24
SE White
Blogging, Friday Favorites, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

Today we’re doing a listicle, because listicles are so fun. And gifs are even better. Combining the two? The Very Best, even though it makes a silly word (gificle? gifsticle? giflist? Whatever it’s fantastic and I’m going with it). Let’s all celebrate the high points of bookworm life. 1. I have a whole house filled with books. FILLED, I SAY. Floor space? Who needs floor space? Not me. 2. Reading is a ready-made pastime. A book is suitable for any…

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10 Reasons Writers Are Definitely Creatures of the Night; Author Toolbox Post

2020-07-15
SE White
Author Toolbox Blog Hop Post, Blogging, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Writing Process

We function best with comfy, secluded, darkened spaces. In a house, there was a writing cave. Inside that writing cave, there was a desk. At that desk, there was an author and an empty notebook. Under that desk, there was a blanket fort, and in that blanket fort there was . . . a writer’s block. See? It just works. 2. Random screams into the void have high probability. Also we’ll hiss at our Word program, to assert dominance, after…

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