Works in Progress
Hello wonderful readers! Back in January I set down my goal to have another book ready to go within a year. I want to be accountable to both my readers and to myself. I thought that a good way to let people know that I’m keeping up with that goal would be to create an […]
What I’m Reading – Moonlight Over Paris
I just finished reading Moonlight Over Paris by the wonderful Canadian author, Jennifer Robson. Moonlight Over Paris is her third book, fitting loosely with her first two novels. This novel features Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr who was the jilted fiance in her second novel, After the War is Over. I quite enjoyed the dichotomy of culture […]
Take time for you
Sometimes you just need to take a break. I try to work on my projects every day, but I make sure that I take a break when I really need to. If you’re sick, tired, worn out or feeling miserably uncreative then you’re not going to do good work and you’re not going to enjoy […]
Favourite YouTuber Spotlight – Taylor Davis
Taylor is a violinist who is best known for her video-game and film music/covers. She is massively talented and has some incredibly beautiful pieces, both original and cover pieces. She does some gorgeous collaborations with Peter Hollens, which is how I first discovered her. Here are a few of her videos Into the West feat. […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! My Favourite Literary Couples!
I have read a lot of books and there are definitely some couples that stand out more than others in my literary memory. I’ve scoured through my collection and picked out some of my favourite couples in honor of Valentine’s Day! I can’t write too much about each pairing because I really don’t want to […]
World Building
I’ve always been kind of fascinated by world building and I get to explore it in-depth in one of my projects. In many cases the setting you develop is just as important as the characters, and can, in fact, be MORE important. The setting that you choose can affect your characters in many ways. It […]
What I’m Reading – The Conqueror’s Wife
I love this book. When I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about reading it. The title is a bit misleading considering only one of the four POV characters is a wife of Alexander the Great, the others are the sister of one of his wives, his bff/male lover and his sister. Two of his […]