Here is the second and final part of my February 2023 reading recap. If you haven’t read part 1, you can find it here. To learn more about each book, click on the cover to visit the publisher’s website. Here are the last six books I read during February, continuing in chronological order: 7) Enemy’s… Continue reading Reading Recap February 2023 – Part 2
Back in January, I read 15 books. In February, since the month is a little shorter and I had a medical emergency halfway through it, I only managed to read 12. Most of the novels were YA fantasy, but I did read an adult contemporary and a couple adult Star Wars books. To learn more… Continue reading Reading Recap February 2023 – Part 1
As an aspiring writer, it’s to be expected that writing is one of my hobbies. While this is true, there are other activities I enjoy just as much and am just as passionate about. Some of them are predictable, like reading, but I think others may surprise you. Reading Since I subscribe to the age-old… Continue reading The Non-Writing Hobbies of a Writer
Reading Recap January 2023 - Part 3 Here is the third and final part of my January 2023 reading recap. If you’re looking for more book recommendations, check out part 1 and part 2 of this blog post series. To learn more about each book, click on the cover to visit the publisher’s website. Here… Continue reading Reading Recap January 2023 – Part 3
As promised, here is part 2 of my January 2023 reading recap. If you haven’t read part 1, you can find it here. To learn more about each book, click on the cover to visit the publisher’s website. Here are the next five books I read during January, continuing in chronological order: 6) Stone Cold… Continue reading Reading Recap January 2023 – Part 2
A new type of post I’m doing for 2023 is a monthly reading round-up, where I recap and review the books I read during the month. In January, I read 15 books, YA and adult, ranging from sci-fi to contemporary, romance to fantasy. To learn more about each book, click on the cover to visit… Continue reading Reading Recap January 2023 – Part 1
I mentioned in an earlier post that I sometimes use creative writing prompts to kickstart my writing mood. Well, a couple of weeks ago, I randomly chose to respond to this prompt from Promptuarium. It seemed like an intriguing premise, so I let my imagination fly. I’d planned to write only a few paragraphs expanding… Continue reading A New Writing Project?
I’ve been experiencing some major writer’s block recently, struggling to find any writing inspiration. Even writing this blog post has been difficult. So, instead of searching for inspiration from within, I decided to look for it in the world around me. If I try to force myself to write when I’m feeling uninspired, I either… Continue reading Inspiration Is All Around Us
Unlike a lot of authors I’ve read, I did not always want to be a writer. My journey to writing didn’t involve an “ah-ha” moment where I immediately realized my love of writing and knew I wanted to do it my whole life. Instead, my love for writing was more of a gradual discovery during… Continue reading My Journey to Writing
In the last few years, several of my favorite young adult novels have been republished with new editions featuring new book covers. This trend has been slowly expanding, so I thought I would do a side-by-side comparison of some of my favorite YA cover transformations. Most of these are from books that I’ve already read,… Continue reading Original vs. New YA Book Covers
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