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Why I Stopped Blogging Regularly (and Why I’m Blogging Now)
Featured Image Credit | powerofpositivity.com I haven’t written a proper blog post in about 9 months. All that was posted after that were just titles for stories I hoped to have written at one point (which have now been deleted). Before that, I was posting regularly enough. Some bloggers, like myself, simply tend to have… Continue reading
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The Awesome Blogger Award
Just as I plan on becoming more active with my blog again like I was last year, I get nominated for a blog award and not just any blog award, The Awesome Blogger Award! If there was ever a sign to keep being active, this has to be it. As usual, there are a set… Continue reading
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When You Can’t Make Your Story Work
Featured Image Credit: Cressida Downing | writersandartists.co.uk I’m sure we’ve all had moments like this, where an alluring idea crops up in your mind, you write down a few scenes, characters and your own logic to support it all before hitting a brick wall. Everything looks fine, but something doesn’t feel right. Eventually, after countless hours of… Continue reading
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Are You Underestimating Yourself As a Writer?
Source of Featured Image: Jeff Goins | goinswriter.com As a writer whose knowledge of writing only seems to reach the surface when it’s 100% necessary, I often feel like I underestimate myself. There are days where I wonder if the career should continue to be pursued and others where I can clearly see how much I’ve learned… Continue reading
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Reviews – Venom and Mechanic: Resurrection
Venom [Opening Paragraphs] “Critics panned it. Fans came to its aid and applauded it. Because of that, it garnered even more attention and became a hit at the box office after releasing in China. Nearly 2 years later, does it still hold up? Venom had 2 things that Spider-Man 3‘s incarnation of the villain/anti-hero disregarded entirely: proper… Continue reading
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Review – Harley Quinn: Birds Of Prey
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) The level of anticipation for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) couldn’t have been lower after the release of the 1st trailer. It looked like a Suicide Squad-esque mess with no real sense of… Continue reading
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Ko-Fi Post: Review – Harley Quinn (Animated Series) (Season 1)
Ever since the release of Suicide Squad in 2016, Harley Quinn has become one of DC’s most bankable comic characters to adapt. That’s something that still proved to be true not only when Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) went into production, but also when trailers dropped for an eponymous TV… Continue reading
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Ko-Fi Post – Short Story: Café Cliché
Synopsis: Lucy invites her best friend, Ben, out for an afternoon coffee at a coffee shop that seemed to have emerged recently, Café Cliché. While Ben is unaware of anything distinct about the location, it is soon revealed that Lucy’s invitation was part of a plan to show Ben the entertaining and heartbreaking love story… Continue reading
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What the 1st Paragraph of Your WIP Should Do
Featured Image Credit: Joel Lee | makeuseof.com There’s only so much that can be done with a first line before it ends up turning into a paragraph with no periods. That can be a headache for any reader. Compelling first lines can be tricky. First paragraphs, however, have more to offer a reader wanting to… Continue reading
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The Validity of Writing in Multiple Genres
Featured Image Credit: marketing-eficaz.net It’s been long said that writers of all sorts should stick to a singular genre; whatever category your first story ended up in, you shouldn’t veer outside of that world. All I can say is whoever came up with that so-called logic mustn’t have been confident in their abilities. In reality,… Continue reading