“HEY, TEA, MY HEART’S A BIT DEAD…MIND RAISING IT FOR ME? Reading The Bone Witch trilogy by Rin Chupeco was not only an exhilarating experience as a reader, but as a writer, I found this Asian author’s work to be compelling. By this, I mean that The Bone Witch trilogy is not just about one … Continue reading THE SHADOWGLASS BY RIN CHUPECO|| THANK YOU FOR THE HEARTACHE, RIN
Contemporary is a genre I very often overlook. A lot of the contemporaries I had read as a teenager were very generic and not at all to my taste. I wasn't (and still am not) a fan of romance - which many books revolved around back then - and the characters were all white unrelatable*. But … Continue reading UPCOMING CONTEMPORARY READS BY POC AUTHORS
"Your screeching review made me read this book!"* Cue the ~environment friendly!~ confetti.Hearing someone tell you that your constant jibbery-jabbery about a book convinced to pick it up is one of the most flattering thing a blogger can hear! But to be told that the reader loved said book, now that is cause for a … Continue reading BLOGGERS YOU’LL ADORE & THE BOOKS THEY MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH
I love girls with just the right balance of being ruthless and tender. Falling in to Rin Chupeco’s The Bone Witch was inevitable! The Bone Witch with its endearing prose and diverse culture seduced me entirely. When I first picked up the book, I had assumed the plot would follow the “Chosen One” trope, in … Continue reading THE BONE WITCH BY RIN CHUPECO: A LUSCIOUS AND DARK BOOK I DEVOURED
One of the toughest things for me as a writer was learning how to outline my novel. To be honest I was the most terrible of terribles; I would fill page after page of characters doing the weirdest shit and never got anywhere with my plot. At some point, a plot device would pop up … Continue reading HOW I OUTLINE MY NOVEL – TIPS & TRICKS TO SAVE YOUR MEANDERING MIND
