Cover Reveal: BLOOD AND WATER by Briana Morgan

Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today, I am honored and very excited to reveal the cover and details for BLOOD AND WATER, a post-apocalyptic Young-Adult novel penned by my good friend, Briana Morgan. She is a wonderful young author, highly driven and dedicated to her craft, destined for greatness! I’ve been lucky enough to…

Heroines in YA Novels

Young Adult is a booming genre in the literary world, an unstoppable juggernaut that refuses to back down. A few weeks ago I discussed What YA novels are, and part of their success is easily attributed to the way YA novels tear down societal and cultural preconceptions. YA’s most distinctive feature – aside from its targeted…

Opinion: Writers Deserve More Respect

A few days ago, Twitter did what it does best, and invented a hashtag that stormed through the millions of interconnected devices and into our homes, offices, and study spaces. The #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter hashtag (which then turned into half a dozen other tags) was typical Twitter fare – part sarcasm, part venting, part sincerity, part honest…

What is…YA?

Hello! Welcome to the first in a series of posts highlighting various genres and concepts inside the writing world. I’ll be opening the floor to questions and suggested articles at the end of this post, and I’d love to hear your thoughts too. Today’s topic – what is Young Adult fiction? An Unstoppable Force As…

The Real Neat Blog Award

Thank you to the wonderful Michelle of Writing Hufflepuff for this nomination! You should definitely check out her blog for all things bookish! The rules of this award are simple. Answer the five questions of the person who nominated you, then nominate four or five other blogs and ask them five new questions. Here are…

Top Three Most-Anticipated Books for 2015

We are now halfway through 2015, and there have been some stunning novels released this year, ranging from dystopian fantasies like Red Queen, to grimdark fantasies such as The Vagrant, and dozens more in-between. But there are still seven months left in 2015, and plenty more novels to arrive in bookstores – here are my…

Creative Blogger Award

The lovely Heather Hufford of @HeroineHiding (Sometimes I’m A Story) nominated me for the Creative Blogger Award, where I’ll talk about five creative facts you might not know about me! There are some rules that come with the Creative Blogger Award, rules that need to be passed onto the bloggers I’ll tag at the end…

Cover Reveal: DISSONANCE by Mariella Hunt

I’m very excited to be revealing something extraordinarily special today – the cover and synopsis for DISSONANCE, the new independent novel from my good friend and excellent writer, Mariella Hunt! I’ve been part of her support team for this latest novel, and am proud to be presenting the cover for this fantastic new book! Look…

Top Five Most Gut-Wrenching Deaths

Writers are a cruel breed. Nothing gives an author more pleasure than making their readers fall in love with a character – and then ripping that character away in the middle of a battle. These are my Top Five most Gut-Wrenching Deaths in fiction – and fair warning, Spoilers for The Maze Runner, The Hunger…

Novel Playlist: The Bureau of Time

Hi everyone! A few days ago, blogger Briana Morgan came up with a nifty idea – a writing playlist that she listens to when writing her Wattpad novel, BLOOD AND WATER. I’m currently editing my own WIP, THE BUREAU OF TIME, and decided to make my own playlist, hosting it on Spotify for everyone to…