What the book is about: This book follows Annie, a princess, as she tries to save her kingdom after her sister, Gwendolyn, and the rest of the kingdom falls victim to a sleeping spell. It's a fun take on Sleeping Beauty, but we follow Annie, the Wide-Awake Princess, as she travels through other familiar fairy … Continue reading What I’m Reading: The Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker
Read Part 1 Read Part 15 ***Acceptance*** 213: Your character is trying to get their friend to accept something. The days passed slowly as Allyandrah and Grandfather made their way south. One of the nights, they sat around the fire, grasping their mugs of tea. “We need more food,” Grandfather said. “We must find … Continue reading Allyandrah and Kru’Nah: Part 16
Well, people, I'm nearly there. Just a few more words to go and then I will be a three-time consecutive NaNo winner. This year, NaNo has really pushed me and in all the best ways. I got a start on the actual book 2 of Tamerna. I'm over 100 pages in and nearly 25k words. … Continue reading NaNo 2018 Week 4
What this book is about: Arestana is the story of Liam, a kid who is transported to a fantasy world and is expected to complete a quest in order to be able to return home to his usual life of being bullied and somewhat neglected by his parents. What I liked: The story is creative … Continue reading Book Review: Arestana: The Key Quest by Shawn P.B. Robinson
Whew! Another late update, but at least it's only Friday. Ha! I started this on Wednesday, but clearly never finished. That's how NaNo goes sometimes. I'm now just over 35k, which means I have just UNDER 15k to go to win and the days just keep screaming by. Over this past week, I've managed to … Continue reading NaNo Week 3
What the book is about: Minimalist Joshua Becker has finally done it and written a book to help others along in their minimalism journey. He's been speaking and writing, but now the book has arrived. Inside, he spends a lot of time talking about the benefits of minimalism and then goes one step further and … Continue reading Book Review: The Minimalist Home: Releases 12/18/18
Oh no! It was Wednesday yesterday! I forgot to share my NaNo update! That's okay. Thursday will do. As of yesterday, I am 3 words shy of 24,000 words. YES! This past week has seen me focusing entirely on my Tamerna novel. I missed one day (which was a huge bummer, but LIFE) and had … Continue reading NaNo update: Week 2
Well! I'm happy to say that week 1 has been phenomenally successful for me, although I haven't gotten as far on one of my stories as I'd hoped and I've worked on NOTHING as far as the others. I'm over 13,000 words overall and at 7 days in, that's great. I'm above pace to finish, … Continue reading NaNo 2018 Week 1
Hey friends! I feel like things have been really sporadic around here, which is never my goal, but that's just how life goes sometimes. I've been rather busy for a while now because... da-da-DA!!... I joined a critique group! There are five of us in the group with novels in various stages of completion and … Continue reading Catching up and looking forward
It's very common for fantasies to be set in a medieval Europe-type place, even when the story is set on a different world. Individuals fight with swords and magic, any kind of advanced technology is conspicuously absent - even with all their magical abilities, no one has figured out cars or the internet. Everyone still … Continue reading Trope Me This: Medieval Europe Setting
