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Writing Withdrawals: What? Why? How? (SW#62)

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

Hai Beautiful! It’s drama time!! Let’s talk about writing withdrawals. But first I want to know; Is it even a real thing?… *Does a quick Google search* In amongst the drug information pages, I found two pages. One had really helpful info (see the second article), and the other it turns out was about how to write withdrawal (and the symptoms) in your novel. As it turns out, if you place emphasis on certain syllables in the phrase ‘Writing Withdrawals’, then […]

More About My Characters Because I Love These Girls (SW#)

July 1, 2020June 29, 2020

Hai Beautiful! AGH I Love These Girls!! There was a trend floating around on BookTwitter for a while and I knew I had to get into it! People are using a site https://picrew.me/image_maker/296093/ where artists make character building ‘games’ in their own art style for others to build their own OCs. Before we get into this post, I want to say that all credit for this artwork/ picrew goes to the artist whose social media links can be found here: […]

Aurora Burning by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff | Spoilery Book Review

June 29, 2020

Hai Beautiful! This one fell slightly short… I’m not gonna lie, I will purchase and read anything written by Amie or Jay either individually or as a collaborative duo. So even though Aurora Rising, didn’t live up to my expectations set by the Illuminae Files, there was something unique and carefree to the story that I loved it all the same. Blurb: Our heroes are back… kind of. From the bestselling co-authors of the Illuminae Files comes the second book in […]

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July/ August TBR & Video!

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020

Hai Beautiful! This is the best way to spend a winter in quarantine! It’s the end of June and as usual, it’s time for another TBR. Unlike usual, this time I will be making this reading list for the next two months due to the huge unpredictability of my workload for June and August. Good News Update! I started work on Monday which, after some setbacks, was the most amazing work-related news I had received all year. It’s been all from […]

My Book Is So Close To Done! 8 Month Writing Update (SW#29)

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

Hai Beautiful! 8 Month Writing Update! It feels like not that long ago that I updated you on my novel in the 7-month update. Funny enough, I don’t actually remember where I was in the story when I talked about it last. Let me just check back on that post real quick! Here’s what happened in the last update… At the end of last month, I was reaching 65,000 words We chatted about songs that were on my writing playlist I thought […]

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69k On My WIP Bby! (SW#58 ;)

June 17, 2020

Hai Beautiful! I’m Nearly At 70k! Usually, I would give you all a huge update at the end of the month (there will still be one, a very excited one) but I want to talk about my WIP today. I also have an exam tomorrow. So there’s that to procrastinate. But I’m also mature… 😉 When I saw that I had hit 69,000 words my first thought was “oh shit! I’m nearly at 70k!” and my second thought was “hehe, 69… hehehehhe.” Can you […]

Specular by L.K. Brooks-Simpsons | Spoilery Book Review

June 15, 2020

I was kindly sent an ebook copy of this novel courtesy of @bed.and.books & @inspiredpress in exchange for an honest review. Hai Beautiful! Something a little different today 🙂 Introducing the first hero in the IXI Comics series: Specular! The newest and probably most original superhero to have been introduced in the modern age. BLURB: This novel is of the fantasy/superhero fiction genre and tackles some important implications of mental health and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Imagine being afraid to […]

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Want To Know How To Read The Shadowhunter Series? Don’t be scared, I’ll guide you xx

June 13, 2020

Hai Beautiful! *Excited Screaming*! I’m not kidding when I say that this was the coolest and most exciting video that I have ever filmed!! I put so so so much time into editing this video and I am really really proud of the final product. I filmed this video after the release of Chain of Gold when I had received my copy. I know there are many videos recommending ways to read the novels but I have in no way […]

Chatting About Blogging & Being Paid To Blog (SW#57)

June 10, 2020

Hai Beautiful! Agh… Here goes nothing! I am not a big creator by any means but if someone reads my content and enjoys it, then I am happy about it. I know I will not be paid for the hours I put into my content on any platforms and over the 5 years of blogging I have come to terms with that. I’ve seen something going around Twitter recently where for some reason bloggers are speaking up about how much […]

The Vanishing Deep by Astrid Sholte | Spoiler-Free Book Review

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

Hai Beautiful! The Queen of YA stand-alone fantasy strikes again! Astrid has gone and delivered us another wonderful stand-alone fantasy. This time we’re transported to a post-apocalyptic world in which capitalism rules all and two sisters fight everything to keep their family together. Blurb: Seventeen-year-old Tempe was born into a world of water. When the Great Waves destroyed her planet, its people had to learn to survive living on the water, but the ruins of the cities below still called. […]