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Now in Paperback!
It’s here! It’s finally here! Rise of the Aligerai is now available in paperback! You can pick up the paperback copy from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Aligerai-Kira-R-Tregoning/dp/1492304948 The ebook version is still free from Amazon and Smashwords. The second book in the series will be available in paperback later this year (I’m projecting around October). Thanks for all your…
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Giveaway Begins Today!
Hey everyone! To celebrate the release of Rise of the Aligerai into paperback on June 1, I’m holding a giveaway! There are numerous ways to enter, and it runs for the next 10 days. You can enter by going to the Rafflecopter link: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/b36f25762/ The Prizes: Two winners will each receive a signed paperback copy of Rise of the Aligerai. A grand prize winner will…
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Female-Driven Genre-Fiction Wishlist:
Girl teams, all girl teams.
Female characters of color who actually represent their culture.
Less self-sacrificing, martyr girls more girls and women who do things for themselves without feeling bad about it or people judging them for it.
Mothers who do things other than parent and cook.
Mother and daughter characters who don’t hate each others guts.
No more “I’m not like the other girls”.
Girl characters who are good at math and science.
More poor female characters, who come from nothing, and exploring how that effects their heroism. And I don’t mean like middle-class poor, I mean, like having to chose between food and paying bills poor.
Girls who don’t like each other, but can still respect each other.
No more girl heroes/villains whose tragic backstory is getting raped.
No more female characters of color dying or sacrificing themselves for white female characters.
More fat girl characters in fantasy and other genre fiction who are the ones kicking-ass and taking names and being haled the hero. That are defined by something other than their weight.
More girls of various body-types other than “lean.”
More disabled characters in stories that aren’t necessarily about their disability.
More unattractive girl characters.
Girls that are not looking for relationships or losing their virginity.
More non-binary female characters.
More LGBTAQ+ female characters.
“Strong” female characters who actually do things other than fight all the time and have a personality.
More “strong” female characters whose “strength” is something other than fighting.
No more stories sold as “feminist” in which only the leading character is female and everyone else is man, and only other female characters are minor or antagonists.
No more using “like a girl” or being a girl as an insult.
Stop making female characters be “bitches” just because. Unlikable characters are still supposed to be likable, meaning: love to hate, hate to love. Just look at Scarlett O’Hara, she’s a godawful awful person, but she’s a fantastic character.
Feel free to add yours.
Things You Forgot You Used To Do
I mean I certainly remember getting yelled at for not going back to turn off the computer once it was finally done shutting down.
Why you gotta hurt me like this
Need help building a believable character?
Here’s an extensive questionnaire that I created a few years ago (and finally put up somewhere besides scribbled down in a tattered notebook). I suggest answering every question, even the ones that seem tedious or don’t pertain to your story. For example, even if you never mention your character’s favorite color, you can still add that detail to the way they dress, the choices they make when buying something, etc. Even the smallest detail can add A LOT to your story. And while it may seem silly to answer eye and lip shapes, those are details that not only help you and the reader imagine the character, but it helps you as a writer to use synonymous words throughout to give yourself a clear image and to keep from being repetitive. I highly recommend filling out the nervous tics and subconscious movements (like your character tugs at their ear, or brushes at the back of their neck when talking for example) because it makes your character very human and it’s something I personally think more books/stories need in their characters. I might be missing some things and sorry if it’s too small, but here’s a link for a pdf you can download: [X]
It may seem like a lot to answer but I feel that knowing the answers to these questions really helps build a realistic character and they’re great to use on secondary characters, too. I hope that this helps others in the way that it has helped me. Happy writing!
PS: Friendly reminder that I am not a professional writer. These are just things I have picked up through years of writing, reading, editors, and teachers/classes.
Awesome reference for writers or general curiousity
The Crime Museum in Washington D.C. has a great website for anyone with an interest in crime and criminology. Not only that, but they have a whole friggin library full of anything you want to know.
I mean look at this
T H E Y H A V E E V E R Y T H I N G
Need some info on famous serial killers?
YOOO I’ve never heard anything about female serial killers!
Yeah, remember the Craigslist killer?
Okay, but I want some stuff on the basics of forensic anthropology for a fic I’m wroking on. Anything?
GO FORTH, MY CHILDREN, AND LEARN
If you can’t beat fear, just do it scared.
Glennon Doyle Melton
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THIS QUOTE LITERALLY SUMS UP THE PAST TWO WEEKS (and kinda my whole life woops) but seriously. resonating so hard
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The Daily Show, February 8, 2016
Are you saying that you can’t talk about race issues to Middle America? Are they so delicate and unaware and maybe so white that Beyoncé is too much for them?
You know what’s right in the middle of America? Ferguson, Missouri.
- Jessica Williams
Think what you like about YA novels, but it is easily one of the most progressive genres in fiction at the moment. it’s doing far more for representation of women and minorities and tackling social injustice than some Adult/literary novelists ever have
Look how springy Eleven’s hair is. I can’t stop staring at it now...
This weekend has been great with Awesome Con and all, but also more like:
The Weekend of Ex-Boyfriends
Weird and not so fun, depending on who we’re talking about.
Review: 'Once Upon a Winter's Night' by Dennis L. McKiernan
Review: ‘Once Upon a Winter’s Night’ by Dennis L. McKiernan
Summary: Camille lives with her large family in a creaky old house on the edge of a forest. With a disposition as sweet as honey and good-natured as sunshine, Camille is her father’s most beloved daughter. She works hard to help her family maintain a living and nothing magical has ever happened to her, or anyone else she knows. One day, an enormous white bear emerges from the woods and knocks on…
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