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Who's your favourite author and why (if you have one), and also your favourite book? x3

Okay, no judgment but my favorite book, hands down, is Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. I'm honestly not sure what it is I love so much about this book. I read it when I was pretty young (yes, I'm well aware that it's not the sort of book you should read at a young age) and I fell in love with it. The story is twisted in every sense of the word but it always kept me on the edge of my seat and oftentimes in tears. All the books in the Dollanganger series were amazing but that one is my favorite.

V.C. Andrews is one of my favorite authors, followed extremely closely by Ellen Hopkins and J.K. Rowling.

V.C. was so good in her genre (I kept thinking about it the entire time I took Gothic Literature in my undergrad).

J.K. was my childhood. I mean, the first book came out when I was 7, I read it when I was 9, and saw the first movie when I was 10. I'm 22 now. That woman literally wrote my childhood, you know? Harry Potter and his world got me through a lot of tough times in my life so I'm forever grateful to that woman.

Ellen Hopkins just... oh goodness. Have you read any of her books? My favorite of hers has to be Impulse. Her books are so realistic and yet by being realistic, they're horribly sad. I think my favorite thing about her writing, though, has to be her writing style. It looks rather poetic but it reads like a story (which is good for me because I'm not a fan of poetry). The way the words look is beautiful, the words themselves are beautiful, but the characters and their situations are heartbreaking.

As you can see, my library can usually be found stocked full of YA novels. That and apparently women writers. I do love the classics (Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, etc) but I guess there's just something that pulls me in to YA books written by women.

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Hi! Do you have anything pertaining to how to write steam/dieselpunk?

A quick Google search had this blog specifically about writing steampunk as the first result. Good luck with your story.

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I honestly really love your blog. Like seriously it helps so much.

Thank you so much! I love hearing back from people who’ve been helped by this blog. I try and reblog things for you all as well. Please, if you ever have any questions, do not hesitate to send something in!

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Hello :) Just to say that I am loving your writers page, it's helping me out so much with my character profiling! I wondered; do you have any posts on how to describe someone's gait / walk ?

Here is a list of some that I found in a quick search. If anyone would like to add on, please send in a message or reply to this post!

·         amble: to walk leisurely

·         careen: pitching dangerously to one side

·         falter: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

·         flounder: walk with great difficulty

·         footing (n): a firm position for your feet on a surface, especially one that is difficult to stand on or walk across

·         in/into step: if people walk in step, each person moves their feet at exactly the same time as the others

·         limp (n): a way of walking that is affected by an injured leg or foot

·         lumbering (adj): walking slowly because of being large and heavy (or sometimes even just drunk); moving heavily or clumsily

·         lurch: walk as if unable to control one’s movements

·         meander: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

·         on foot: walking

·         out of step: if people walk out of step, they do not keep their feet moving at the same time as the rest of a group

·         pace (n): a step that you take when you walk or run (fast-paced or slow-paced can be used with this term)

·         parade: march in a procession; to walk around with an air of over-confidence

·         prowl: move about in or as if in a predatory manner

·         ramble: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

·         rolling (adj): someone who has a rolling walk moves their body from side to side as they walk

·         saunter: walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

·         shuffle (n): a slow, noisy way of walking

·         skulk: move stealthily

·         somnambulate: walk in one’s sleep

·         springy (adj): if you walk with a springy step, you walk quickly and with a lot of energy

·         stagger (n): a way of walking in which you stagger

·         stalk: walk stiffly

·         stride (n): a long, confident step

·         stroll: walk with no apparent aim; walk calm and relaxed

·         strut (n): a proud and confident way of walking

·         stumble (n): often when someone trips over something, including their own feet; can occur when nervous

·         sure-footed (adj): good at walking or climbing and unlikely to fall

·         totter: move without being stable, as if threatening to fall

·         trudge: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

·         waddle: walk unsteadily

·         wade: walk through relatively shallow water

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Do you have any advice on writing about people in their early to mid-20s? xx

I don't really know how to properly help you here. People are drastically different from one another in this age group. Some are going to be more mature, some more immature. I think the way you write them depends more on their personality than their age. If you're looking for something more specific, I'll need more information on the character(s), I'm sorry.