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Alix E. Harrow is my new role model
I just read Harrow’s THE EVERLASTING and have been changed forever. I want to write something as good as this. I think Harrow is my new role model.
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Manga review: FIREFLY WEDDING
A blast from my Beat past, this is a review of FIREFLY WEDDING (volume 1), which has an anime coming out this October!
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Manga (p)review: WHOEVER YOU ARE, I LOVE YOU
WHOEVER YOU ARE, I LOVE YOU is a twisty manga filled with danger and dangerous characters that will have you at the edge of your seat.
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I have beaten the block!
At last I have figured out the conflicts, beginning, middle, and end to THE FEAR AND THE FLAME! Bullet points for the win!
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…And now they’re leaving reviews?
Email spammers promising business deals and marketing boosts have now started leaving 5-star reviews on Goodreads for SON OF THE SIREN. The reviews are real. What the heck?
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“Every writer must make this list–and refer to it often” by Heather Eng
Author Heather Eng’s guest post on Andrea Bart’z Substack tells us to make a success list. I’m all in!
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Earworm: BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS (JAPANESE VERSION)
“CHI ASA NAMIDA” pops up into my head ALL THE TIME. It’s the Japanese version of BTS’s “Blood, Sweat, & Tears” and is still a bop after all these years.
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A classic writing book I recommend: 20 MASTER PLOTS
Quickie post about a book that’s helped me with plot over the years: 20 MASTER PLOTS. It’s been alive and kicking since 1993!
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Manga review: SEA MELT LOVER
Sea Melt Lover is an unexpected pleasure despite its mature and heavy adult themes. I may be into beast-men stories from now on.