The Joys of Editing. No really.
Oh boy, revising this new ms has been super fun so far. Well, I’ve been given great editorial notes by my agent who has a knack for catching stuff I usually gloss over. Sometimes when you submit something and a…
Friday Food For Thought: Writing the African ‘Other’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422327029&v=QDWlMX2ToSc&x-yt-cl=84838260 This is incredible. Give a quick watch if you’ve got time. Especially if you’re a writer, publisher etc. interested in diverse books! Happy Friday! I have a great weekend guys 🙂
WTF: Fridays – Kpop Edition
Like, this is a drama in and of itself. Lol this is awful and insane but whatever I love EXO they’re like their own bizarre religion. Wait, so he turned the other guy into a wolf? Is he not a…
Never Surrender
You have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead – George Lucas Strange Chemistry may be gone, but my love for writing will never die. Onward.
Strange Chemistry Shuts Down
Market saturation. That’s the official reason. Just a little over a month after FEATHER BOUND is published, its publisher, STRANGE CHEMISTRY, will be shutting its doors for good. And all I can think about is how sad I am: for…
Cover Reveal: Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger
Oh my god why have I not seen this? This is glorious!
Throwback Teaser Tuesday!
It’s great to go through some of my old manuscripts again. This is a short snippet from an old YA Contemporary Fantasy I wrote called DIVINE. Pretty girls and gods and magic and monsters (and the usual, you know). Too bad…
The Sea is Ours: Tales of Steampunk and Southeast Asia
Lord knows I love steampunk. But what I love even more are all the conversations that have been that have been going on over the years (more and more as time goes on) about steampunk not so entrenched in the…
Would FEATHER BOUND make a good movie?
Actually, I think it would make a really cool TV show. No seriously, Gossip Girl meets Classical Fairytales? Swan maidens, captivity, freedom, the dark side of wealth and power. I could see it, and it would seriously be like a dream…
The Myth of the Strong Heroine in YA Novels
This is great. I think we need to rethink how we understand strength, weakness and potential for growth when it comes to YA heroines!