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Tag: Young Adult
Romance Is Dead (For Good Reason)
Every active reader and writer of Young Adult varieties can recall the cold age of the sparkling vampire romance years from not so long ago. Remember? When everyone was hyperventilating to Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner's roles as heartthrob creatures that both vied for one mortal woman (who had no extraordinary personality, traits, talents, or …
We Are The Weirdos Who Write Paranormal Stories
Yesterday marked the 22nd birthday of The Craft, the movie that made us want to sport black everything, heeled boots, and own the biggest candle collection. Who didn't want to get together with their closest friends and play Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board? (I'm looking into getting the recently released shirt that …
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Hives, Rejections, And Other Irritations
Picture it, a week ago: I'm seated at my office desk, so ready for the day to be over. It was Friday, I daydreamed of lazily lounging at home all weekend and wanted nothing more than to be away from people. I was exhausted, cranky, and spent into the negative range of my energy levels. …
When The Writing Muse Is AWOL
Stephen King states that a true writer is one who writes every and each day. He says he considers said writer talented should anyone have ever paid them for their work. So if you receive a check in your mailbox (if that's even how it's done anymore) congrats. Meanwhile, I sit here, writing in a …
Heights and Horcruxes
They say do something that terrifies you every day. I don't know who "they" are or where they get off on giving this suspicious piece of advice but we all have to admit when you encounter a situation that speeds up the heart and spikes your blood with jittery adrenaline, it reminds us how alive …
Short Stories Galore
Anne Lamont writes in her how-to-write book, Bird by Bird, (if you haven't read this, find it NOW, one of the most important books I read about writing) that the only thing we can do to write is to get started, no matter how shitty the first draft is, because all first drafts are essentially …
Not a Choice, But a Calling
Good morning, Lovelies, or afternoon/evening, whenever you find it fit to crawl out of bed on a Saturday. Doing a little bit of a mental getaway in the town of Roswell, GA, while the husband is doing a bit of clinic work for his job. Offered for me to keep the car, to go …
Seedling: Now Available!
Good day, Lovelies! It's finally happened: I have self-published my longtime work, Seedling, via Amazon as an ebook/kindle! https://www.amazon.com/Seedling-First-Installment-Bloody-Rose-ebook/dp/B01GNFW6OS?ie=UTF8&refRID=0VQ7EKX6W9606JFF8RZA&ref_=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1 True, I have spoken about making this my debut work to locate a working agent and publishing house to be published with the big timers, however, I believe I have other projects that will prove to …
The World of Abigail Rose 