It's that time when many of us take a well-earned break, visit family, open presents and eat far too much dessert. Thank you to everyone who visits and reads this blog, I still can't believe after all these years people still pop over to my little slice of the net.
Before we slam the book tightly shut on 2023 and look tentatively ahead to another year, I am back with a Yearly Wrap-Up. It can be helpful to look back to see what the last 12 months dealt out, what was completed, what was lost..
To all you awesome readers who visit this little blog, to read, to comment and share your thoughts and insights,
Thank you so much for another year of your support, encouragement, entertainment and friendships. I am blessed to have incredible connections via this blog.
I wish for you all peaceful rest over the holiday season.
As I have been scrambling to complete 2 months worth of stuff, into 3 weeks, I didn't get chance to write a blog post. However, I did see a video by author Bethany Atazadeh that talked about boundaries for Authors and I thought it was well worth a share!
Are you the sort of person who waits until December to do their festive shopping? Do you have some book lovers amongst your friends and family and aren't sure what to get them? Obviously "a book" is always a winner, but how about something extra or something a little different. Then look no further, here are some great bookish gift ideas for those loved ones (or...just to treat yourself!)
I thought I'd do something a little different. Since it's October and almost Halloween, I thought I'd share my top 5 Creepy Movies (currently). Now, I don't actually watch many horror movies and I am not interested in gore movies or extremely gruesome ones. These ones are some of the few I can watch (in daylight only :D) that I enjoyed the storyline and weren't so scary that I'd never sleep again.
I am currently going through some personal stuff, so am not able to give more time to writing my usual writing articles. Hopefully, that will change soon. Also, since this month resulted in little writing done, I decided "The Write Life" Update wouldn't be very useful. So instead, I want to share with you - Whichbook.
Our lives change in different ways. It's important to roll with the changes and adapt. I've felt for a long time that my writing has been struggling and the things I tried didn't seem to last more than a month. It is easy to fall into old patterns, assuming that if they worked before they will work again. This time, I made changes, small ones over a month at the start of the year to see if I could adapt.
I love doing fun things when my brain decides everything else is too boring or overwhelming. So when I spotted someone on Insta who talked about making their own laptop wallpaper on Canva my attention was piqued!
I received a request for this article, asking how to write enemies to lovers. This trope is one of the most popular, we love a good conflict that gets resolved. We love seeing two characters who can't stand each other, grow and develop feelings.
Author Ari Meghlen Official Website 