A Book Review on Mila Gray’s Watch Over Me “Maybe if I were another kind of girl, the kind of girl who doesn’t learn from her mistakes, I’d stop right here, turn around, and wait for him to catch up to me. Then when he did, I’d tilt my head back and let him kissContinue reading “Watch Over Me: A Surprisingly Good Read”
Author Archives: Macy Morris
Me and the Book I Wish I Hadn’t Read
A Book Review of Nick Tosches book Me and the Devil. *Spoilers* “If I could not bear the truth, I could at least close my eyes in the comfort of a lie.” Nick Tosches, Me and the Devil I started reading Me and the Devil by Nick Tosches back in January and it took meContinue reading “Me and the Book I Wish I Hadn’t Read”
My February Reading List
Where There Is a Good Book, There Is an Equally Bad One I used to try to decide which was the worst month of the year. In the winter I would choose February. I had it figured out that the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by theContinue reading “My February Reading List”
This Is Where It (Should Have) Ended
A Book Review on Marieke Nijkamp’s This Is Where It Ends (Spoilers) The only things that give us purpose are the stories that tie us together. Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends To say this book was disappointing is an understatement. I had heard a lot of good reviews about This Is Where ItContinue reading “This Is Where It (Should Have) Ended”
My January Reading List
From Best to Worst to Really Bad Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness. Joy Fowler, Sarah Canary As you may or may not know from my post “The Roaring Twenties Reader”, I am onContinue reading “My January Reading List”
He Said; He Proclaimed; He Stuttered; He breathed
The unnecessary add-ons in a story and the necessary truth every writer should know about Dialogue Tags Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. Stephen King This post is all about dialogue tags. Don’t know what they are? You may beContinue reading “He Said; He Proclaimed; He Stuttered; He breathed”
I read ‘You’ so you don’t have to.
A Book Review on the novel You by Caroline Kepnes The problem with books is that they end. Caroline Kepnes, You You by Caroline Kepnes is simply fascinating. The story is led by a strong male lead, Joe Goldberg, and follows his obsession with the female lead, Guinevere Beck. A book that would normally beContinue reading “I read ‘You’ so you don’t have to.”
Writer’s Block and Tips on How to Get Past It
Writing about writer’s block is better than not writing at all. Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth All writer’s have been there at least once – probably at least a dozen times – before. That pesky thing that we call “writer’s block” creeps in during the middle of a manuscript and as hardContinue reading “Writer’s Block and Tips on How to Get Past It”
The Importance of Being Dynamic
Thoughts on Character Development When writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people, not characters. A character is a caricature. Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon At the beginning of a new year, people often talk about all of the changes they are going to make and how this year is going toContinue reading “The Importance of Being Dynamic”
Are YOU starting the New Year off Right?
My first book of the New Year and my thoughts so far on Caroline Kepnes’ You. It’s the first of the year. New Year’s Resolutions have been made and now it’s time to keep those resolutions. If you read my post The Roaring Twenties Reader then you know that I made it a goal toContinue reading “Are YOU starting the New Year off Right?”
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