MORE 'WRITING' POSTS
I might have not lived in a castle or ruled a kingdom. I have never needed to break a curse by finding my one true love. But I have wielded magic to defeat a moat monster more than once either in my imagination or in a video game or with a deck of cards.
Some people might think that writing a book with someone you are close with (in our case, a spouse) is a recipe for disaster. Luckily for us, we’ve figured out ways to make it work, and the result is books we are super proud of.
I realized that all the amazing writing tips out there are only helpful to a point. What turned me into a writer who could actually finish projects and get them published had more to do with growing as a human being than literal writing advice.
When I set out to write My Dearest Darkest, I wanted to create a cosmic horror story starring the kind of people that Lovecraft demonized: queer people, people of color, and women.
In good historical fiction, nothing is "made up." L. M. Elliott explains in this blog tour stop for her new book, Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves.
Ellen Outside the Lines challenged me in the research it initially required to get a handle on my setting and the cultural heritage of the characters who called Barcelona home.
Being a writer was always something I aspired to, but I think that if someone told me that I’d spend months working on a manuscript and then I’d change protagonists and perspectives and rewrite the whole story from scratch, I’d probably faint and decide to aspire to being a car salesman or something.
For young and old, fantasy worlds inspire imaginations, and imaginary play. Places to take refuge whenever the world gets too much.
How do you take care of yourself—and your creativity—when the world around you feels unsafe?
The very fact that I’m writing these books, writing this piece - when I spent my own young adult years closeted and feeling invisible - fills me with hope and optimism for life.
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