by lauralizbuckley | 11 Jun, 2019 | Blog Posts, Writing
The internet is packed full of methods guaranteed to get you an outline of your exciting new story idea, and I reckon I must have tried almost all of them in trying to get my current story up and running. On the spectrum of plotter to pantser I am firmly on the...
by lauralizbuckley | 8 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
“War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.” ― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War War orphan Rin has grown up working for the Fangs, overworked and underappreciated. But when they decide to marry her off to an old man to make their opium...
by lauralizbuckley | 4 Jun, 2019 | Blog Posts
The main character of a story can make or break its appeal to a reader. How many books have you read that you couldn’t fully get into because the main character was irritating or poorly developed? When you’re reading a book you experience the world, to at least some...
by lauralizbuckley | 1 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
Clementine “Q” Toledano has a lot going on. She’s trying to avoid a club owner she can’t help falling into bed with, keep control of her band while the trumpet player fights her for it and, simultaneously, work out how to get her best friend...
