by lauralizbuckley | 29 Jan, 2022 | Book Reviews
Our Violent Ends plot summary It’s safer for Juliette to let Roma hate her, even if it hurts. She knows she needs to let him think the worst of her to protect him from the blood feud that consumes both their families. Roma is furious with Juliette. He may still love...
by lauralizbuckley | 25 Jan, 2022 | Writing
“There are no original ideas.” You’ve almost certainly heard it before. And it can be hard to know what to do with that! As writers, we spend so much time working on these stories. The ideas might come to us in flashes of inspiration, or they might be the result of...
by lauralizbuckley | 22 Jan, 2022 | Book Reviews
All Our Hidden Gifts plot summary 16-year-old Maeve Chambers doesn’t have a talent. Not socially or academically gifted, she feels the odd one out in her family and at school. When she stumbles across a deck of tarot cards though, she finds she understands them...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 Jan, 2022 | Writing
Your characters should lose more often than they win. That might sound mean! You’ve poured your heart and soul into the characters on the page, and now I’m telling you to torture them, basically. But there are good reasons why defeat is more interesting than victory...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 Jan, 2022 | Book Reviews
These Violent Delights plot summary Roma and Juliette are on opposite sides of a war. The Montagovs and Scarlet Gang fight over their territories in Shanghai, leaving a pile of bodies in their wake. But now a mysterious monster is bringing new trouble to the people of...
