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An American Marriage: Book Review
An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones, is a beautifully written book about complicated characters in an impossible situation.
The Four Major Limitations of First-Person Perspective
I’m planning a series of posts going into more detail around the pros and cons of the various narrative perspectives you see in fiction, starting with the biggest limitations of the first-person perspective.
Loveboat, Taipei: Book Review
Loveboat, Taipei is a contemporary YA story, the debut novel from author Abigail Hing Wen. There’s a lot to like about it, but also some hard-to-overlook issues.
Having Characters Make Bad Decisions – Without Annoying Your Readers!
Sometimes characters are going to make bad decisions, but how do you write that without annoying your readers? In this post we’ll look at three things to bear in mind when your characters are making mistakes.
Misericorde – Book Review
Misericorde is a dark fantasy, in which the angel Tzadkiel has only a few years left of his alloted century to prove that any human still knows what mercy is.
Write Compelling Character Descriptions – With Four Easy Tips
It can be tough to write compelling character descriptions – there’s a lot riding on them! With these four tips, you’ll be introducing new characters with attention-grabbing descriptions in no time.