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A Deadly Education: Book Review
A Deadly Education plot summary Welcome to the Scholomance. You’ll learn fast here, or you’ll die trying. Or you’ll learn fast and die anyway. There are no promises of graduation, something that El is all too aware of. She’s not exactly adept at making friends, so...
Building a Writing Habit
It can be tricky to form a solid writing habit and stick to it. The number of times I’ve made a New Year’s Resolution to write more, only for it all to fall apart by February? Innumerable. I mean, not literally, I’m only 28, but it feels that way. But writing is...
Our Violent Ends: Book Review
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...
In Pursuit of Original Ideas
“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...
All Our Hidden Gifts: Book Review
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...
Defeat is More Interesting Than Victory: Why Your Characters Should Lose More Often Than They Win
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...