by lauralizbuckley | 21 Jan, 2020 | Blog Posts
I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for a whole year now. I probably wouldn’t believe it, if not for WordPress sending me a rather sweet little anniversary message the other day. If I’m honest, I still feel like an absolute novice! But over the course of the last...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 Jan, 2020 | Book Reviews
If you missed my review of book one of this trilogy, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, you should probably go check that out before reading this one. This’ll be nice and spoiler-free for Days of Blood and Starlight, but there are spoilers for its prequel. Once upon a time,...
by lauralizbuckley | 14 Jan, 2020 | Blog Posts
Recently, a friend of mine uploaded a video talking about some of the common misconceptions around fanfiction, and mounting a comprehensive rebuttal of those. It made me think about my own history with fanfiction, and I wanted to contribute my own defence of a...
by lauralizbuckley | 11 Jan, 2020 | Book Reviews
The Washingtons have ruled America for almost 250 years. Princess Beatrice, as heir to the throne, feels the responsibility of that legacy and has been preparing all her life to take it on. Poised, reflective and supremely self-controlled, she’s keenly aware that her...
by lauralizbuckley | 7 Jan, 2020 | Writing
It can be tough, managing a large cast of characters, working out how to give them all the right amount of page time, deciding who needs developing and who doesn’t. One way to look at this is to know how you’re categorising your different characters. There are a bunch...
