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 | 28 May, 2019 | Writing
The main character. The centre of your story (probably), your favourite character (maybe) and the person your readers will almost certainly spend the most time with. You’ve worked out what it is that they want to achieve or obtain by the end of your story, and you’re...
by lauralizbuckley | 21 May, 2019 | Writing
It’s as frustrating as it is inevitable: sometimes you’re going to sit down in front of your laptop or notebook and the words just will not come. What is writer’s block? That’s tricky to answer, since it means different things to different people. For...
by lauralizbuckley | 9 May, 2019 | Writing
I don’t know about you, but I find asking the people close to me for feedback on my writing totally terrifying. What if they hate it? What if they don’t think it makes any sense? What if they think the character that I like the best is completely foul? What if they...
