Reading Ranting – On the High Seas of Piracy

Honestly, this is one Hell of a rant today because I’m just furious over people’s ignorance and blatant disregard for others when it comes to piracy. Imagine you’ve worked for months on an important university project. It counts for half your final results and without it, you’d have to repeat the year. You spent hours

Writing Ranting – Listening to Readers

One of the most important things I’ve learned as a writer is to listen to readers. I’ve talked about receiving feedback specifically related to your book throughout the revising and editing stages, but this advice applies to any point before and during. I’ve heard a ton of advice from writers who seemed to stick to

Writing Ranting – Content Warnings vs Trigger Warnings

Warning: This gets ranty because of jerkface bigots, but I left that part for last. I know I’ve covered this in a previous post about pushing boundaries, but after a fellow writer asked about it, I thought I’d break down the differences. I’m sure there are people who would say something different, but these are

Writing Ranting – Publishing on the Cheap!

Note: This is not about avoiding key steps in the writing or publications process. This is about keeping costs down for low-earning writers or those who can’t justify spending thousands on publishing. Firstly, I’m always so shocked when I hear people spending thousands on publishing either doing it themselves or using *editorial groups, *hybrids and

Writing Ranting – Getting Feedback – ARC Readers

I cannot stress enough the importance of getting feedback on your novel, especially with so many indie authors breaking the stigma of “my mum loved it, so I published it”. It’s time we changed that, and I’m seeing more and more indie authors become successful because they put the effort into their books and listen

Reading Ranting – Fiction Vs Reality

I’m so sick of people getting all huffy over the “morally gray” character or the “touch her and die” or similar tropes in dark fiction, mainly fantasy but also in many books set in the real world. They get slated for being “problematic” and “unrealistic”. Well, obviously. It’s fiction, so what do people expect? Firstly,

Writing Ranting – Getting Feedback – Alpha and Beta Readers

I cannot stress enough the importance of getting feedback on your novel, especially with so many indie authors breaking the stigma of “my mum loved it, so I published it”. It’s time we changed that, and I’m seeing more and more indie authors become successful because they put the effort into their books and listen

Book Review – Monthly TBR Update January 2023

Check out full reviews on my Reading Ranting page. Busy month with books. Books I read this month… Mini non-spoiler reviews… Wow. Great start to the year for me.  Glow was an awkward one since I loved it but kept getting distracted by other books. But I was always excited to get back to it,

Writing Ranting – Getting Feedback – Critiques

I cannot stress enough the importance of getting feedback on your novel, especially with so many indie authors breaking the stigma of “my mum loved it, so I published it”. It’s time we changed that, and I’m seeing more and more indie authors become successful because they put the effort into their books and listen

Writing Ranting – I’m a Real Author Now

I was so nervous sending out my ARCs of Out of Ashes because that’s the final version of the book. That’s what I’m releasing to the public. That’s what people are going to pay for. I wrote about my fears in another post, but since then, I had an ARC reader reach out to me.