I always thought a poem was something that came with a specific, repeated rhythm and a rhyming word every other line. At least, this was how “Poetry” was taught in every literature segment I’d ever experienced from kindergarten up through grade school. At that level, poetry was simple, but fun. I remember teachers going over…
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about Nocturnal Mind’s tagline: “Stories Never Sleep,” and I’ve been regretting it. I’ve been debating changing it, even with the grueling task of finding all the little places I’ve put it (even buried deep within the coding) on the website and removing them. The words just don’t seem to…
Just recently I was speaking with someone about my novel, and the subject of different points of view (or POVs, as someone more familiar with the jargon may put it) came up. And in the moment, I had to remember that not everyone went to school to study literature and writing like I did. So,…
I swear I’m not going to do this every time now, but hey, if I feel inspired to make a meme, I am going to make a meme. Anyway. Clearly I have been thinking about villains lately (and what better time to think about them than during the spooky season?), and it has come to…
I’m just going to put this here. Just to give you a general idea of the direction my week has taken. Though, to be fair to my writing and to my characters, this is actually an amazing thing to happen. In fact, it’s something that I wish would happen more often when I’m in…