by acackler | Oct 20, 2021 | Reviews
Author: Mary BaloghSeries: Westcot #1Published by: BerkleyPublish date: November 8, 2016Genre: Historical RomanceAudience: AdultRating: Five Stars If you’re into historical romance, then this book is for you. Period. It’s been a long,...
by acackler | Oct 9, 2021 | Reviews
Author: Holly BlackEdition: AudiobookPublished by: Bolinda Publishing Pty LtdPublish date: January 2, 2018Genre: Fantasy, RomanceAudience: Young AdultRating: DNF I’m intentionally not leaving a rating this time because I don’t...
by acackler | Sep 2, 2021 | General
The question often comes up in general writer groups, what can other writers learn from your favorite genre? Guaranteed, someone will say “Romance writers know how to put tropes to good use” within the first five minutes. Because of all the genres out...
by acackler | Aug 31, 2021 | General
You know how sometimes a relationship just… doesn’t land? Well in the case of Luther and Allison from The Umbrella Academy, it super(hero) didn’t land. And that always disappointed me, because this is one of those shows that, in all other aspects,...
by acackler | Jul 27, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
I promised to write this post months and months ago, and now I’m finally delivering! In this post I’ll go over one of my favorite methods for displaying closeness between two characters: making exceptions. It’s one of the easiest to explain:...