Lissa

Supernatural Romance and the Power of the Other: Disney’s The Little Mermaid

In a lot of romances, the women are the mortals and the men immortals: vampires, werewolves, angels, demons. Yes, there are some really cool books where the women are magical and fall in love with mortal men, but these aren’t as common. The mainstream idea is that women fall in love with magical men. OrContinue reading “Supernatural Romance and the Power of the Other: Disney’s The Little Mermaid”

Seven Deadly Sins Flash Fiction Challenge

Antimony of Thoughts, Musings and Broken Promises is hosting a flash fiction blogging challenge. The premise is such: Seven Days Seven Deadly Sins Seven Flash Fictions up to 100 words Starting 7/7 Does this not sound like one of the most awesomest challenges ever? Because I’m querying one series with two books written so far,Continue reading “Seven Deadly Sins Flash Fiction Challenge”

Write What You Love Or What Will Sell?

A few of the blogs I’ve read recently have started saying things like, “The most important thing to a writer is a reader,” and “You must write what will sell,” and “You must write what will appeal to a reader or you will never sell anything and you’ll be a FAILURE!” That’s great if you’reContinue reading “Write What You Love Or What Will Sell?”

What Do YOU Want To Read?

Hi Followers. I noticed a big spike in readers and commenters when I posted “When Did Gaston Become ‘The One’?”, which has quickly become my favourite post I’ve written so far. Other posts I got the most views/comments on are the blog contests posts “The Power of Tension” and “First 250 words of Dadewalker”. That,Continue reading “What Do YOU Want To Read?”

Inherent Toughness in Girl Warriors: The Girls of The Last Airbender

This post is about the TV series, not the film, and contain spoilers.Avatar: The Last Airbender, also known as The Legend of Aang, is my favourite children’s TV series. Having watched the entire series recently with my partner, I rediscovered my absolute love for this show and now feel the need to gush about howContinue reading “Inherent Toughness in Girl Warriors: The Girls of The Last Airbender”