I always had a secret desire to be an author, but was taught from a young age that it was unfeasible. Growing up in the 90s, only people like Roald Dahl and Jodi Picoult and Stephen King got published. I was taught to focus on obtaining a ‘real’ job and only do my writing inContinue reading “Why I Decided to Ignore Legacy Houses & Self-Publish”
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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eleven
Day Eleven: The book that made you fall in love with reading Brer Rabbit series by Enid Blyton (The Brer Rabbit Book, Brer Rabbit Again, and Brer Rabbit’s a Rascal) Brer Rabbit is an American folktale character (the contraction Br’oth’er Rabbit). He’s a typical trickster, able to use wit and wile to get what heContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eleven”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Ten
Day Ten: The first novel you remember reading. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Why the hell did a relative give me a gigantic novel when I was six years old? I have no idea. Honestly, it’s not that big. My version is only 208 pages. But as a small child, the novel looked daunting. However,Continue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Ten”
When You Give Up Something You Love
I’m rewriting some third person point of view chapters into first person for Darkwalker. I’ve come across my first omniscient “little did he know” type sentence. I can’t fix it in the suitable point of view. Exactly halfway into the book, I give the first hint at the ending, and unfortunately, I have to letContinue reading “When You Give Up Something You Love”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eight
Day Eight: An unpopular book you believe should be a best-seller The Summer Witch by Louise Cooper Louise Cooper had this uncanny ability to really delve into what it must be like to be insane. It’s like a study of Medieval madness. It leaves me spellbound. No other author I’ve read can make the mostContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eight”
Lissa Bilyk 