As a reader, finding a genre of books you can devour in one sitting is an addictive feeling and it can be tempting to never stray from your established favourites. But what happens when you begin to wonder what else is out there? What you could be missing out on?
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A Love Letter to Notebooks (and 5 Ways to Use Them for Writing)
Notebooks are your unjudgmental friends. They’re a silent partner in creation, allowing you to freely consider your thoughts and ideas and cringe at them later. Notebooks merely watch as some ideas sink and others float, only to resurface later looking renewed, and their unbiased acceptance is exactly what you need to organise your writing life.
Why you Should Write More Letters
When was the last time you wrote a letter? A pen to paper, stamp to envelope, personally addressed letter. Because, depending on the generation you grew up in, I’m willing to guess it was a long time ago, if not never.
What is there to Like about Writing?
For me, as with so many others, writing is a reflex. It’s not that I don’t actively make myself do it, it’s that I find it hard not to when I get the urge. Whether in my mind, on my phone, laptop, tablet, notebook, or scrap of paper, I’m always writing something. Like this blog. I try to upload weekly as a habit, but I was seduced by writing fiction last week and could not think about anything else, so I missed a week, but that was okay. It’s not like I wasn’t writing anything at all, I just focused my energy on something different.
I Ranked my Most Read Genres
The books I gravitate towards are mostly from the same genres: Crime fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (YA), and Literary Fiction. I oscillate between which of these I enjoy the most, but I thought I’d rank them based on which ones I go back to the most for their common tropes, elements,Continue reading “I Ranked my Most Read Genres”
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