You may have noticed, if you’re an astute, noticey sort of person, that the cover for How To Theme lists the series as Inkprint Writers #2. Number two? you say (assuming you’re one of the astute noticey people). But what happened to number one?! BEHOLD. NUMBER ONE. Previously The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About […]
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This is the book that made me fall in love with Maggie Stiefvater as a reader. I really enjoyed the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, but Scorpio Races melted my heart and reforged into something bigger, brighter and stronger. So I LOVED that I got to teach it at school last year–and in that process,
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Introduction Theme. Apparently, it’s a scary word, one that sends students, readers and authors alike into fearful fits, remembering the Bad Old Days of high-school English. (And if this doesn’t apply to you, congratulations! You’ll still learn something from this book, you just get to skip the anxiety stage. And if you’re still in high
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How To Theme is HERE! With epic thanks to both Krista Ball and Liana Brooks for prodding me into this via social media late last year. Chapters will be coming out twice weekly (Wed/Thurs this week, Tues/Thurs subsequently) here on the blog, or you can read it all immediately (in draft form) on Patreon, or
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
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Late to the posting today, but better late than never. Confluence of events: A conversation in the library today with my seniors about how they are NOT going to download the film/s they are studying for their upcoming essay, but instead they ARE going to spring the $10-$20 to buy the friggin film through iTunes.
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YOU GUYS, I HAVE FINISHED MY BOOK. Which one? Well. Not the one I was *supposed* to be working on, of course. The other one. How Not To Take Over The World, affectionately known as HNOT 🙂 If you’ve been following along on Twitter, you’ll have seen a few of my favourite lines over the
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ETA: So many typos. So, so many. At least as far as writing goes. I am SO excited about all the projects I have in the wings, and I’m even more excited about being eventually able to share them with you. I know it doesn’t look like much on the surface, but trust me: behind
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A few of you have been asking lately about what the deal is with my non-fiction book, From The Ground Up, which looks at the relationship between geography, climate and culture. Well. I have News, which I am now able to share. The short version is that I have amicably parted ways with my publisher,
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
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