I’ve followed Claire for a while now because I find her enneagram approach to writing characters to be really helpful (I’ve had alignment sessions with her before as well); it focuses on the core desires and fears of a character and feels a bit more intuitive than deciding what a character’s MBTI is (or however… Read More Book Review: Reclaim Your Author Career by Claire Taylor

Do you play games? I have to admit that if I have time, I prefer to read or watch a show than play a game (the gamification of our lives is a different thing). The only games that I’ve picked up recently are Pokemon Masters (smartphone game) and Magic: The Gathering (card game). Well, neither… Read More Book Review: Seven Games by Oliver Roeder

This is where I admit that due to my unmanageable TBR list, I have lost track of how I first came to hear about this book. But, I remember why I read it – I really like to read books about writing! Someone told me that Reflections was good and despite me not finishing Howl’s… Read More Book Review: Reflections – On the Magic of Writing by Diana Wynne Jones