• Writing resources for NaNoWriMo
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    Writing Resources for NaNoWriMo

    Attention: NaNoWriMo shut down in 2025. Char over at The Plottery has a succinct blog post about the closure and what happened. I encourage you to read it. You can still, of course, do your own writing challenge like NaNo once was, and I think this post will still be helpful for you. Need some writing resources for NaNoWriMo this…

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    Books,  Writing

    The Ultimate Guide to Writing Engaging Book Reviews

    So you’re a book blogger? Or you’re a lifestyle blogger wanting to add reviews to your posting schedule? Amazing! As a big bookworm myself, this is exciting news. But there is a knack for writing engaging book reviews. And this is what we’re going to look at in this post. 💡 Psst: You’ll wanna hang around because I have a surprise…

  • Flatlay of a desk with laptop and notebook, low opacity. 16 creative writing prompts for bloggers is written on the top in black.
    Blogging Tips,  Writing

    16 Creative Writing Prompts for Bloggers

    Whether you’re a blogger, an avid journal-writer, or just like to write on occasion, it can often be really helpful to have a list of creative writing prompts for your next writing piece. There are lots of writing prompts out there in the world, but I thought I’d make a list of prompts for bloggers, especially if you’re in the…

  • Notebook on a desk. Top Tips from a NaNoWriMo Winner on This Splendid Shambles.
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    13 Top Tips from a NaNoWriMo Winner

    Attention: NaNoWriMo shut down in 2025. Char over at The Plottery has a succinct blog post about the closure and what happened. I encourage you to read it. You can still, of course, do your own writing challenge like NaNo once was, and I think this post will still be helpful for you. Ready to become a NaNoWriMo winner? National…

  • Hands posed over a computer keyboard, with a coffee in the foreground, and a pot plant in the back ground. Transform your writing with these 5 apps.
    Blogging Tips,  Writing

    5 Writing Apps You Need to Download

    It’s no secret that grammar is hard, but there are writing apps to the rescue! Not all the time, of course, but sometimes it’s a battle to get your sentences to sound how they should, look like they should, and be understood as they should.⁠ It’s tricky to convey just what you want to convey when sometimes the structure of…

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    Another 10 Quotes to Encourage you through NaNoWriMo

    Attention: NaNoWriMo shut down in 2025. Char over at The Plottery has a succinct blog post about the closure and what happened. I encourage you to read it. You can still, of course, do your own writing challenge like NaNo once was, and these quotes will be helpful and motivating no matter what writing project you’re working on. How is…

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    Life,  Writing

    World Philosophy Day | November 16th 2017

    Today is World Philosophy Day. Technically, I’m a Philosopher. No, I don’t sport a huge grey beard, wear togas, sit in front of an open fire in my dressing gown smoking a pipe, or spend endless hours in public forums telling people that I think everything we see here in this life is actually just a copy of the original…

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    My Top 5 Distractions from NaNoWriMo

    Attention: NaNoWriMo shut down in 2025. Char over at The Plottery has a succinct blog post about the closure and what happened. I encourage you to read it. You can still, of course, do your own writing challenge like NaNo once was, and I think this post will still be helpful for you. The NaNoWriMo distractions that come too easily…

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    10 MORE Quotes to Encourage you through NaNoWriMo

    Attention: NaNoWriMo shut down in 2025. Char over at The Plottery has a succinct blog post about the closure and what happened. I encourage you to read it. You can still, of course, do your own writing challenge like NaNo once was, and these quotes will be helpful and motivating no matter what writing project you’re working on. Last year…

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    10 Quotes to Encourage you through NaNoWriMo

    Well we’re half way into National Novel Writing Month, people! How are you doing? Today I’ve got some great quotes for you guys, to hopefully encourage you as you keep writing. I find it’s about here that I get a bit stuck. I’ve got the characters and they’ve been put in scenes, and perhaps I’ve know where it’s going, or…

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    10 things you can do to conquer NaNoWriMo

    Attention: NaNoWriMo shut down in 2025. Char over at The Plottery has a succinct blog post about the closure and what happened. I encourage you to read it. You can still, of course, do your own writing challenge like NaNo once was, and I think this post will still be helpful for you. It’s nearly time for you to conquer…

  • Books,  Writing

    A Month of Books :: Fantasy Novels

    Like I mentioned a few days ago, my favourite genre used to always be fantasy, until recently when I discovered the Dystopian genre. While I have two favourite genres now, I thought we’d stick with my first love today, fantasy, and look at some of the main story elements and their fantasy characteristics, and how they, in my opinion, make…