Brandon Sanderson's leaving Audible, Plagiarism lawsuits, BookTok Shenanigans, and Someone fakes their death...and it's only 10 days into 2023: Brandon Sanderson Article: https://winteriscoming.net/2022/12/30/brandon-sanderson-blasts-audible-unconscionable-indie-author-pay-rates/ Plagiarism Lawsuit: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/07/filippo-bernardini-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-more-than-1000-unpublished-manuscripts Susan Meachen: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/57888/1/susan-meachen-author-faked-her-own-death-suicide-hoax-facebook Rolling…
Criticism and Responsibility
Deep in thought The most important thing a writer has to learn is to able to take criticism and take responsibility for what they say. In the last few weeks,…
The Day A03 Broke
Fanfiction is a touchy subject for all writers. There are stories about writers, such as Anne Rice, who once threatened a fanfiction site to take her category down or she…
How Publishing Evolved Thanks to Covid-19
With Covid-19, the world has been shocked on what changes have been made to socieyt. People often do not like change. However, there is a bright light at the the…
Character Development in Bojack Horseman
Inspired by Savage Book's video on character development, I decided to make a podcast episode about character development. The final season of Bojack Horseman has a great way of wrapping…
Hideo Kojima: The King of Exposition
Through the month of NaNoWriMo, we are busy clicking away to make the 50k! In the meantime, I decided to look into the hype around Hideo Kojima's newest game: Death…
NaNoWriMo Character Development: Antagonists and Villains
Antagonists and villains are not the same thing. When writing for NaNoWriMo, it's important to develop who your antagonist and your villain is. Listen as a talk/ramble. Mentions of RWBY,…