Oh, yeah, it's just about time! My publishing day for my sophomore book is TOMORROW!!! So, here to help us countdown, I have... (drum roll)... my official book cover! Revealed right here. It's great, right? And, also, I have a SNIPPET of the book itself to introduce to y'all! And, so, here is a quick …
Tag: stories
Perfection: Poems vs. Stories
Here's something to think a bit about. The words of your poems are perfect before you physically write them; those of your stories are perfected after they've been written. Yes, I came up with that... haha. But, seriously, think about it. When you decide to sit down and write a poem (or rather don't decide …
Burn out.
A few years ago, my sister had this dog. It was a toy yorkie and whenever he got mad or frustrated or didn't want to go outside he would do this cute little thing where he'd scratch his claws against the carpet and do this moonwalk kind of thing. It's super hard to explain in …
How I do story descriptions
Okay, so I started this post out a sort of different route the other day... but now I'm scrapping it and reworking and rewording. Why? Well, here's the thing. Personally, I hate writing story descriptions. It's like... I have to summarize my entire 80k word novel into just a paragraph or two that makes you …
The first story I ever wrote
Ah, a nostalgic story for a... belated throwback Thursday. And, just so you know now, I sadly do not have the physical story in my hands or anywhere... well, anywhere. I'm pretty sure the papers I actually wrote the story on got thrown away long ago. Or maybe recycled... who knows. But, anyway, I still …
Hearts and Daggers.
So here I am on a late Sunday morning, eating oatmeal, checking my phone... with a song stuck in my head. Yeah, you know where this is going. Today's song analysis is going to be a lesser-known song, but still a good one, at least I think, called Hearts and Daggers by Foxes. Give a quick …
Kari Lynn M. 