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Dec 29, 2020 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
1/ My favorite reads of 2020, including two best-of-all-time titles.
Categories: romance, fiction, sff, and non-fic.
Titles are in no special order, and I didn't limit myself to an arbitrary number of titles per category.
Total read (so far--there's still time): 160
2/ Romance:
Love Lettering (@kateclayborn)
Modern Love series (@AlishaRai)
One to Watch (@_ksl)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (March '21, @TaliaHibbert)
Shipped (Jan '21, @Angie_Hockman)
It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Feb '21 in US, @pearliestpearl) >> this is a Top 5 of All Time
Sep 2, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Today I want to talk abt an issue that *mostly* plagues SFF authors, but that also has a tendency to creep into character-driven lit fic and women's fic, too. Ready? Here it is: Too much backstory and/or world-building at the start of your book. Let's unpack...
2/ Regardless of genre, you'll tell me that the info you're delivering abt MC or world's history is essential to understanding the primary conflict. And what I'm going to tell you is, you're probably wrong.
Apr 21, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
1/ There's a huge difference between "stuff happening" in your book and actual plot. I tweeted y'day about accumulation of language vs culmination of events, but I think we need to unpack this a little more. Nothing like a Saturday morning fireside chat to start the weekend...
2/ Plenty happens in the course of your day that doesn't change the plot of your life. Your morning routine, for instance -- not especially interesting if it's business as usual. WOW YOU MADE COFFEE AGAIN. Proud of you, champ. Also? No one cares.
