If it sounds like I'm mixing metaphors, I kind of am. Some of you probably remember from your basic psych courses that Ivan Pavlov was a...

The study of word origins is called "etymology," and it's one of my passions - not because it's particularly useful, but rather because...

There's something to be said for someone who, in spite of being tired or busy or distracted, still finds the time and oomph to get...

A friend on a Discord server asked me a couple weeks ago how one would go about starting to get into writing. They weren't sure if there...

This is a question I started to ask myself as I scrolled through prompts on Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and whatever Google had...

Someone asked me the other day about writing poetry or lyrics for music (because they're mostly the same thing, right?) and hoo boy I...

This was an interesting question that a friend posed me the other day, asking about when a dash or hyphen should be used, and when it...

"I can't believe you would be so rude to her!" "I wasn't being rude, I just thought if she stopped crying for a minute-" "You don't just...

I think maybe I'm not the only one that's run into this problem before - more often in fanfic than in published novels, but... you know,...

Recently I've been watching a lot of movies with my grandparents and, when I have the chance to pick movies I want, we end up watching...

You'll have to excuse me, Inklings, because I discovered a series last week that has be absolutely hooked. I'm not the sort to...

Last week I started talking about series, and how they can go wrong. Today I'd like to continue the discussion with something a little...

Most of the books I read when I was younger were part of a series. Harry Potter, Redwall, The Circle of Magic, and so on were all series...

I was watching a new Trope Talk from OSP when something she said snagged my attention and I haven't been able shake it since then. Very...

Back when I was in college, I ended up in a lot of writing classes. Shock! A Creative Writing Major in a writing class? How novel! (Ha. I...

This was a concept introduced to me some time ago - back in college, I think. I didn't disregard it, per say, but I did choose not to...

For the record: I'm not an expert. I'm not a professional. I'm not even willing to say I'm particularly good at it, considering my blog...

Every now and then, I catch myself thinking things like "I don't need to read this article/watch this video/listen to this podcast...

Everyone else is talking about it, so I can talk about it, too! It seems like with all this virus hysteria, every time I step outside...

If you love Harry Potter, or if ranting puts you off, skip today's post. It's not worth your time. I'm about to rant about the magical...