Tropes? Yes, please.

A lot of times what makes a book feel new and different isn’t that the author created a never-before-seen plot structure, but that they added their own unique flair or twist.

Reading Slumps: Tips to Crawl Your Way Out

Reading isn’t something you win; it’s something you enjoy, so don’t let other people’s “rules” dictate how you do that.

Why Do Book Heroes Become So Unbearable? Writing Protagonists Who Don’t Have Main Character Syndrome.

Why does our love for one character transcend thousands and thousands of pages while another has us rolling our eyes and crying oh, the insufferableness by book three?

Villains: Those We Love, Hate, and Don’t Want to Live Without

In a lot of ways, the villain makes the hero, and there’s something so satisfying when a hero meets his match.

World Building: Don’t let it read like a textbook

I am by no means an expert in fantasy writing or world-building, but my lifelong love for the genre has led me to the conclusion that while there is no right way to build a fictional world, a wrong way is to give your reader a textbook instead of a story.