My 5 Favorite Magical Girl Animes
My Divine Warriors series is inspired by the magical girl genre of anime. Magical girl, or "mahou shoujo" as it's called in Japanese, is a popular style that has been…
The Best 10 Books for Academy Lovers
I'm new to this subgenre of fantasy called Academy books, but I've loved books about magical schools all my life. From the mysterious wizard school that Ged attended on Roke…
The Fussy Librarian adds new content filters
The Fussy Librarian has added new content filters to their book recommendation mailing list, similar to trigger warnings. Authors can now mark if their book contains any of the following…
#WeNeedDiverseBooks because
We need diverse books because when I came out as a teen, I found one book with lesbian characters and zero bisexual characters. We need diverse books because when I…
What’s Up Wednesday
I'm following in the footsteps of some of my fellow YAB Bootcamp writers and joining in the What's Up Wednesday blog hop. (I know I just posted my check-in late,…
Reading Indie vs. Traditionally Published Books
I've been reading articles about the potential of a bifurcated market in books right now. Some people believe that there could be actually two different groups of readers: those who…
Book Review: Fairy, Texas by Margo Bond Collins
Last week, I featured an excerpt from the YA Urban Fantasy novel Fairy, Texas by Margo Bond Collins. Continuing with the book tour, here is my review! Fairy, Texas by Margo…
A Call for Content Warnings
In the past two months, I've had to stop reading three different books because they "surprised" me with sudden and graphic rape scenes about one-third of the way into the…
A Guest Review and an Interview
We're finishing off week two of the book tour with not one, but two guest posts! Samantha hosts me on her blog, Magic & Mayhem! On Monday, she'll share her…
Author Interview: The Withering Sword
In addition to my interview with author Jimena Novaro about being a writer, I asked her some questions about her current story, The Withering Sword. These are her answers. Tell me…