Gilding Scars Trigger/Content Warnings

Most books are not happy all the way through. If they were, they'd be pretty boring. However, some plots and events hit a bit too close to home for some people, either because of their own personal experiences or for any number of other reasons. Some people like to avoid reading about certain things so …

The Good, the Bad, and the DIY Compromise

There's something incredibly satisfying about typing the words "the end" after finally completing your novel. Unfortunately, what a lot of people don't realize is that that moment is anything but the end. Once you finish writing the thing--even after you finish editing and revising and rewriting and re-editing again a thousand times over--that's where the …

Writing with ADHD

ADHD is hard to live with. While I don’t get offended at the “Oh, look, a squirrel!” jokes (because I LITERALLY DO GET DISTRACTED BY SQUIRRELS. I’m serious. It’s ridiculous,) I do get frustrated when it’s played off as something minor and trivial, or when people assume that it’s something that I could push past …

Book Review: Aurella The Witch (A Trilogy)

One of the many things I love about Scribophile is the opportunity to discover indie authors whom I likely otherwise would have never heard of. Not only is it wonderful to see other writers’ writing and editing style and to benefit from their critique of your own writing, but simply to have an opportunity to …

Trigger Warnings: An Opinion

There are plenty of sensitive, polarized topics in the writing world. For many, discussing the invisibility of the word “said,” or Oxford commas, or adverbs, will raise hackles and start the Sharks and Jets snapping at each other.  One of these topics is that of the trigger warning.  To clarify up front:  I can only …

Love Your Library

December 15, 2020 As much as I will always love Parks and Rec, one thing I'll never agree with Ron and Leslie about is their hatred of the library. (Ron, I can understand. Leslie, I'm sorry, you're just wrong.) I will aways love my library, for countless reasons. I love the kids' area, with the …

Character Artwork

https://victorpoole.wordpress.com/gallery/  Remember when I mentioned how much I love Scribophile? About how great the people there are, how unnervingly helpful and nice, how it's an oasis of kindness in the cruel desert of trolls and jerks that we call the internet? Well, it just keeps getting better.  A while ago, one kind soul on there …

World-changing Typos

Self-publishing has been a huge emotional roller coaster for me. As I worked toward it, and the dreaded/coveted “Publish” button drew closer and closer, the conflicting positive and negative feelings grew. While there was a certain amount of excitement and pride, there was also a distinct lack of confidence and fear of screwing it all …

Self Publishing in Today’s Book Market

Self-publishing is growing at an astronomical rate. According to Publisher’s Weekly, the number of self-pubbed books topped one million in 2017, and were nearly 1.7 million in 2018. While part of me is happy for those who had a chance to actually realize their dream of publishing, each of those books on average only sell 200 copies, …

Writing Tools: Scrivener Review

(Note: I am not in any way affiliated with Scrivener, and am getting nothing from this review. If you click on the link and end up purchasing it, I will receive nothing in return, and that's totally fine. There is no bias or affiliate links or ulterior motive behind this. I wrote this review purely …

Author Bio

Hi! My name is Lyndsey, and I'm new to all this. I'm an amateur photography enthusiast, mild geek, former preschool teacher, and current stay-at-home mother of two hilarious, hyperactive, strange, fearless, awesome children. I also like to write in my (extremely limited) spare time once the kids are asleep. Hence the author blog. Over the …

“Through The Glass” Acknowledgements

"Through the Glass" is officially released! Check it out on Amazon! Irik thought he already had enough to worry about. Then he stepped through the mirror.  On the eve of his coronation and wedding to a disinterested bride, while mourning his father and battling his doubts about being the best choice as king, Prince Irik and …

Karis Vignette: Snow

Anyone who enjoys writing will generally find themselves with plenty of scenes cut from the final draft or backstory that you wish you could include. Rather than letting them collect hard drive dust, I thought I'd post a handful of them here instead. Here are some rough, unused snippets from my novel, "Through the Glass." Hope you enjoy them! Everything glittered. …

Writing Tools: Scribophile Review

Hello! I’m very new to this whole self-publishing thing. Actually sharing my writing at all was a huge step, much less doing so on such an official level. However, one thing that helped me a lot was the writer community Scribophile. Scribophile is a private, online community in which writers share their work with each other …

Irik Vignette: Eavesdropping

Photo by Piotr Arnoldes from Pexels Anyone who enjoys writing will generally find themselves with plenty of scenes cut from the final draft or backstory that you wish you could include. Rather than letting them collect hard drive dust, I thought I'd post a handful of them here instead. Here are some rough, unused snippets from my novel, "Through the Glass." Hope you enjoy …