This week’s DTT will revolve around time management, something that I’ve had a lot of ups and downs with over the years. It applies to writing just as much as anything else. Let’s dive right in: My struggles with time management are nothing new. It’s something I never had to learn how to do effectively …
Time for some weekend fun. As it turns out, not all of the internet is useless. In this post, I’ll briefly explain four of my favorite websites to use when I’m in a bind. Here goes: Thesaurus.com Let’s get the obvious one out of the way first, shall we? I find Thesaurus.com to be most …
A common topic among writers: Do you prefer to write in total silence, or with some kind of background noise? In my experience, most writers need some sort of background noise, be it music, or the gentle rhythm of their favorite coffee shop. I can say that I have tried writing with almost any kind …
NOTE: This is not a full review of Carve the Mark, it is only a response to the general perception that the book is somehow racist. If you want my actual review, see my previous post. OTHER NOTE: This post will contain many spoilers. If you haven’t read the book, and plan on doing so, …
NOTE: I’ve included as few spoilers as I can. In the interest of doing this, I will be writing a separate post regarding the fallacious accusations that Carve the Mark is racist. Perhaps the most anticipated YA book of 2017, Carve the Mark reminds us why we were swept away by Veronica Roth’s first novel, Divergent. Before I get …
Today I’ll reintroduce what I’ve taken to calling “Deep Thoughts Thursday” (DTT) where I talk in-depth about something related to my writing that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. So here goes: Let’s talk about YA. If ever someone asks me what genre I write, and I reply that I write YA, the asker …
I hate clickbait with a burning passion. Clickbait sites themselves are garbage, but its the titles of the “articles” that really get to me. They eliminate any sort of sensible decision making from a reader’s ability to choose what kind of media they want to consume, giving way to the mindless clicking that everyone seems …
So it turns out that I couldn’t really get anything done over the holidays, or since. Maybe this was foreseeable. However, today I finally sat down in my little closet/office and actually wrote words. Like, Words. (*Angels sing.*) Hopefully this marks the beginning of a pattern. I want to be able to write a little bit every …
Pencils down, last scantron sheet handed in, and everything moved out of the dorm room (I have to move out every semester). It is officially the holiday break. With the hustle and bustle of finals out of the way, I’m hoping to fall back into a more regular writing pattern. That includes here on the …
Hello again! I unintentionally deleted the first iteration of this site without having anything backed up, (lesson learned) so now I get to start all over again! To jump start it, here’s the ten most important things you should know about me and why this blog exists: My name is Salvatore A. Gulino, but you …