Legion is my favorite new show right now. I won’t give a recap of it here, but I wanted to talk about something a character says in the opening of Season 1, Episode 4. Jermaine Clement breaks the fourth wall by directly addressing the audience. Continue reading
Writing
Should You Read a Magazine Before Submitting to It?

If you read through a lot of submission guidelines (or get a lot of rejection letters) like I do, you’ve probably had an editor tell you that if you want to increase your chances of getting published with them, you should read past issues of their magazine/podcast/whathaveyou before submitting. Continue reading
Writing Goals
I’m one of those writers who have written stories for years, but has been hesitant to make submissions or show my work to anybody. I’ve decided now’s the time to start putting myself out there. Continue reading
Learning from Bad Writing
I recently read the first chapter of a poorly written book which shall remain nameless. My first instinct was to delete it and move on, but then I remembered you can always learn something from other writers, even if it’s what not to do. So I read the first chapter again and tried to pinpoint exactly why I thought it was poorly written. Continue reading