As someone who used to avoid writing romance, my biggest reason came from one factor - the sheer amount of miscommunication. The bulk of problems featured in romances seemed solvable with a calm and rational discussions, and even knowing how difficult many people find having those conversation in the best circumstances, I hated to see... Continue Reading →
Research – Hockey Time?
As some of you know, I'm currently writing a serialized novel over on Channillo. GETTING TO GOAL is a young adult contemporary romance following a Beni - an aspiring hockey player who has finally made varsity...on the boy's team. My high school - and many schools in the United States - have rules which allow... Continue Reading →
Free Chapter: Getting to Goal
Keeping the room dark, I traced the familiar steps from my bed to my desk. My dad always got up early. Fishermen rose with the sun, so on those rare days when I managed to wake before his alarm, I did my best to stay quiet. He deserved the rest. Soon enough, he would be... Continue Reading →
Channillo and Where I’ve Been
After a few posts in July, I ended up getting swept away this summer, and I thought it was about time I get back in the saddle and let you all know what's going on. Currently, if you want more frequent updates, I'm publishing weekly over on Channillo. I have a series there which gets... Continue Reading →
Testing Writing Hacks: First 3
Growing up with YouTube, I grew up with the 'hack testing' video genre. Five minutes testing ten second micro-clips and showing the ridiculousness of it all. Most of them are beauty related. Be it the clock-work TroomTroom tests by SimplyNailogical or the less frequent social media playground traversed by Safiya Nygaard (or my personal favorite,... Continue Reading →
Eli Celata 