Tag: literature

• 5+1 Reasons to Read Historical Fantasy

  

  Is it fantastical history or historical fantasy? Either way, I’m here for it!

  Vesna Kurilic

  October 21, 2020

  read, recs, the wolf on

  books, fantasy, historic literature, historical fantasy, history, historybound, historybounding, literature, read, reader, readers, reading, Reading recs, What to read

• What Not to do Next?

  

  How many layers of Hell does your writing life hold? I’ve counted seven.

  Vesna Kurilic

  September 23, 2020

  live, plan, write

  2020, books, creative writing, creativity, fiction, fiction writing, how to write, literature, planning, writer, writers, writing, writing life

• Why Writing What You Think You Should Write Doesn’t Work

  

  Quoting my favourite movie again, this time in defence of all things romance.

  Vesna Kurilic

  September 9, 2020

  love, plan, the wolf on, write, writing lessons

  craft, creative, creative writing, fanfiction, fiction, fiction writing, genre, literature, romance, translation, writing

• Reality is Hard and Other Stuff I liked in August, 2020

  

  Summer was good to this humble reader.

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 28, 2020

  Edit, read, recs, write

  books, creative writing, editing, fanfiction, fiction, literature, minimalism, recs, short stories

• The Distracted Writer’s Guide to Fiction Writing

  

  So you think you can keep this writing thing up?

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 12, 2020

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  art, books, craft, creative, creative writing, creativity, editing, fiction, fiction writing, habits, literature, revision, short fiction, short stories, short story, writing, writing life

• Finding Joy in Short Stories Again

  

  What’s in a story? (The seed of another effin story, that’s for sure.)

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 5, 2020

  the wolf on, want, write

  books, creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, short fiction, short stories, short story, writing

• The Fallacy of Agency (And Other Stuff I Liked in July, 2020)

  

  Midsummer writing recs—which is to say, all over the place.

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 31, 2020

  read, recs, write

  books, creative, creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, recs, writing

• The Dreaming Writer’s Imminent Demise (A Working Example)

  

  And then there were five.

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 29, 2020

  plan, want, write

  books, creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, genre, literature, shipping, short stories, writing

• It’s a Wrap! Who’s Ready for the Sequel? (Editing Diary 9)

  

  Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to mark the end of the first revision of a brand new novel!

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 21, 2020

  editing diary, revise, write

  art, books, creative writing, creativity, editing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, revision, writing

• Heartbreak at the End of the Novel

  

  Does it get easier, truly? (And do I even want to know?)

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 15, 2020

  live, revise, write

  books, craft, creative writing, editing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, revision, writing