Miscommunication is as old as time. We can trace it all the way back to Adam and Eve, when Eve was enticed by the serpent and ate the fruit she was told not to. Serpent: Did God really say you can’t eat from any tree?Eve: We can eat fruit. Just not from the one in…
We get it. Writing parents can be a pain. You’re juggling a cast of characters, world-building, plot twists, subplots—and then here come the parents, needing attention. It’s so tempting to k*ll them off (or ship them abroad) and get on with it. But let’s face it: this shortcut has turned into a tired, predictable trope…
I’ve been reading books since I learned how to read, and I’ve dipped my toes in a little bit of everything since then… long before I learned that there was such a thing called a trope. And to be honest, this was something I didn’t notice at all when I was younger. I just kept…
If it doesn’t bruise a little, it’s probably not real feedback. There’s a kind of writer who says they want critique… but what they really want is gentle approval in a prettier font. Something that sounds like feedback but feels like a pat on the head. “It’s nice, just tweak this line a bit.”“Love the…
A Love Letter to Silence, Side-Eye, and Stories That Breathe – From Your Loving Editor with Rabies I’m gonna say something, and you might not like it. But it needs to be said. Some of your characters are… talking too much. And you need to tone them down. Not all the way. Not forever. I’m…
On thought-hoarding, emotional plumbing, and the holy chaos of self-expression. Meet My Brains Uninvited Guests – Intrusive Thoughts They don’t pay rent.They overstay their welcome.And they love to rearrange the furniture at 3am like they’re auditioning for a haunted episode of Fixer Upper: Possession Edition. I’m talking about the loops. The imaginary arguments with people…
On Burnout, Creativity, and Why You Should Sometimes Just Go Lie in the Grass Let me just say this up front: If you are feeling like a crusty piece of burnt toast with a vague desire to set your laptop on fire and yeet it into the ocean, same. Creative burnout is real. Not exaggerated….
In a world saturated with syntactic acrobatics and lexical indulgence, where verbosity is often mistaken for value, many aspiring wordsmiths conflate convolution with competence. They seek not to communicate, but to construct linguistic labyrinths that dazzle, disorient, and ultimately dilute the very core of what writing is meant to do: connect. The result? Sentences so…
Astrology is the ancient study of planetary placements and how they shape personality. The Babylonians were the first known astrologers, and from there, it spread across the world. (Side note: Ever heard of the Tower of Babel? Yeah, in the Bible, it’s the story of people building a tower to reach heaven—only for God to…
Let’s be honest. No matter who you are, you’ve heard a story from someone like Marites. She lives three doors down. She waters her plants at 6AM. She “minds her business” but somehow knows the exact time your cousin’s ex-boyfriend left the bar last Friday. But more importantly? She’s a master storyteller.She is the ultimate…