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Love in Books: More Than All the Kissing

Love in Books: More Than All the Kissing

by Joy | Feb 13, 2020 | books, C.S. Lewis, characters, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, readers, reading

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “Love in Books”? Is it last summer’s hottest rom-com? Does a classic tale of unrequited love surface in your memory? Or, do you react with a giant “Ugh!”?  I get that last one. I’m not one to seek out romance in...
To Fear or Not to Fear: World-building

To Fear or Not to Fear: World-building

by Joy | Mar 22, 2018 | C.S. Lewis, creativity, doubt and fear, genre, goals, Indie Authors, inspiration, J.R.R. Tolkien, world-building, writing process

Fantasy—the one genre I swore I would never, no how, no way write. Guess what I’m writing? In order to write fantasy, I have to do something incredibly more difficult than piecing words together to make a book; it’s called world-building. This is the third...
I Found Inspiration in a Book

I Found Inspiration in a Book

by Joy | Sep 7, 2017 | biographies, C.S. Lewis, Inklings, inspiration, J.R.R. Tolkien, logos, mythos, words, writers, writing

Have you ever found inspiration in a book? Have you ever picked up a book and been changed? Not just wowed or inspired or excited—I’ve had that happen many times. Just last November I got a page and a half into Susanna Kearsley’s The Winter Sea and was so...
Blogs through the Ages

Blogs through the Ages

by Joy | Jul 27, 2017 | blogging, C.S. Lewis, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, logos, stories, words, writing

I propose to you today that blogs are as old as human communication. Blogs through the ages have raised and razed civilizations time and again. Before you decide I’ve completely lost my mind—let’s face it; most days I’m pretty close anyway—hear me out on this as I...
So, What Genre Do You Write?

So, What Genre Do You Write?

by Joy | Jun 8, 2017 | C.S. Lewis, genre, Inklings, inspiration, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, logos, mythos, stories, writing, writing process

Ah! The dreaded question! I believe I am more than a single genre. How can I squeeze all my thoughts, ideas and interests into just one genre? Is it odd that I can’t fit myself into a sole category? Misfits unite! Come to think of it, I’ve never fit into one...
What Exactly Goes on in a Writer’s Mind?

What Exactly Goes on in a Writer’s Mind?

by Joy | May 18, 2017 | C.S. Lewis, characters, J.R.R. Tolkien, readers, stories, writers, writing process

Simply put, if you’re not one; you won’t understand! However, J.R.R. Tolkien gives a brilliant glimpse into the motivation behind a writer’s many oddities: “‘What really happens,’ he wrote, ‘is that the story-maker proves a...

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