A few days ago, I was having a discussion with one of my friends (I’m proud to say, I have more than one) about indie authors vs traditional authors, and I came to the realization that I much prefer indie books over traditional ones. That to me was interesting as my friend told me “I tried to finish a book once, but couldn’t. That’s why I think reading isn’t for me.”
I’ve been getting some questions about how to flesh out a character in a story. Writing a believable protagonist seems to be difficult for new writers but once you nail some basics, it becomes given. So I decided to write …
“Support indie authors!” I have heard this so many times throughout the years, so this was long overdue… Indie authors have a lot on their plate, they have to basically learn to do it all themselves whether it’s marketing, designing, …
I had a couple of interesting discussions to say the least with a couple of friends and I decided to share my thoughts on NaNoWriMo. Generally, they were quite pissed off at me at the end. Let me explain… What …
I’ve been receiving a lot of messages and questions from family and friends, who after reading Dragon Tooth, the first thing that comes to their mind is: why is there no prologue? Isn’t that essential? Well, I thought I could …
One of the questions that I get sometimes, is how to create complex characters that don’t all sound the same, and if you’re wondering (but Mo, it’s just text! What is this sound you speak of) I hope you had …
This week’s post, I thought I should talk about subplots and what their role is in books/stories and whatnot. Now, some writers believe that subplots exist only to prolong the word count or basically act as filler content. Well, one …
For this week’s post, I thought I would… Oh right… I guess I have to explain why I missed a couple of blogs right? Okay… Here goes… Pokemon Go. Alright, now that we got that out of the way, let’s …
I decided to do a segment on World Building, which is by far one of the most important aspects of any story, regardless what genre it is. I’ll be sharing tips as well on how to make an imaginary world …
I decided to write this blog because a lot of aspiring authors assume that they’re done with the book once they’ve finished writing it, and this couldn’t be further from the truth. First of all, writing is a process, and …