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Perfection and Other Illusive Things

A young adult contemporary with a touch of magical realism.

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QOTD: Is there such thing as too much? What novel have you read where a lot was happening quickly, and did it work or not work? • There's been a lot of what I would call key reveals already, and I'm only halfway through. As long as you can keep them coming 🤞 • It's making me feel a bit disjointed, I think, but that might be because I've been distracted and pulled away a lot while reading. • #amreading #yalit #yafantasy #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #igreads #craft #amwriting #writersofinstagram #writerslife #authorsofig #QOTD #writerscommunity #writerproblems

And she's off to make new friends 😉 • By that I mean my WIP is off to a CP and doesn't feel so much like a WIP anymore, but a real thing that needs some random, minor revisions. On to the next! • #yalit #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #process #amwriting #writersofinstagram #writerslife #authorsofig #writerscommunity #writerproblems #theresalwaysanotherideawaiting

This one is starting strong on many levels. 🏋️‍♀️ . . . #amreading #yafantasy #yalit #GirlsMadeofSnowandGlass #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #igreads #writerslife #authorsofig #lunchbreak #lunchreads

Happy Valentine's day 💛 I hope if you're not cuddled up with a loved one tonight that you're cuddled up with a good book. • I'm snuggling with my WIP later today, which after this snuggle will hopefully be one read away from active WIP and off to my CPs. 🎉 • So, manuscripts and laundry for me on this day of ❤ What about you? • #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #igreads #amwriting #writersofinstagram #writerslife #authorsofig #writerscommunity #valentinesday #books and #hearts

Claire Kann, from one of her blog posts, shares that she starts by stream of consciousness to get her ideas down and sorted out. Then she writes a "skeleton draft" ~ 20-30k words in first person to get a sense of her POV's voice. After that she starts from scratch, from a blank page, to write her "muscle draft" in third. ✏ She also says "I don’t have a natural talent for writing and composition. I had to research, study, and come up with a process that works for me." ✏ But really, I'm thinking this is true for all of us. I'm thinking if we first put pen to paper in a way that feels like a natural gift, we've probably, in actuality, read enough to make a study of words. Besides that, though, I don't know one author who hasn't researched, studied, and learned their craft. ✏ Honestly, that goes beyond writing, doesn't it? ~ is there any craft that comes 100% naturally, where studying and honing isn't necessary? ✏ #amreading #LetsTalkAboutLove #yacontemporary #yalit #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #igreads #craft #process #wordsofwisdom #amwriting #writersofinstagram #writerslife #authorsofig #writerscommunity

Read this one if you're looking for #YAromance (Emory and Luke are the cutest. And in the most serious of ways, too. #relationshipgoals), or if you're looking to ponder #faith questions. Also, there were some tears ~ #friendship. • QOTD: Have you ever read a book that started as a 3, worked its way to a 4, and settled in nicely at a 5? • Now, if you've read it (spoilers) can we talk about the end? I'd have lived and written that last 40-some days differently. Same summer choices but... • #amreading #yalit #yacontemporary #romance #LittleDoWeKnow #bookreviews #QOTD #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #igreads

Tamara Ireland Stone starts with her characters and their "What if?" question. She also says this: ✏ "I don’t do a lot of the things people often say you’re “supposed to do” to be a writer. I don’t do daily word counts. I don’t write every day. I don’t outline before I start a new project (although I do outline later, once I have my head around the story). I don’t start with research, I research as I go. Mostly, I don’t listen to advice about what you’re supposed to do to be a writer. I just write." ✏ She just writes. That's kind of the key to life isn't it? And Nike has been telling us so for awhile now 😂😉🙃 ✏ #amreading #yalit #yacontemporary #LittleDoWeKnow #bookreviews #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #igreads #craft #process #wordsofwisdom #amwriting #writersofinstagram #writerslife #authorsofig #writerscommunity

What rabbit hole have you all fell into this weekend? . . . #writingprompt ~ What was she getting herself into?... . . . #visualinspiration #architecture #skywalk

Very cool book. I highly recommend. • (If you need a little literary in your fiction, this might be too clean for you.) • "They recruited Emily Ruff from the streets. They said it was because she was good with words. They'll live to regret it. | They said Will Parke survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember. Now they're after him and he doesn't know why. | There's a word, they say. A word that kills. And they want it back." • I learned something about myself as a reader during this one, and that is I really read for the relationships. The two main characters here start out on their own, and though it was an interesting premise, I was not tugged very urgently because there was no relationship building of any kind for the first 100 pages or so. I loved being in Emily's head, but she does feel emotionally distant, which I'm sure is on purpose. That might have been part of it too. Anyway, ultimately, I really liked this one and think you should read it 👍👍 • This also means, listen to your CP when she tells you something's worth it 😉 • #amreading #Lexicon #bookreviews #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booklife #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #igreads

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