I'm Back

I haven't been here for quite some time. By my estimation it's been almost 8 months. And honestly, I never felt like I fit in well on Mibba, which is probably why I left, but I can't remember.The reason I felt like i didn't fit in, if that WAS the reason that I left, was probably because I never wrote anything. If I did write something, it was a first draft that I published at 2 in the morning and...
March 1st, 2015 at 05:51am

I Forgot How to Write

So a few days ago I posted a blog thing whatever about my grievances with YA fiction. I had written it in the wee hours of the morning because I was sleep deprived and grumpy, and I remember publishing it, re-reading it, and thinking “this sounds stupid. ugh. whatever, I’ll leave it up.” and then I went to bed.I checked into Mibba today out of habit, and I had nine comments on that post, and...
June 23rd, 2014 at 10:47am

I'm Getting Kind of Tired of YA.

Why is YA fiction the way it is?This is especially a problem in YA fiction, and one of the reasons that I’m moving away from the genre. A good part of YA fiction involves the same “chosen one going on a quest” cliche and it’s like, that in itself is bad enough, but every single time, the main characters are just these faint outlines of people. And I realize why this is, I’m not stupid....
June 20th, 2014 at 04:33am