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Five Ways East Asian Literature and Comics tends to gets Wrong with Western Culture

To write about a different culture is not easy. There are many things to consider and it might be hard to spot what you might have written wrongly about other cultures because you simply have no idea how they are like. An easy way to train this is to look at how other cultures writeFortsätt läsa ”Five Ways East Asian Literature and Comics tends to gets Wrong with Western Culture”

The Don’ts When Writing

Here are five “don’ts” that you should avoid when writing. Most of these are common even for experienced writers so it has become commonplace for amateurs to imitate these mistakes. There are some exceptions of when some of these “don’ts” actually have worked but they are rare, and it’s better to avoid them if necessary.Fortsätt läsa ”The Don’ts When Writing”

Intention vs Result, Tolkien’s world, and Blyton’s character

I have encountered more and more arguments about rereleases of old books or other media where the new creators have changed the older versions to suit newer times. The outrage over this has been great among fans of old franchises such as Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings or comics and the argument I encountered mostFortsätt läsa ”Intention vs Result, Tolkien’s world, and Blyton’s character”

Let’s Celebrate Father’s Day with Books from Male Authors for the Male Audience

The 14 November is when we celebrate fathers here in Sweden and all their contributions to our society. To celebrate the moment, I have decided to dedicate one week to male authors and their books to the male demographic. The books were suggested to me when I asked around and I got a bunch ofFortsätt läsa ”Let’s Celebrate Father’s Day with Books from Male Authors for the Male Audience”

Seven Advice for New Writers

I have written books for over ten years now, and to help me grow I have started to read and advice newer writers and have noticed a couple of things come up a lot so I will point them out and give some advice on how to avoid them. Have in mind that these canFortsätt läsa ”Seven Advice for New Writers”

Celebrate Pride Month with a MxM book!

Pride month is here! and I plan to celebrate it with a lot of MxM books from a variety of genre. From love between spies, murder mysteries, vampires, werewolves, magic, comedy and much more! The reviews will hopefully lure you into reading some of these books as well, and don’t be shy to tell meFortsätt läsa ”Celebrate Pride Month with a MxM book!”

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Movie vs the Book

So, I did not grow up with this book. My introduction was the movie and when I found it that it actually was a book first, and the book was much better according to some, I decided to read the books. So, I got the audiobook and listened to it and, yeah, I get whyFortsätt läsa ”Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Movie vs the Book”

Celebrate Valentine’s day with a romance from the 90s!

I will under the span of five days, Monday to Friday. Release one book review a day of romances from the 90s. I found my mom’s secret stash of trashy romances and decided to read some for Valentine hoping to share my pain with you in the futile hope that you might pick up someFortsätt läsa ”Celebrate Valentine’s day with a romance from the 90s!”

The book vs the movie, Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone

Many have asked and argued about what to focus on, the books or the movies. I was one of those insane people doing both so I thought I would give a bit of information about what I think on the subject. Firstly, do no be afraid to do both and form your own opinion. YouFortsätt läsa ”The book vs the movie, Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone”

Writing styles

As I had a friend look through some of my reviews before I post them, I got a question asking me what I meant when I mentioned for example a traditional writing style. As I started to study different styles to evolve my own, I started to put the writing styles into three categories. TheseFortsätt läsa ”Writing styles”