THE WIDER CURRENCY OF CRITICISM
Instead of taking each review too much to heart, try to see it for what it is: Useful feedback to extract...
HOW I GO ABOUT DATING THE STORIES
In a previous post, I wrote about dating the stories to explain how I work my way inside the words to do a content…
WE ALL GET BAD REVIEWS
No love, you are not alone! It's all of us. Every single storyteller, artist and creator gets bad reviews. Granted, some get more than…
LESFIC, SAPPHIC & YURI
AN AFTERNOON DELIGHT Sapphic Romance First Love Lesbian Romance Contemporary READ MORE HEARTS OF EMERALD BAY Sapphic Romance Lesfic Romance Contemporary READ MORE ONE…
LOVE & ROMANCE
AN AFTERNOON DELIGHT Sapphic Romance First Love Lesbian Romance Contemporary READ MORE HEARTS OF EMERALD BAY Sapphic Romance Lesfic Romance Contemporary READ MORE LOVE…
FANTASY & SCI-FI BOOKS
TOMORROW’S CHILD Science Fiction Time Travel Adventure Space Travel READ MORE
CRITICISM IS GOOD FOR YOU
Hey writer, do you know that criticism can be good for you? It’s actually true, and today I’m here to tell you why. “The…
DID YOU SAY IMPOSTOR SYNDROME?
For someone who struggles with impostor syndrome, evidence to the contrary doesn’t matter. They may be a renowned author...
D.G. BARNES
AUTHOR PROFILE Author D.G. Barnes, Doug to those who know him, hails from the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. He was born in…
D.G. BARNES BOOKS
HEARTS OF EMERALD BAY Sapphic Romance Lesfic Romance Contemporary READ MORE TOMORROW’S CHILD Science Fiction Time Travel Adventure Space Travel READ MORE AN AFTERNOON…
CRITIQUE MAKES YOU STRONGER
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Hey writer, do you believe that critique makes you stronger? Most of us could share quite a few stories about the…
DO YOU KNOW WHY IT HURTS?
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Do you know why it hurts? Criticism stings, and it can sting even more for writers as it relates to something…
NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS VALID
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Not all feedback is valid. I can’t stress this enough, so I’ll say it again: Not all feedback is valid! As…
JUST DON’T BE A DICK
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Once upon a time I used to love reading the reviews in The Sunday Times. It was my most precious indulgence…
A BOOK OF MY LIFE?
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 11 IT’S MY LIFE and, provided it was penned by a decent author, it would probably make for a rather fascinating…
I WANT IT RAW AND KINKY
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 10 ICE CREAM FLAVOURS… Funnily enough, when it comes to ice cream I am very much a vanilla kinda girl. And…
MY GREATEST FEAR
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 9 MY GREATEST fear… Now, isn’t that an interesting question to be faced with right now? If I were to be…
A TEACHER I REMEMBER
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 8 THE TEACHER that had the most impact on my life? Hmm… I feel like I need to preface my answer…
HAVE YOU EVER FELT HELPLESS?
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 7 I’VE FELT pretty helpless ever since this blasted pandemic started. It has put my whole life on hold and cut…
THE MOST WE’VE BEEN APART
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 6 JONAH, YOU are my favourite person in the whole wide world! I can’t believe it’s been two years since we last…
