NOVICE
READER'S WIKI: A novice, when we’re talking about humans, is a noob. A newbie. Someone new to the job, or the place, with zero to little experience. In many religious communities, a novice is a person who has been admitted to probationary membership and will be in training to become...
NEPHILIM
READER'S WIKI: There’s some controversy in the religious world regarding the true nature of the nephilim. What we do know for sure, is that they are first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. They are described as large and very strong mysterious beings. Sometimes described as giants...
THE WIDER CURRENCY OF CRITICISM
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Hey writer, do you know that successful people tend to look at criticism as currency? Or as useful feedback to extract data from? And no, that doesn’t mean that all criticism is valid. It goes without saying that the word criticism in itself has a negative connotation. It…
LETO’S SUMMER READS
LET'S READ. It’s time for some reviews and recommendations. I had originally planned to share some summer reading reviews from my bedside table that was frankly filled with a bunch of depressing nonfiction. So I backed up a little bit and said, you know what, it would be healthy for…
NEW ADULT FICTION
READER’S WIKI: NA, or New Adult fiction, is a category of fiction with an MC who’s between 18 and 30. It’s the older sibling of YA and tends to focus on more adult themes. Some examples of famous NA authors are Colleen Hoover, Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo.…
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
READER'S WIKI: YA, or Young Adult fiction, is a category of fiction written for adolescent readers, but it’s often widely read by adults too. Some examples of famous YA works are Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and the Twilight Saga. As a genre, Young Adult’s been around so long
KATE FLEMMING
AUTHOR PROFILE Kate Flemming is a queer Canadian author of sibling love and sapphic romance. With an honours degree in psychology, she draws on her studies in philosophy, law, and both creative and formal writing courses to inform her work. Kate has done extensive research in popular culture…
CONTACT KATE FLEMMING
CONTACT KATE. Kate is a queer Canadian author of sibling love and sapphic romance. With an honours degree in psychology, she draws on her studies in philosophy, law, and both creative and formal writing courses to inform her work. Kate has done extensive research in popular culture and media, as...
KATE FLEMMING LINKS
AMAZON: GOODREADS: INSTAGRAM: TWITTER: WEBSITE: Kate Flemming, Amazon Kate Flemming, Goodreads Kate Flemming, Instagram Kate Flemming, twitter Kate Flemming, website KATE FLEMMING Author Kate is a queer Canadian author of sibling love and sapphic romance. With an honours degree in psychology, she draws on her studies in philosophy, law, and both…
KATE FLEMMING BOOKS
FLAMES OF ALEXANDRITE Sibling Love NA Romance Contemporary Romance READ MORE ASHES OF AZURITE Sibling Love NA Romance Contemporary Romance READ MORE LIGHT OF OBSIDIAN Sibling Love NA Romance Contemporary Romance READ MORE KATE FLEMMING Author Kate is a queer Canadian author of sibling love and sapphic romance. With an…
LET’S READ ACOTAR
CHECK IT OUT A Court of Thorns and Roses is the first book in Sarah J. Maas’s new adult book series of the same name. It appeared on the New York Times bestseller list when it was released in 2015, and has been optioned by Hulu for a television series…
ROLL ON AUGUST
NEWS & UPDATES Goodbye, July! And cheerio June, May, April and March. I can’t believe it’s been five months since I last wrote one of these news and updates posts. Or, indeed, that it’s been a full year this month since I decided to stick my nose out of my…
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 criticism we’ve received in our days and the mark it left on our psyche. We all know it can leave us feeling weak, misunderstood, and vulnerable,…
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 we made. Something that may be deeply personal, or that we feel very protective of. But then again, as Aristotle taught us: “Criticism is something you…
CRANES, PIRATES AND TREE FROGS
LETO ARMITAGE NEWS 12 JULY, 2022 Greetings, July has arrived with the songs of tree frogs. Summer to me is the gothic south of sweltering nights where you feel the hot sweating breath of the world on your neck, a world of night swimming and shadows made darker by long…
ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP NERDS
MW MCLEOD NEWS 11 JULY, 2022 The wild blog reader, in their natural habitat, stumbles upon the new page. Could it be? It looks like yes, it is M.W. McLeod’s July update. Let’s see what they make of it. A frazzled-looking woman, who is neither young nor old, with unkempt…
ONE THOUSAND CRANES
One Thousand Cranes is a sweet ache of a story, like the pain of a first love. Lovers come and go without a trace, but the real thing leaves a mark, flesh deep, that’s painful and beautiful in equal measure. Sakura’s spine is a delicate chain of crane tattoos, each…
I CAN FEEL THE STORM COMING
FK MARLOWE NEWS 7 JULY, 2022 July for a horror writer should be hot; the sun a white, baleful eye that sees every sin and reaches fingers deep into the soil to find the rotting secrets buried there and bring them writhing to the surface. It should be a sheen…
DEMONIC DEALS
When Ellyria’s father died, he left the family spell book hidden. To make matters worse, her mother fell into a drug habit, leaving the teenager to handle the household finances alone. Desperate for help and with no other options, she researched a spell on the internet and cast it in…
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 I’ve mentioned before, people can’t help themselves. They just love to dish out criticism for all sorts of reasons, whether they know what they’re talking about…
