Writing
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Poem: Old Words
old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans chasing it, like beggars fail to find it, die of rage – for old words on crisp paper undying love can’t…
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Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence
The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put your name in the jar to qualify for a paper copy of Dissonance! To learn all about this giveaway, click here!…
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How to Participate in the Dissonance Paperback Giveaway
I’ve been looking forward to this–the first Dissonance paperback giveaway! On February 26, I’m choosing a person (they can be anywhere in the world!) who will receive a copy of Dissonance, but this isn’t a like-to-win situation. I have written four short stories based on what happened before Dissonance. They show four characters’ points of…
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Artist Cait Potter on Exploring Different Crafts
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso Picasso’s quote comes to my mind when I ponder two drawings by artist and writer Cait Potter. They’re among my favorites, the titles creating a parallel: Her fish is titled No Ordinary Bird, and the bird (displayed later in…
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Finding My Audience
Find your audience. As a new author, I hear that advice all the time. The instructions given bother me. I don’t like the idea of my audience being prey to track via statistics, I don’t want to lose sight of my readers as people. Even before I published Dissonance, I never wanted my readers to be numbers…I wanted to…
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Guest Post: “Write a book! It’s so easy!”
As I scrolled through my social media feeds I couldn’t help but see that another human being was thinking about writing a book. Granted, I had never expected this person to be a writer, but who was I to deny them this golden opportunity? Then I saw it. IT. Staring me in the face, laughing…
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What I Learned as an Author in 2015
2015 was a special year because I finally published my first book, Dissonance, in June. I spent months putting it off–perhaps I was scared to have my story out in the open, or I edited too much. But it finally happened, and I never regretted it! I know it’s a cliche, but leave your comfort zone and dreams…
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The Editing Life
The holidays have pulled me back significantly from blogging, but I haven’t fallen behind in all my duties. I have just reached the halfway point in editing for Serenade! It’ll be difficult not to rush the process from this point, but I’d rather take longer to finish than speed-edit and have to go over it again.…
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wordstorms
Write. A very important word. I should put it on a sticky note on my computer to remind me to write. But I shouldn’t need a reminder–I mean, that’s what I do, right? Right? It’s been literally years since I’ve kept a personal journal consistently (meaning I wrote at least one entry per month.) For…
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My Latest, Cruel Goal
Today I turn 22. I’ve been looking at my achievements in the past year with a satisfied but restless eye. You see, the writer is never satisfied with her work…and I’ve set resolutions for this coming year that might seem hefty to many, even impossible. They’re goals I’m probably going to take years to achieve–but only…
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Cover Reveal: Dissonance by Mariella Hunt
With Serenade finally undergoing revision, it was time to get the cover business taken care of–to have a pair of matching covers ready for the sequel’s release. The second edition of Dissonance features a girl who looks exactly like Allie, and lots of blue–which is all she will wear. She loves blue. Fifteen-year-old singer Allie Grant lives crippled…
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Guest Post: Should You Write to the Trends?
Visit today’s fantastic guest at her blog, StoryPort! If you ask writers, “Should you write to the trends?” you’ll receive vastly different responses, each delivered with passionate conviction. With such a variety of opinions, which should you listen to? What’s right for your novel? There are a lot of pros and cons to writing to…
Mariella Hunt & the Tearoom 