I hate when a book series ends. I feel all hollowed out inside when I close the last book in a series, all sad and mournful, no matter how good the ending was. I invest my heart, and feelings, and my time in the characters in a series and I connect with them and love … More When a series ends.
I have just sighed up for the Australian women writers challenge for this year. I truly believe in supporting Australian writers, especially if they are women. And I already planned on reading a lot of Australian women writers this year. With the challenge, you declare how many books you intend to read – 4,6, or … More Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013.
Welcome to this week’s Writing Tip Wednesday. Today I want to look at the editing part of writing a novel. I recently followed the blog ‘Writing Novels in Australia’ and I’ve found the posts so far to be really informative. Last week I read a great post I’d thought I’d share with you. It is … More Writing Tip Wednesday: To delete or not to delete?
The wonderful Julie Israel nominated me a few weeks ago for the Liebster Award, I have been very busy and unable to respond until now, though my response is late I am honored none the less. Here are the rules: 1. List 11 facts about yourself. 2. Answer the 11 questions asked by the person … More My First Award.
Every Saturday I shine the spotlight on a book by an Australian author I think is worth the read. Today I shine the spotlight on ‘A Confusion Of Princes’ by Garth Nix. Synopsis from Goodreads: A grand adventure that spans galaxies and lifetimes, A Confusion of Princes is a page-turning thriller, a tender romance, and … More Spotlight Saturday: A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix.
I love reading writing tips from authors, they are very helpful things indeed. I was reading some tips last night and thought they’d be good to share with everyone, which sparked an idea. From now on, every Wednesday will become ‘Writing Tip Wednesday’, and I’ll post writing tips from authors to help us writers out. Since … More Things to come.
I absolutely loved Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, it was 5 out of 5 amazing. And her second book in this series, Unravel Me, is being released on february 5th. (And I’m not buying any more books until march, how will I make it???) If you HAVEN’T read Shatter Me, you may not want to … More Shatter Me 2 is almost here!
we may all speak different languages, but pain is universal and tears are spoken by all. (A micro-poem by Rochelle Sharpe.)
I have never felt like writing is a choice for me. It’s something that I have to do. I was born to write. Since I could talk I have been making up stories, and I started writing them down when I was eight. In school I always got top marks for every story I wrote. … More Why i write.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 