Top Three Places to Find New Books | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Top Three Places to Find New Books | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Although my to-be-read pile will outlast me by several years, my older son (who is also a reader) is never more than two books away from needing something new to read. This leads to the question of where to find that something new. My top three sources (after this blog, of course) are:

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Starting an Author Website | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Starting an Author Website | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

A few Writer’s Life posts ago, I began a series addressing the question that I receive the most: What do I do with my story idea. In the first installments of this multi-part answer, I talked about writing down everything you know about the idea, beginning a social media presence, and giving structure to your story.

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Top Three Gifts for Fantasy-Reading Moms | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Top Three Gifts for Fantasy-Reading Moms | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Welcome back to Lands Uncharted. For this week’s Top Three installment, I was going to discuss the best moments from Avengers Endgame, but if you’re like me… you haven’t seen it yet. So I decided it was still too soon for spoilers and that picking the top three moments would be best left to one of my fellow bloggers.

With all the Avengers excitement going around, it might be possible to forget another important day that’s coming up soon. Mother’s day is on May 12 this year. While that may seem a way off yet, it’s closer than it appears. The time to think of how to honor Mom is now.

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Shadow of the Fox | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Shadow of the Fox | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Yumeko is a kitsune. Okay, technically she’s only half-kitsune, but even that’s more than enough to get her into trouble. Although her jokes and pranks exasperate most of the monks that she lives with, her trickster nature could be the only thing that enables her to stay one step ahead of those who pursue her; those who covet what she carries.

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Top Three Fantasy Stories that Feature Pets | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Top Three Fantasy Stories that Feature Pets | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

I love pets. I mean, I REALLY LOVE pets, so much so that I currently have too many. As of today I share my living space with three dogs, three ducks, to Rex rats, two red-eared slider turtles, a blue-crowned conure, and an English sparrow rescued as a hatchling when a high wind blew him out of his nest. It’s quite a menagerie, I’ll admit, but I know I’m not the only one who is captured by the cute loveable-ness and companionship bound up in all that fur…or feathers…or shell.

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Giving Structure to Your Story Idea | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

Giving Structure to Your Story Idea | Blogging from Lands Uncharted

A few months ago I began a series addressing the question that I receive the most: What do I do with my story idea. In the first installments of this multi-part answer, I talked about writing down everything you know about the idea and beginning a social media presence. Today, I’m going to discuss how to proceed with the writing.

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