On Writing & Blogging

The following is a guest post by author Roie Oknin. Make sure to meet him at the bottom of the post! In my novel Ramen, Existential Crises, the noodles cook for exactly 85 seconds. Not approximately 85 seconds. Not until …

In this guest post, author and story structure consultant Leon Conrad shares some lesser-known books on writing that he has found particularly inspirational.

Hello, bookish people! Literary Quicksand has been going for a little over two years now, and it’s really hard to believe that it’s been that long! I thought I’d do a short series on how to become a book blogger, …

Memes are everywhere. They are a cultural phenomenon. Webster’s dictionary describes a meme as “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from one person to another in a culture” or an amusing or interesting picture, video, etc., that is …

One thing I enjoy about my reading life (and my viewing habits) is that I fall in love with a wide range of texts. I love Charles Dickens and Sophie Kinsella, Masterpiece Theater and The Bachelor, The New Yorker and US …

I’m writing a book.  Can you even believe that? It’s been my lifelong dream to be a novelist, and I’ve finally decided to take action.  According to one of the guides I’ll describe below, I’m supposed to have a ten-word sentence …

Although I’m relatively new to book blogging, I have a degree in English, so I’m no stranger to writing about books. However, I’ll admit, blog-style book reviews are much different from the papers I wrote for class! For my first couple …

Today’s rant features the apostrophe. That little mark that unlocks a world of possibilities when we throw it into contractions, abbreviations, and possessive phrases. It can also induce grammar migraines in no time flat, even for the most nerdy grammar …

Sometimes, when I sit down to write a book review post, it takes me some time to gather my thoughts. How the heck did I actually feel about this book? Did I even really have feelings about it while I …

In today’s world of instant gratification and limited characters (also known as a limited attention span), it is no surprise that a pop culture version of shorthand has been created. What started off as a few innocent abbreviations like “lol” …