Author: Hannah E.M.

Written by March 17, 2021

Adventures with A Kindle

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As with most other hobbies, there are aspects of reading that I hate, and aspects that I love. And overall, reading is great. You get to travel to new worlds, experience different characters, and just have a good time. But I have run into a few problems with this reading thing. 1) My local library

Written by March 10, 2021

How to Manage Your Time During Spring Craziness

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Spring is almost here. The time for winter to melt away and grass to come back. When birds start chirping and suddenly, you don’t need to spend twenty minutes getting ready to go outside. The time when summer is planned, maybe some spring break trips, and for many of my fellow learning-to-control-pieces-of-metal teenagers, drivers ed. 

Written by March 3, 2021

More Musical Madness: Anastasia

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The world seems to be enthralled with the story of Anastasia Romanov. Well, enthralled with fictional spins on the actual history. There are a ton of stories involving the Romanovs, which I find interesting.  Probably the most well-known Anastasia story is the 1997 movie. According to my mom, I watched this movie a lot when

Written by February 24, 2021

5 Ways to Spice Up A Contemporary

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Hello!  I’ve been trying my hand at contemporary writing projects recently. I also talked with some other contemporary writers. And one thing I noticed from our conversations about the genre is that it’s kind of hard to make it interesting.  In fantasy, you can throw in dragons and swords and magic. In sci-fi you can

Written by February 17, 2021

Guys, Dystopian is Hard to Write

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Hello!  One of my favorite series is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I first read this series a few summers ago, and during the course of that summer I reread the books three times. I’ve since read them many more times, and each time I’ve gotten way more out of the story  But then

Written by February 10, 2021

YA Romance, Mushrooms, and Valentines Day

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Hello!  Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and stampeding behind it lots of chocolate, cards, flowers, and the color pink. (Which, I’m writing this after an trip to the store, and there are some cool cards this year! I saw THREE giant snoopy cards!) But also with Valentine’s Day comes the subject of romance. 

Written by February 3, 2021

Drop Everything and Write Something Short

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Hello!  Because of a truly ridiculous mishap with the novel I was currently writing, I decided to drop everything to outline and write a short story. This got me thinking about the ways a short story is different than writing a novel, which of course spiraled into this post.  The *Kind of* Important Basics So…

Written by January 20, 2021

A Ramble About Hamilton

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Hello!  In 2020, one thing I developed an interest for was musicals.They got me through self-isolating/quarantining/social distancing (a process which I refuse to ever repeat) last spring. It began with Les Miserables, which I loved. I listened to it non-stop for a whole two months. Then, this summer, my family watched Hamilton on Disney+. I’d

Written by January 13, 2021

The Liebster Award (AKA Answering and Giving Random Questions)

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Hello, everyone!  This week I’m participating in the Liebster Award tag! Rachel at Prose Worthy very kindly tagged me for this, and I’m super excited to answer her questions! The Rules:  1. Thank the person who nominated you, include a link to their blog, and add the Liebster Award badge to your blog and/or post.

Written by January 6, 2021

Undead Dead Characters

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Hello!  There are some tropes in books that I just hate. Love triangles, the chosen one, orphans… you get the idea. And then comes along the most annoying trope ever.  A beloved character dies a dramatic death. The protagonist (and reader) goes through some very tear jerking scenes. The reader and main character recover and

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