Some writers need to have the right atmosphere when writing. I’ve heard of past writers putting rotten apples in their desk and the scent of said apples would motivate them to write, or that another writer might lock him or herself up in their own room and write in silence. What do I do to…
You probably know what a short story is. But some of you might think along the lines of, “Bah, what’s so great about short stories!? I’ll stick to writing my series of fiction books, thanks.” I’m aware that there are cons to short stories. One of the major cons is that you have to condense…
Remember how I wrote a post about writer’s block? Well, in a way this is slightly related to it as this post is going to be about the times you get frustrated with writing in general. There are going to be times, I’m sure, when you’re frustrated with writing. Not because you have writer’s block,…
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS BASICALLY ALL MY OPINION. NONE OF IT IS FACT, IT IS SIMPLY MY OPINION. FEEL FREE TO DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THE OPINION I GIVE HERE, BUT NO BASHING, PLEASE. This post is about my opinion on the portrayal of race in fiction books. The whole issue with the portrayal of race in fictional…
I have a feeling that people go through this sort of situation at least once in their lives, if not multiple times: You’re having a great time writing, and you’re just almost done writing this fanfic, or original short story, or something, when all of a sudden, your mind goes blank. Musical numbers of doom go off in your…
A lot of the time when people ask me what I write, I usually tell them that I write fanfiction. Usually the response I get is this or some variation of the same thing: “What is fanfiction?” Based on having this as a frequently-asked-question being presented to me, I have a very good feeling that…
Welcome to the blog! My name is Claris Lam, though I go by the name mysticalauthoress here on the internet. I tend to write a lot (and I mean A LOT) so you can probably expect this blog to be approximately 90-95% about writing and books, whether it be about writing fanfiction, original fiction, writer’s block, literally…