A Recap of My Fourth Year of Blogging in 2022
This month marks the fourth anniversary of Laura’s Books and Blogs. I started it at the end of 2018 as a sort of new year’s resolution. It always takes me
Category: Writing and Reading
Posts about all things writing. How to write, how I write, how others write, writing themes, writing tips, ideas, famous writing, and more.
Also posts about reading: how to read, why we read, and what we should read.
Pairing Tea and Book Genres
Tea and reading are one of those classic pairings that symbolize calm, slowness, and escape. Sipping a hot drink while devouring a page turner is the epitome of relaxation. Tea
8 Audiobook Recommendations for Fall
Everyone seems to be searching for aesthetic, some calming atmosphere that reflects a cookie cutter image of a particular place or season. It’s hard to achieve, particularly in adulthood when
Building a Business of Ghostwriting: Five Steps to Earn Money from Your Writing by Laurel Solorzano
You enjoy writing, but you want to make money with it. Why shouldn’t you? Five years ago, I didn’t feel confident enough to publish my own material, but I have
5 Lessons I’ve Learned from Reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Books
The world is a messy, scary place. And when you’re as intimidated by it as I am, you look for ways to help make it less intimidating – or at
Better Communication, Better Life by Asa Rodriguez
Let me introduce myself, dear reader. I am author Asa Rodriguez. I find that art and all forms of self-expression are extremely important in life. Growing up, I discovered that
The Male POV Written by a Female by Laurie Stevens
If the author’s axiom “write what you know” is worthy advice, I haven’t heeded it. From the get-go, with my first series, I wrote from a man’s point of view.
The Pain and Reward of Personal Memoir by Brett Bloemendaal
Mary Karr once told me: “Memoir is knocking yourself out with your own fist.” Okay, I romanticize; more accurately, I read it in her book, The Art of Memoir. After
Using Child Narrators in Fiction
One of the main benefits of writing is that it gives a voice to the otherwise voiceless. Literature is filled with stories about outcasts, the oppressed, and the silenced. Writers
How To Write Literary Philosophy by Anthony David Vernon
Do you wish to drink up the sea or shadow the steps of Plato? Do you think philosophy is best portrayed literarily rather than syllogistically? To be able to write
Why I Avoid Reading Long Books
On Christmas Eve, I started reading Little Women. It felt like an appropriate choice because the story opens with a Christmas scene. I’ve read Little Women before, or so I
How to Write Enemies to Lovers By Becca Mionis
Why do people love to read about enemies to lovers so much? I think the answer is simple: We as humans love a good redemption arc. We love to know
How Writing Makes You Feel
I’m sure that every writer has been asked the same thing by a non-writer: “Why would you want to spend the rest of your life doing homework?” Writing is as
Should I Remember What I Read?
I’ve read books where I can remember the story but not the title. I’ve read books where I remember the title and not the story. There are scenes from books
Angst and the Six-Year Project by Peter Aronson
By: Peter Aronson After six years of writing a book and allowing it to dominate too much of my life, a little self-reflection and questioning is in order. What did