Author: emileeta
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Author Highlight L.R. SCHULZ
L.R. Schulz is a Melbourne born fantasy author and primary school teacher with a love for reading and writing. During the covid outbreak, Schulz began writing his very own fantasy novel and then over the last twelve months underwent the daunting process of publishing it himself. A King’s Radiance is his first novel in the…
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10 Authors You Didn’t Know Self-Published
Self-publishing has taken off in recent decades with more and more writers turning to self-publishing than going to big publishing houses like Orbit Books or Penguin House. You may be interested to know that publishing houses were not the traditional way to go in the early years of writing and publishing. The idea that to…
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Inclusivity in Literary Prose: Writing Diverse Characters
Authors can give voice to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures through the characters they create. Creating realistic diverse characters can be a challenge when these characters are vastly different to the author’s background or anything they have experienced. Cultural appropriation and stereotypes are both harmful ways in which attempts to create diversity in…
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The Tengu Trick
‘If a man has been your teacher for a day, you should treat him as your father for the rest of his life.‘ ― Wu Cheng’en, quote from Monkey: The Journey to the West When was the last time I used my legs? I think, looking at my swaddled feet. Pins and needles run through…
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How to Avoid Writer’s Block
Writer’s block can occur at any moment, even to the most seasoned of writers, making it difficult to string as little as two cohesive sentences together. When this happens, it can be disheartening as well as frustrating, so it’s important to develop ways of combating writer’s block by finding your inspiration and get back your…
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Why You Should Read Banned Books
A Tennessee school board has recently banned Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1980) which details the experience of his father during the Holocaust. Parents and teachers have removed the graphic novel from its curriculum due to its “inappropriate language and nudity”. However, as Variety points out, many believe this to align with a growing pattern of schools targeting literature surrounding the…
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Warrior of the Wild Book Review
SYNOPSIS How do you kill a god? As her father’s chosen heir, eighteen-year-old Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. But when her coming-of-age trial is sabotaged and she fails the test, her father banishes her to the monster-filled wilderness with an impossible quest: To win back her…
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Why You Should Read Sci-Fi
My fellow humanoids (and other fun forms), You may or may not be aware of the great and terrible power that Science Fiction has! But, yes! it is indeed hugely responsible for shaping public opinion as it shows us wacky and terrifying possible futures, unknown galaxies, and realistic, thought-provoking depictions of human behaviour. From the father of…
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The Female Author has a “Man’s Brain”
We all know there are countless incredible female authors and writers in the world today. We know that a woman can imagine and put in words a vivid story of any genre just as well as any man. So why are there still women who feel the need to write under a pseudonym or initials…
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Magician Book Review
Feist Changed My Life SYNOPSIS Raymond E. Feist’s classic fantasy epic, Magician, has enchanted readers for over twenty years. It is the first book of his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Riftwar series.At Crydee, a frontier outpost in the tranquil Kingdom of the Isles, an orphan boy, Pug, is apprenticed to a master magician –…
Emily Morrison 