Top Ten Tuesday: Traits I Like in Characters (Sorted by Character Class/Type)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is "Traits I Like in Characters," but I decided to get a little more specific, because honestly, there are a LOT of traits that I like in characters. And a couple of years ago I realized that there are specific …

What in the Worldbuilding: Sports in Sci-Fi and Fantasy (Where are they?)

I'm so, so excited to unveil What in the Worldbuilding, a new blog post series where I'm going to be discussing all things worldbuilding in stories. Because I love stories and I love worldbuilding and I love rambling about them even more. For the first couple of posts, I'll be talking about some elements of …

Monday Chatter: Pride Parade and Death By TBR

(Pride Parade and Death By TBR performing at your nearest city. Get your tickets now!) A bit of a late post today because we had our Pride Parade here in Vancouver yesterday and I stayed out really late walking, eating, melting, and dancing--not necessarily in that order. There were some controversies surrounding the parade this …

Top Ten Tuesday – Settings I Want to See More of in Fiction

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now being hosted by The Artsy Reader. I've been telling myself that I'll try out a TTT topic for over a year now, but I never actually took the plunge. But I saw posts for this week's topic pop up in my …

Broken, Awkward, Incompetent, Mismatched Heroes: Why We Need Them in Stories

I'm not sure what the umbrella term for these types of characters should be. Atypical heroes? Messy heroes? Well, whatever the term, I adore them. And my love grows stronger every time I come across a protagonist who's graduated from the academy of perfect heroes. You know--the shiny put-together ones. The ones whose mistakes are …

Fantasy Books & Games for Mental Health Awareness Month (Why I Need More Mental Health Rep in Adult Fantasy)

  May is Wyrd & Wonder and mental health awareness month, so it only makes sense to celebrate the 31st by smooshing them together into one post. I meant to write this on Wednesday for Top 5 Wednesday, but I've been zonked out on allergy meds all week (one day the pharmaceuticals will develop a …

Monday Chatter: Urban Gods and the Hard (and Creepy) Life of an A.I.

Happy Monday, all! We're back to summer weather here, which has been great for hiking and kayaking but doesn't bode well for the actual summer months. And to the joy of all you tennis enthusiasts (*crickets chirping*), Roland Garros has started! Now, half the fun of watching grand slams is making fun of the outfits …

Monday Chatter: Portal Fantasies and the Best Game of 2019 (So Far)

Happy Victoria Day to all you Canadian readers! I meant to go for a bike ride around the coastal beach trail in "celebration," but it's pouring rain so I'm writing this post instead.   Last Week - Books All the Worlds Between Us by Morgan Lee Miller: A YA F/F contemporary featuring a swimmer protagonist. …

Monday Chatter: A Birthday of a Sort (And Books)

I missed posting last Monday because I got super sick during the weekend and didn't really have the energy to blog for the rest of the week. Luckily I had multiple (*gasp*) posts scheduled that week, which was a first for me. So that was pretty heady. I don't know how you people have posts …

Monday Chatter (Books, Games & Life) – Rain! Glorious Rain! | Viva la Revolución

Hey guys! I'm a tad late on this one so it's gonna be a bit short. The weather's gone from "I'm sorry, WHY is it 23 degrees in the middle of March???" to a nice, comfortable, predictable "10-15 and raining" which I'm pretty happy about because that makes it the perfect weather for rainy-pier watching. …