I am someone whose brain is constantly going on and on, and I need a way to manage it. I’ve tried a lot of strategies over the years, some great and some not so good. Here’s some things I’ve tried, and how I personally felt about them. Disclaimer: Your milage… Read More »Ways to calm the anxious mind
In trying to turn Scrap Paper Entertainment into a more formal business, I’ve taken a step back to try and understand what I need to do in order to just… keep going with it in general. I’ve struggled a lot to think of it as a business for reasons that… Read More »Making questionable choices on purpose
Today in I don’t remember why I put a hold on this book but it came in and I did not even read the summary to find out what I was getting into, body horror! Do I normally have absolutely no issues with this kind of thing normally? Yes. Is… Read More »The Hollow Places review
It’s been ages since I’ve been able to write again, but I’ve finally gotten back into it of late! It’s a lot slower than before, but it’s been so great writing again. But with the book starting to come together, in the back of my mind I am thinking about… Read More »How I decide when to release a book
I swear I’ll be going back to fiction soon, but a bunch of nonfiction has been coming in lately and I need to get through them all first! This one I’ve picked up pretty much directly as a result of my recent health issues, and the difficulties I’ve had about… Read More »Invisible Kingdom review
There are a lot of ways to approach what can be a very daunting part of the writing process. In my opinion, you should write your fight scenes like a dancer would write their performance. Talk about it like an overall experience first, then obsess over the parts that were… Read More »How to write a fight scene
I’ve been going back to craft fairs and art markets, which is exciting in its own right, but I’ve started to notice a shift lately. When I talk to people who come to my table interested in the books the first question is if I wrote all of these books.… Read More »The growing acceptance of self publishing
Another month and another set of new things that I’ve gotten out into the world! Slowly, I’m pulling all of this stuff together! Scrap Paper Trinkets I’ve finally got the instagram account set up for this, so do follow me there for more up to date releases of the new… Read More »March new stuff roundup
Every once in a while, I will read books on purpose and not just because I randomly saw it in a search and figured that might be an interesting thing to read. For those who don’t know, I work in tech as a product designer and UX… everything lately, let’s… Read More »Design Justice review
The following is an excerpt from the upcoming Guided Character Development Workbook, specifically the Personality section! There are really two main parts to personality, a collection of what they are and how you know, and you use these to determine they interact with the world. They are (what) brooding and… Read More »Crafting your character’s personality