-
-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
The Wonksters
Recommended Wonk
-
-
-
-
-
Tag Archives: Cara McKenna
How To Be An Author
There’s so much of this advice out there. Blog posts. Craft books. Workshops and lectures. We pay for it, we go in search of it. Sometimes it finds us, when we’d rather not be pondering whether or not we’re currently … Continue reading
Posted in Life & Wonk
Tagged anxiety, Cara McKenna, emotion, reviews, social media, writing
24 Comments
Bad-Idea Heroes (No, Like, Really Bad)
Today’s post is going to be a self-indulgent talk therapy session. I apologize in advance. But I’m having one of those writer weeks, the kind where self-doubt is an itchy, wet sweater, weighing you down and making you twitch, and … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Wonkomance
Tagged alcoholism, Cara McKenna, flawed characters, heroes, kink, Unbound, unsympathetic characters, writing
42 Comments
Why on Earth I Liked Young Adult
Perhaps a month ago, I watched Young Adult. It’s a 2011 comedy starring Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary, a self-destructive YA fiction ghostwriter (think Sweet Valley High) who at thirty-seven decides, pretty much out of the blue, to go home … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Review
Tagged Cara McKenna, heroines, mental illness, movies, storytelling, Young Adult
14 Comments
