Mortal Engines Review: Ideas are Worthless

So over the weekend I decided to watch Mortal Engines, a Peter Jackson adaptation of a book series by the same name written by Philip Reeves. If you’re not familiar with it (and if box office totals are anything to go by, you probably aren’t) it’s a young adult dystopian book series where the books …

3 Ways to Discover New Books

Being a reader can be hard. That might seem like a silly thing to say. Reading is one of the most relaxing things you can do. There’s nothing quite like laying back on your couch on a snowy day, a book in one hand, a cup of coffee on the table with wisps of steam …

3 Reasons A Good Idea Is Optional

If you spend enough time around writers, or talking to writers, or reading forums where writers can congregate, you will eventually hear someone say something along the lines of “I want to write, but I don’t have any good ideas,” or, alternatively, “I’m working on this right now, but I’m not sure that the idea …