The Literary LEMur

Did you know that the maximum number of accounts you can follow on Instagram is 7,500? My partner likes to joke that they first knew I was 'something special' when I told them that I had to unfollow someone on Insta before I could follow them back. Over 2 years later (and after multiple unfollowing sprees to eliminate defunct accounts), I still follow over 7,000 accounts. I consider myself to be a passionate person in that I love a heck of a lot of things: literature, film, t

As I near the end of the developmental editing process and wait to begin line edits, plans for promoting my book and crafting my author...

We can't stop oppressive nations from attacking the innocent. We can't convince mass polluters to care about the planet. We can't make...

This won't be a long post as I'm writing this on New Year's Eve and I'm getting ready for a night of raucous partying (aka eating...

As this will be my last post of the year, I figured it made sense to round up some of my favourites from 2024 and to look at my writing...

I think it's safe to say that a common trait amongst storytellers is their ability to pull inspiration from a variety of sources. This is...

Netflix has cancelled numerous programs of incredible caliber. I will be forever grateful that Arcane was not one of them. A little...

Oftentimes, being a creative person entails being a juggler. This is true for me in two ways. Firstly, I have to manage my creative...

More than ever, we are in a world where art doesn't have to be good, it just has to sell. Nowhere is this more apparent than Netflix's...

The organization at the center of my trilogy is one of global significance. As such, the characters in my story's universe need to be as...

The book is always better...or is it? I think book adaptations largely fall into 3 categories: Faithful - sticks very close to the source...

There are countless ways to tell a story and writing it down is just one of them. The writing medium can also be divided into various...

These are words I've been trying to take to heart after relinquishing my dear novel into the hands of an editor for the very first time...

I'm baaaack! Unsurprisingly, I wasn't able to write anything on my vacation. I was, however, able to make a lot of headway on book two...

Many writers have a “spot” where they feel extra productive or more at peace as they write. For many, this spot is perched in a spindly...

Being creative can be frightening stuff. Art, in all its forms, is often an expression of one's inner thoughts and feelings. Allowing...

When it comes to being willing terrified by media, I prefer to be psychologically horrified, rather than jump-scared. This means that I...

Every story has to start somewhere. For one writer, this could be a slice of a setting they want to explore further. For another, it...

With summer's arrival comes a two-month hiatus from reading aloud to students at local schools. These class visits and other storytimes...

Not every storyteller is a writer, but every writer is a storyteller. From a very young age, I used to hold aloft random pamphlets...