Posts | Avril Marie Aalund

Overwriters and Underwriters (and Finding the Balance Between Them)

A few weeks ago, I did a series of posts discussing Planners, Pantsers, and Plantsers. As I was working on those, I started thinking...

Organizing Your Oeuvre | A Quick Guide To Compiling A Series Bible

When crafting a series, it’s important to keep track of the details, especially as the story evolves over time. In the world of...

Welcome to The Hollow | A Glimpse Inside My New Writing Room

Last year, a few months after I finished college, my mother and I moved from the house we’d been living in for roughly twenty years to a...

Breaking Away | Why It’s Good To Step Back From Your Story

If you’ve read recent posts here on the blog or have been following my Twitter, then you might know that I’ve finally completed the most...

Reading Like A Writer | What Has Changed About My Reading Habits

Last week, I shared a blog post chronicling my experiences reading Twilight for the first time (if you missed it, you can find it here)....

Reading Twilight For The First Time | A Chronicle of Thoughts

The Twilight Saga is a series that the internet has picked on ruthlessly. From saying author Stephenie Meyer’s writing style mimics what...

Take Your Sweet Time | What I Learned From A Jesse McCartney Concert

My favorite feeling in the world is contained within those seconds where the lights go out at a concert just before the band takes the...

A Brief Class on Semicolons

Ahead of participating in an online course on Jane Austen’s life (which I wrote a post about), I reread many of her works and read those...

A Change In The Atmosphere | ASMR’s Role In My Writing Habits

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a trend that has been experiencing a massive rise in popularity on the internet in the...

Lining Up The Crosshairs | Exploring The Importance Of Murdering Your Darlings

As I’ve referenced in previous posts, I’m currently in the process of editing the oldest of my novels, Guises to Keep. At this point in...