News and Musings

The Obligatory How-I-got-my-agent

May 14, 2020

This post is long overdue, but I figured I’d share this with everyone because, well. It’s been a long path to being agented, I’m sure in large part due to me not believing I could be good enough to write a book until I was 21, then stumbling my way through novel after novel because …

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Of Giants and Men

April 30, 2020

By Leanne Y

Dedicated to my dad You were a giant, once. Every step resonated through my world, every word tolled like the great bells of London. You were the sky I aspired to reach, the limits I aspired to challenge. The limits, my mind whispered, that I could never hope to surpass. For how does one swim …

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Deconstructed: Voices of a Distant Star

March 23, 2020

By Leanne Y

Note: This is a series of old posts from a site I used to write a weekly blog/article for. Since the site is now down, I’m putting up a number of my favourite posts back up on my site! There are so many things that conjure up emotion…The softness of dirt in Spring…Clouds in the …

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Deconstructed: The Lies of Locke Lamora Prologue

March 16, 2020

By Leanne Y

Note: This is a series of old posts from a site I used to write a weekly blog/article for. Since the site is now down, I’m putting up a number of my favourite posts back up on my site! “So,” the Eyeless Priest said, “that was just the very first night of your association with …

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Deconstructed: Pacific Rim

March 9, 2020

By Leanne Y

Note: This is a series of old posts from a site I used to write a weekly blog/article for. Since the site is now down, I’m putting up a number of my favourite posts back up on my site! Pacific Rim is one of the huge Summer blockbusters, and its core concept can be summed …

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Deconstructed: Revenge of the Sith Novelisation

March 2, 2020

By Leanne Y

Note: This is a series of old posts from a site I used to write a weekly blog/article for. Since the site is now down, I’m putting up a number of my favourite posts back up on my site! The Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization by Matthew Woodring Stover (MWS) is one of …

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‘Strong’ Female Characters

February 24, 2020

By Leanne Y

Note: This is a series of (very) old posts from a site I used to write a weekly blog/article for. Since the site is now down, I’m putting up a number of my favourite posts back up on my site! I’ve been trawling agent wishlists lately, and there’s one request I’ve seen pop up time …

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Making a Home

February 17, 2020

By Leanne Y

Note: This is a series of old posts from a site I used to write a weekly blog/article for. Since the site is now down, I’m putting up a number of my favourite posts back up on my site! Struggling to slice open boxes held shut with layers of stubborn packing tape. Treasure hunting for …

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