E C Hamilton

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One of my biggest flaws as a reader is picking up books and putting them down. The year I decided to change my habits, I forced myself to finish every book I started, even if I found it difficult. I used to think life was too short for books I didn’t have to read, but what I didn’t realise at the time was that I was missing something great by not giving books a second chance. To be fair, not all of them turned out to be winners. There were some I got to the end of and thought ‘that was disappointing’, but mostly I found I was grateful to have gone back and finished them. I owed the author another go for putting a piece of themselves on the paper, and those authors repaid me. There are three book series that come to mind, specifically, as ones I came very close to not reading at all. Funnily enough, they all remain in my list of all-time favourites. My favourite example is Cinder by Marissa Meyer. When I first picked it up, I adored the concept. I’ve always had a soft sp...

The second round of Writing Prompt Wednesday with 5 new prompts! Writing Prompt 1  Action  Writing Prompt 2 Character  Writing Prompt 3 Dialogue Writing Prompt 4 Object Writing Prompt 5 Setting Which one is your favourite?

I believe there is a habit shared among writers, one I find myself repeating to no end. It’s to buy (but not always use) journals and other stationary equipment. There is something about a fresh, untouched notebook or journal – like a new, unopened book – that seems to hold all the possibilities of the universe. There are a number of different types of journals to keep, and although my inclination is to usually use them for story notes and ideas, I have found a benefit in using them for other aspects of my life. Journals have helped me maintain balance in my life, and helped nurture my creativity. If I focus all my energy on my creative projects, other aspects of my life begin to suffer. I let the washing grow into an unmanageable pile, I forget to drink my daily dose of water, I opt out of social activities and family time, or I neglect to exercise or meditate. Just as I neglect my writing when work is busy, or I lose track of my goals when that time of year comes around a...

The first Writing Prompt Wednesday begins. Every Wednesday, I will upload five new prompts! Writing Prompt 1  Action  Writing Prompt 2 Character  Writing Prompt 3 Dialogue Writing Prompt 4 Object Writing Prompt 5 Setting Which one is your favourite?

After spending some time exploring the cyber world and going to book events, I began to question how much of a 'reader' I was. It was intimidating to discover book-bloggers claiming to gobble up whole books in a week, a weekend, or a day. Meanwhile, I'm sitting over here in the corner with the same book I've been reading for the past month thinking, quietly, 'I like books, too.' I love books, but as a kid I hated them. For the longest time, I was not in love with reading, but I was in love with those few books I'd finished. I wanted nothing more than to be gripped and pulled in by the unforgiving jaws of a tremendous book, but I was forever at battle with the motivation to turn off the television or get off my laptop and dedicate some solid quiet time to reading. This was a difficult task for me, so if the aforementioned 'gripping' didn't take place within the first five to ten chapters, that book was dead to me. But, I'm a ...