My story is like Gotham (and many, many other Batman stories) meets The Naturals -but cleaner and not as creepy as those…although, it’s actually still kind of creepy and I’m working on trying to adjust that…

Does anyone else struggle to form villains that are realistic and wicked, but not so dark that you’ll give your readers nightmares? Any tips?

Ooh, nice! I really loved Jack Reacher. 😀

YESSS!!! Finally someone else who likes them. LOL! 😂

A good mystery is a good mystery, so where there’s one to be found I’m always there. 😉

I’ll admit, I haven’t read many of the books… I got sort of sidetracked with Sanderson. I like all the the Robert Downey Jr. movies however(though, slight content warning on those – nothing too crude if I remember correctly but some language), and I love the…[Read more]

@pensword Oh, awesome! Yeah, I’ve heard good things about the Basil Rathbone Holmes movies. 😀 I should check them out sometime!

Two is hard. I always say that my mystery WIP is most like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (NOT an endorsement), but a combination, hm. Probably the above with a dash of Jack Reacher.

I’ve read the entire series of books/short stories at least once. Some stories I’ve read multiple times. I’ve also enjoyed several of the old Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce movies, and I’m a fan of the show. I haven’t seen the RDJ movies though.

YESSS! Totally. 😀 I love the cases so much! I can’t wait to finish the series, even though that won’t be for a while, haha.

I can understand that. He’s nothing like the original character, but that’s what makes me like the movies. He’s so unique (the movies are HILARIOUS, LOL) and so different from Conan Doyle’s Sherlock that it makes the…[Read more]

@bigideaskc – YES, I love Sherlock Holmes. The cases are so clever, so witty, so captivating (even if you’ve read all of them hundreds of times, like I have xD) that it got me interested in writing mystery. There’s a lot of awesome cases, so you’re in for a treat. 😉

I haven’t watched that movie, because Robert Downey, Jr. is not remotely how I…[Read more]

@joshuapior Good question! Hmmmm… I guess it would be Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (wings) meets Chronicles of Narnia (battles and good sides/bad sides and such)? Or Maximum Ride (wings) meets quality. 😏 *glares at the movie that TOTALLY could’ve been better*

Hello!
I’m back from having dropped off the earth from a while and haven’t been doing a ton of writing but I have a work in progress that’s sort of Homeward Bound meets psychological thriller without the animals. I’ve been rather uninspired lately, honestly—how do you all keep motivated? For context, I’m a college student with too much free time a…[Read more]