Author name: S Labrecque

Learning from Media: Anime and Writing Overpowered Heroes

May 2026’s Newsletter: “Learning from Media: Anime and Writing Overpowered Heroes” Stop me if you’ve seen this one before: The hero swaggers onto the scene. They burst out flashy fight moves. Enemies fall left and right. The hero flies through and nothing can touch them. Are they even trying? Lights, fireworks, lots of special effects. […]

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Books Written by Indie Bookstagrammers

April 2026’s Newsletter: “Books Written by Indie Bookstagrammers” I network on Instagram a lot these days, so plenty of Indie authors’ books have ended up on my TBR. I thought I’d share some with you today! This book rec list contains books self-published or produced by bookstagrammers. (Bookstagrammers: Instagrammers who post about books and book-related

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Book Recommendation: “The Summer War”

March 2026’s newsletter: “Book Recommendation: The Summer War” Naomi Novik brings us another new fairy tale in her stand-alone novella, “The Summer War.” I love stories with close siblings, and siblings are a central theme in this novella. I try to avoid spoilers when writing my recommendations, but I fell into revealing more with this

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