October 2026’s newsletter: “Book Recommendation: Clementine H. Hopeful is NOT a Hero” “Clementine H. Hopeful is NOT a Hero” by Noah Corey is the best middle grade book I have read so far in 2026. This LGBTQ+ contemporary fantasy novel mixes the dark and creepy vibe of “Coraline” and the magical lost children of “Peter
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September 2026’s newsletter: “Books with the Same Vibe as ‘Dez and the Iron Prince’” I’ve been querying my middle grade portal fantasy “Dez and the Iron Prince” to agents for a little over a year now. I figured it’d be fun to give you a peek behind the curtain of what’s to come and share
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August 2026’s newsletter: “2026 Mid-Year Reads” Normally in July I like to give an update on what I’ve been reading throughout the first half of the year. So why am I sending this email in August? Well… embarrassing mix-up. I had this email done and was preparing my newsletter for August, and somehow I guess
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July 2026’s Newsletter: “Character Art of Saffire” I’ve been sketching lately. I didn’t set out to draw around a theme, but after I got started, I found myself inspired by Saffire: our brave and honorable young knight from my WIP “Dez and the Iron Prince.” So it looks like this month, we have a small
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June 2026’s Newsletter: “Graphic Novels with LGBTQ+ Representation for All Ages, Part 1” I think graphic novels are lots of fun. Their colorful pictures jump off the page. They’re quick to read. And at the same time, they can carry the same emotional weight and depth as a novel. Some people are trying to erase
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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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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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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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February 2026’s newsletter: “Catching an Introvert – Lollie’s World Pokemon Battle” Perhaps it’s because I’ve been playing a Pokemon RPG with my friends, but it seems Pokemon’s been on my mind lately. This comic’s a bit long to squeeze into my usual Lollie’s World format, so I hope you’re okay with receiving it here. (No, you
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January 2026’s newsletter: “My Reads from 2025” This is the time where I would usually send out an article ranking my reads from the previous year. I decided I didn’t like ranking the books I read. I was stressing while reading each book on how I would rank them, which goes against the point of
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