Writing Wins: Politics

Cover of They Who Bring the Light, by Jessica Conwell. Features and upside-down cross and a person holding themself.

Ugh. I knew I’d have to cover this topic at some point. Bring on the anti-politics-in-novels comments, I guess. Still, I am so excited to be featuring They Who Bring the Light by Jessica Conwell. Jessica, who I have the pleasure of knowing as Abra outside of her book covers, has written a stellar story where politics isn’t only present, but central to the entire plot. And she’s done it in a way that makes you want to keep reading. How? Hopefully, I’ll be up to the task of figuring that out.

First, come housecleaning. I will be spoiling this book, and most likely it’s predecessor, here so if that’s important to you, read it first. Always.

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Writing Wins: A Protagonist’s Flaws

Here on the inaugural article for the Writing Wins series, I’m talking about how a protagonist having flaws is a good thing, even if those flaws are unpleasant or even something you might consider unforgivable. The book for this is: Woodpusher by S. Morgan Burbank. I recommend buying and reading the book before reading this. Maybe even buying the first book in the series, Kotov Syndrome. There will be spoilers after the break, and they’ll be unmarked, so if you care about such things, save this now and go get the book. I’ll still be here when you get back, I promise.

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