How to get the story out of your head and on the page. A collection of blog posts full of writing tips and encouragement. Writing is an ongoing learning experience and whether your a successful novelist or about to pen your first book, there's always room for tips and encouragement. I'll be posting weekly instalements here and I hope you find something that helps you with your writing. Cheers! And if you're thirsty for more, I've compiled some of my most popular writing posts all in one place on my blog under the 'For Writers' tab.

"One night, Reg. Just one night. That's all I ask for. How bad can one night be?" *** Life was a strange thing. That was what seventeen-year-old witch Odette came to decide after waking up in a stranger's home with no recollection of who and where she was. Naturally, she was afraid out of her wits. However when the opportunity to go to Hogwarts arose, she took it. She had no idea what Hogwarts was aside from that it was a school for people like her, but she knew she could use that chance to find out who she was and where she came from. Her interest, however, would soon be piqued by a Slytherin boy. Despite her new friends advising her to stay away, Odette can't help herself. She doesn't see an enemy, but a conflicted boy and she is determined to help him, even if it meant getting burned in the process. |Book One of Prisca Magicae|

❝𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.❞ After handling the God of Mischief along with the army of the Chitauri, the Avengers are hoping to catch a break but things are never that simple. Where there are heroes, chaos always tend to follow. But they firmly believe they can handle someone as simple as a petty thief, that is until she has made nearly all of them a victim of her sticky finger profession. [Book One] [MARVEL AVENGERS AU] [Quote by Nikita Gill]

WATTPAD FEATURED STORY (March 2018) Devin Harper has lived by the ocean her whole life. She has always relied on the saltwater to wash away her problems. Surfing is her escape, her drug. But what will happen when she gets hooked on something else, or more accurately, someone?

Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.

Headless bodies start appearing in the streets, so cunning Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner have to stop the killer to prevent the apocalypse ***** After bodies start appearing in the middle of the streets, hollowed and headless, Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner, Travis Virgil, are given the case. However, once they dig deeper, meeting the emotionally broken Victor Eccelstone, and realize how heavily the church is involved, Rashida has to acknowledge that this case might be bigger than she had ever imagined. These crimes aren't the act of one man - they're the beginning of the end of the world [[Winner of the 2017 Wattys Storysmith Award]] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

In which two insomniacs find connection through their unslept nights. All rights reserved © 2016 LeiLani Lopez [Cover by @lets-defeat-the-huns ] {Highest ranking: #18//Short story} Warning :: If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. To read this story in its original, safe, form, please go to: [http://my.w.tt/UiNb/Rg94ZevvMz]

‣ Book One in the 'Play' trilogy. in which a boy has less than twelve hours till he's gone, and replays his life. All rights reserved © 2016 LeiLani Lopez | #iGotCancer | [Cover by @lets-defeat-the-huns] {Highest Ranking: #78//short story} Warning :: If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. To read this story in its original, safe, form, please go to: [http://my.w.tt/UiNb/ZOPDFwBvMz]

in which she writes poems to show others they're not alone. all rights reserved 2016 LeiLani N. [Cover by @lets-defeat-the-huns] {Highest ranking: #21//poetry}

❝ the heart was made to be broken ❞ -oscar wilde. in which ramona loves too easily and gets her heart broken, several times, by several different people. #300 SS | originally published in 2016, republished in 2018 |