I hope everyone’s week is going well! Here is my weekly update of goings on in Elliotverse.
Happy Reading!
This week, I’m reading Tahereh Mafi’s, All This Twisted Glory. This is the third book of the This Woven Kingdom series. I absolutely love Mafi’s writing style and love triangles that she sets up. I really enjoyed her Shatter Me series, and this was does not disappoint!
I’ve seen The Ritual on TikTok several times, and since I’m a sucker for a good dark romance, I’ve decided to check it out. So far I really enjoy the dynamic between the MMC and FMC, and Tessier does tension really well.
This week my first focus is to continue to make gains on Chapter 1 of my dissertation. My advisor is supposed to get suggestions back to me any day, and I hope to make a huge dent into the work! Wish me luck!
For my authorship writing, I’ve been contemplating ideas for standalones that are set in the same universe as Tempest Rising, but are single stories. I will share more details soon, but I’m excited to begin drafting plots!
I have my first speaking engagement this week, and I’m pretty excited about it! It is at my daughter’s school and they’ve asked me to share some passages and talk about the writing process with elementary aged kiddos. Since my background is elementary ed, I’m pretty excited to participate in a literacy event from another perspective, that of a presenter, instead of a teacher/coordinator. I’ll definitely take some pics to share for next week’s update!
The following song is one I’ve listened to countless times when I wrote Rowyn’s fight scenes in the Tempest Rising series, especially the battles in book 5, The Tempest Queen.
Elliott VanDruff 