Rose Corcoran

Author of the Styx Trilogy. Librarian. Northern Arizonan. Catholic. Shameless & unapologetic weeb. #booktwitter #writingcommunity #booktwt #writing

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

Miscast Spells:

Bostwick, a sarcastic magician, winds up ensnared by a goblin queen who forces him to be her butler, a job that involves gardening beside fire-breathing wyrms, fighting mad bombers, & teaching the queen’s maid a thing or two about magic.

https://t.co/QLLm6bT3cC

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

People can take my prologue's and chapter titles when they pry them from my cold, dead hands.

[J.P. Stewart 💙 @JPStewartWriter]

Writing Rules: Tropes are bad.

Me: right...

Writing Rules: ok not all the time & you shouldn't write too far outside the tropes the market wants.

Me: wait... how do you know-

Writing Rules: prologues are bad too. Except if that's where the story starts. Also chapter titles.

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

Today's #review is about 2 sci-fi war stories: Godzilla Minus One and Slaughterhouse-Five.

One is garbage. The other features a giant lizard smashing stuff. https://t.co/sU2MjMmCiN via @YouTube

#GodzillaMinusOne #MovieReview #BookReview #movierecommendation

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

“I’m a bit under the weather”

Translation: I don't appear to have a pulse.

[The Sinking City 2 @thesinkingcity]

The tang of mildew and brine fills your lungs as you step into the flooded chamber. The crimson rune awaits you at the far end of the room.

What will you do? 👁️‍🗨️

Join our venture into the abyss 👉 https://t.co/1LoKvo46GR

#ConceptArt #SurvivalHorror

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

Many of Delilah's most goblinical thoughts and desires come from things I have thought or said IRL ( o_o)

[Lee Hall @lhallwriter]

Writers, have you ever included something from real life in your fictional works?

[Church Curmudgeon @ChrchCurmudgeon]

Here comes Santa Claus,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Down Nicæa place
He’s been fixin’ for a blitzin’
Right on Arius’ face
Bells are ringing,
Cheeks are stinging,
Get your theology right
Erase that "i" and say your prayers,
‘Cause Santa’s ‘bout to fight

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

This applies to making art, too. You have to make art that shows the good, not just bashes the evil.

[Edward Feser @FeserEdward]

It’s not enough, in individual life or in politics, to hate and fight against what is bad. One must, at a more fundamental level, love and promote what is truly good. Without that motivation, the defeat of evils is bound to result merely in their replacement with different evils.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Life advice:

Have a cup of tea, say “ah well”, and
move on.

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

@elchandler Depends on the book, but: Sebastian, Alcea, James, Ann, *REDACTED*, Madimi, *REDACTED*, *REDACTED*, *REDACTED*...
I write mysteries, so...

[Brant Law @Mr_BLaw]

Here is Pope Saint John Paul the Great to start the day.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Life is just making it from one cup of tea to the next.

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

An excellent feeling :3

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

Reminds me of the backdrop for "The Repairer of Reputations" :/
The King in Yellow wasn't the scary part of that story.

[Catholic Answers @catholiccom]

A “suicide pod” was used for the first time yesterday in Switzerland.

It's the latest step forward for a barbaric, despair-filled ideology that cloaks itself in the language of "compassion."

From @AndrewPetiprin: https://t.co/hD2hXcbnSw

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

@MaroftheBooks I look at the current agent-specific Writers Market book to see info on what agents are interested in my genres, then make a list of these, then do a couple a day. I also have a chart of who I have queried and the date I sent the query and/or heard back.

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

@JPStewartWriter I did!

[Church Curmudgeon @ChrchCurmudgeon]

There are four things I will fight for: finishing what you start, irony and the Oxford comma.

[Matt Kennedy @lambeth981]

You know you're dealing homeschooled kids when they want to have a PG Wodehouse party. This is about 6 years ago.

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Maybe he just wanted a free snake?

[Rose Corcoran @_RoseCorcoran]

@Tagoli2 Yeah, I need to make a list of my frequently confused words for when I edit, as they are pretty unique: shudder/shutter, broach/brooch, etc. Words not often found on lists of most homophones.