This week's top ten is a freebie on the topic of gratitude because for a lot of us Thanksgiving is approaching. If you celebrate, happy Thanksgiving! If you don't, happy random week in November! Use this as an excuse for a large meal with the people you love, either way. To mix it up a [...]
Top Ten Tuesdays were born on The Broke and the Bookish and then moved to That Artsy Reader Girl just this year. It's all about a love of books, lists, and combining the two as a gloriously nerdy whole. Come join in! This week's list is all about bookish items or merchandise I’d like to own. Tie down all [...]
Something about Rowell's writing style feels like nothing I've read before, and I love it! I mean. This ending is iconic for a reason. The movie kind of captured it, but not . . . quite. All of them are nonstop, brutal action, TBH. I think I caught up on all of Tessa Dare's [...]
Sometimes a long book, like a really long one, can be the most satisfying read. Short stories have their own charms, regular size books are satisfying, but when a good author has you in hand a thousand page book just feels like dropping into a new world and staying there. You really get to know the [...]
Top Ten Tuesdays was created by The Broke and the Bookish and recently moved over to That Artsy Reader Girl. It's all about a love of books, and a love of lists about books. Let's all remember that I'm super introverted, though. So I don't know about "meet". Meet involves talking and thinking up something to [...]
And then go hunting in the garage. Based on a true story.
We function best with darkened spaces. Like a desk, or a writing cave. 2. We're characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. When we can get away with it. 3. Highly developed sense of hearing means we pick up on and use the conversations we hear around us all the [...]
This is an Insecure Writer's Support Group post. Since I'm currently querying and fielding nothing but rejections, I'd like to share the pain. Odds are good that some of you are in the trenches with me. The optional August question is: What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? Querying. Avoid [...]
This is a Top Ten Tuesday post, and it's all about the trip down memory lane. It sounds strange at first to think a book, dead leaves stuffed full of words, could come with a strong sensory memory attached to anything other than your eyes. But if you think about it, a lot of different [...]
Don't fight it. Embrace the slang.