Reader | Writer | Serious Coffee Drinker
Around here has been interesting. My desktop isn’t working very well, so it’s off to the brother to get worked on. Hopefully it’s an easy fix. Andy and I are working on eating (mostly) clean. Eating real food is so much better than eating random stuff you just pull out of the fridge (or grab on the go). So happy… Read More
February Goals: Take more photos: I’m going to say I accomplished this. I’ve been working on posting more on Instagram, and I’m actually remembering the Camara on my phone. So. WIN! Print Instagram photos for framing: DONE! (now I just need to frame them) Finish edits on WIP: I’m currently at 64% finished. I should be finished, possibly, by the… Read More
I really crush out over any movies about writers. I love this list. I always hated diagraming sentences, until I was older then it became a sort of literary puzzle. Ok. Using a library cart as a mobile office is genius. This is such a fun quiz for book nerds. Would be really fun on high school English tests. And… Read More
So this famous author once said, “. . .Every novelist has a single ideal reader; that at various points during the composition of a story, the writer is thinking, ‘I wonder what he/she will think when he/she reads this part?’” (note: yes, it was Stephen King in his book On Writing). Had you asked me a year ago, or even… Read More
We aren’t going to talk about the fact that I love Poldark so much, it is now my computer wallpaper. Or the fact that currently I’m in love with yellow legal pads. They are helping me hash out scenes left and right (hashtag all the random scribbles). My week is a little light on . . . well, anything, but… Read More
Reading Heidi Heilig’s debut The Girl From Everywhere Listening to The Madman’s Daughter Planning some reading and simple “school” stuff to get Drew ready for school this fall Watching The 100 season 2 (and Poldark for the 5th time) Looking forward to spring cleaning (this weather has me getting in the cleaning mood) Loving being in love with writing Excited… Read More
Assassin’s Heart | Sarah Ahiers: This one actually doesn’t come out until next month, but I was sent an advance copy from Epic Reads. I loved the concept of this book— Romeo and Juliet meets The Godfather. Ahiers did a fab job with the world building and creating a stellar kick-ass female lead! [Possible Spolier-ish Alert] This one was just kinda… Read More
