Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
Book Reviews: How I Do It A couple of years back, I started reviewing books but didn't get very many posted, as I found it stressful. Most of the reading I do is from self-published, freshman, indie authors who rely on reviews to help get their book read by a wider audience. Was my opinion worthy as... Continue Reading →
Chalene Johnson says, "If your friends don't work out, get new friends!" Basically, surround yourself with people who fit who you want to be; people who will help you along your path, not create roadblocks and detours. Brilliant advice I've never met anyone disagree with, but, as with so much great advice, easier said than... Continue Reading →
There's a constant debate in my house about my workload. I use the word to refer to everything I try to accomplish in a day. The details are irrelevant as the point is this: I don't care what everyone else does. I don't care how other people look. I don't care. That's not why I... Continue Reading →
Writing is a craft, a skill, as well as an artistic calling. Our muses get us to the page, but only persevering through the craft of it will some finished thing appear. The latter is where practice has been forgotten.
From Maria Popova's commencement speech for the 2016 graduating class at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication ...But here’s the thing about self-comparison: In addition to making you vacate your own experience, your own soul, your own life, in its extreme it breeds resignation. If we constantly feel that there is something more to... Continue Reading →
When we live in the box, we can see what's going on in the box just by looking at the people who live like we do. Why are movies and books so great? They take us away, out of our box, so, for how ever many moments, we're pushing our limits, pushing our experiences, though... Continue Reading →
I've been staring at my computer for the better part of an hour- literally pulled by the thought that I have't worked on Dragon Soul all weekend, yet really wanting to finish this book series I started and have binge read over every spare moment of the last few days. I think there are two... Continue Reading →
Sol-I-Taire [n] 2.a game played by one person alone... 3. a precious stone, especially a diamond, set by itself... *warning: sexually explicit Solitaire A pseudo-origin story from my Fallen Angels universe The heat of the fire singed the hair from her hands, but still, she knelt over it, absently poking the wood to send sparks into the air, barely acknowledging her immediate surroundings. Her awareness was in the thick... Continue Reading →
This was a draft from December that I never posted... in my commitment to post more consistently, and not self-censure, I've decided to throw it out there to the world... Dec 2015: There really is this inner turmoil - fueled by over-thinking, in my case - that creates a complete cessation of - well,... Continue Reading →
From http://www.bryndonovan.com Hey there! Lots of writers liked my list of facial expressions, so I thought I would do a companion post about gestures and body language. Describing these can help readers visualize a scene and ge… Source: MASTER LIST of Gestures and Body Language!
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Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
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"One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us." -Cassandra Clare "Clockwork Angel"
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