Sunday is the perfect day to spend all afternoon in bed, curled up with that novel you’ve been meaning to read. And if you don’t already have one (or a billion!) on your reading list, I’m here to help! I first read Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in 2005 when I… Continue reading Relax & Read: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Month: September 2012
TV Time: Once Upon a Time
Fairy tale rewrites are HUGE nowadays. It’s almost the “in” thing with writers in all kinds of work (authors, television, movies, etc.). Think about it: Movies like Tangled, Shrek, and Snow White and the Huntsman are all fairy tale retellings. Novels like Throne of Glass and A Curse Dark as Gold (I had the joy of sitting… Continue reading TV Time: Once Upon a Time
Relax & Read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I’m really excited to be recommending this truly touching novel as my first book recommendation. I’m a HUGE advocate of reading a novel BEFORE the movie adaptation, so I’m here to discuss the epistolary novel (which is a fancy way of saying it’s written in letter-format) and not the movie that’s released in one week… Continue reading Relax & Read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Music Muse: The xx
Okay. So every writer (and any kind of artist) gets inspiration from somewhere, and I've found that an array of music causes a positive flow to the story creation. Think of listening to music while writing like a movie soundtrack. Songs can add brilliance to emotional perceptions, but they can also be wickedly entertaining (and… Continue reading Music Muse: The xx
Author: Meet Jessica Shirvington
So one of my favorite pastimes is to meet fellow authors. There's nothing better than going to your local bookstore, grabbing a coffee and a novel, then shaking hands with the person behind the work. Well, readers, yesterday one of my best friends was able to meet Jessica Shirvington, author of Embrace. Since I was unable… Continue reading Author: Meet Jessica Shirvington
My Primary Post
Since this is my first post, I feel obligated to say something prolific and wise, yet words cannot express how excited I am for the future! First, I’d like to thank the wonderful Robin Hoffman, The Get Published Coach, for exposing me to what is now my personal website and “coaching” me along the way.… Continue reading My Primary Post
Shannon A. Thompson 