If you’re anything like me, the month of October is filled with pumpkin spiced lattes, witchy movies, cuddling with your black cat (okay, maybe not this one), and reading spooky novels that haunt your dreams. However, sometimes I’m not in the mood to read or watch something truly terrifying, but I do love reading novels… Continue reading Relax & Read: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Movie Mention: Looper
Afternoon, readers! I saw Looper last night, so I thought I'd give my opinion on this science-fiction thriller. In the future, it's nearly impossible to get rid of bodies, so the mob uses loopers--trained assassins that kill and dispose of whomever the mob sends backwards in time. Shockingly Joe, being one of these men, gets his loop closed… Continue reading Movie Mention: Looper
Website Wonders: Wattpad.com
I've officially had this website for one week now, and it's been an adventure! So far I've had over 1,000 hits and followers and lots of wonderful emails, asking questions and/or fellow writers wanting to know me. (If you've read my About Me page then you know I LOVE talking to new people!). But I thought… Continue reading Website Wonders: Wattpad.com
Relax & Read: The Mortal Instruments
Reading can get expensive sometimes! Especially when you LOVE writing inside the books like I do, because you have to own every one of them. But, hey, at least you get to keep them forever! (I think I may need a bigger bookshelf.) Anyway…I thought I’d excite everyone by reminding them that the paperback version… Continue reading Relax & Read: The Mortal Instruments
Relax & Read: Embrace
Happy October, readers! As promised on my very first post (which, by the way, I’ve had a WONDERFUL time with all of you since then) here’s my review of Jessica Shirvington’s YA novel, Embrace: What better way to celebrate the month of October but with the sinister romance of an angel? Violet Eden, a seventeen-year-old… Continue reading Relax & Read: Embrace
Relax & Read: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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
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
