When a writer develops a plot point that includes battling seven incarnations of the rock legend Prince, you either have an audience that will loyally worship you, or you will have an audience (like me) questioning every plot point of the story. I can’t ignore the genius of Ready Player One. It was a love…
I’m a respectable 5′ 4″. There are many of us that walk around in this cute, little package, people like Catherine O’Hara, Billie Eilish, Rashida Jones, and even Michael J. Fox all hang out at this height. I am as average a height as you can imagine, yet this year I have grown more than…
A few years ago I took a short story class. I hadn’t written short stories in a while, I find my voice to be too descriptive to sum up everything in shorter fiction. But I really enjoyed working on shorter pieces and testing my wit and candor more concisely. My instructor used a new writing…
I usually never participate in thankful posts. Reason, well, I’m thankful every day. I say “Thank you” on a daily basis, and honest, I mean it. I’m grateful when someone holds the elevator for me, or for the pleasant, talkative cafeteria worker who rings me up, or that my daughter is dressed on time for…
….this book. Have you ever had a book you can’t recover from? That in its genesis there are slivers that dig deep under you and prickle every now and again with memory? That the echoes of story reverberate around your soul indefinitely? The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue does that to me. V.E. Schwab calls…
My copy of Strange the Dreamer I snuck in with me in the ER after an allergic reaction to a wasp sting
The threads of stories often come in the weirdest places in our lives. For me, I’ve often been inspired by dreams.
The first heard the word “ennui” in the movie, A Simple Twist of Fate, one of Steve Martin’s more serious roles. However, I loved this movie and watched it often when I was younger. There is a moments when the girl he adopts is being rather destructive, and the simple line that martin delivers is,…
Writing BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color), diverse characters can be challenging. I love personality and infusing personality traits into my characters. Bringing in a diverse background is critical to building layers to your characters. However, so many people don’t know what’s appropriate. Appropriation is understanding when is it okay to use race, nationality, gender…
3.75 stars I have a few things to bring up about the author’s theology in writing this book. “I don’t care about your ignorance.” The author clearly knows her stuff when it comes to ancient Middle Eastern culture and I am still in awe about how deep it went. However, she would work her magic…
I realized the other day that I am having a different quarantine experience than other people. I was invited to have a Zoom Lunch Meeting with my writer friends. They started doing this every Friday during Quarantine Life as a way to feel connected. I decided to take my lunch at that time so I…
Today is March 19th, 2020. It’s the first day of spring. Do people remember what Spring is? It’s the wakening of a sleepy world, one that has no memory of anything that has transpired over the last few months, even over the past few days. I always look forward to spring. After being cocooned by…