Writing During the Holidays; &, a Book Recommendation

Hello everyone, and happy holidays! 2021 is just around the corner. Exhausting, right? Well, all I can say is - PLEASE remember to say "Jumanji" at midnight on December 31st, 2020! Then all the disasters might just end. 😉 haha, just a joke.I've been researching continuously on the events of October 5, 1860 where the…

500 words/day challenge, & a great book!

Stuck in a Cloud I'm tired of this blog being dead. I'm tired of not writing. Yes, I'm scared; nervous; anxious. Yes, I don't believe I can do it. Writing again after such a long slump? Impossible, my Inner Editor says. But I'm going to try! The 500 words/day Challenge! If you'd like, try with…

Ba-ZAM! Books of 2016

Sharing There are 3 books I super loved in 2016, and I'd like to share them with you. Ka-POW! The first book is the one I just read. It is a contemporary YA novel, with no magical flashings - not my usual read. But I found it on a list of BEST YA of 2016,…

Of Writing Progress and Reading Steampunk

Recently I joined a fun website to keep myself accountable about writing something every day, even if it's just journaling. The website requires you to write 750 words a day, and gives you badges as rewards for hitting special rungs of the ladder. Here's a bit of a journal entry today; please excuse my sleepy…

The Censor VS the Inner Child – Reading “The Artist’s Way” – Part 1

Ok, I know I've been saying this - I will update this blog weekly again! This time though, I really mean it. I have new motivation. A few friends and I have started reading The Artist's Way: Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self, by Julia Cameron. In case you haven't heard of it, this book…

Book Review: If You Want to Write: A Book About Independence and Spirit, by Brenda Ueland

Hi all, Recently I read a great book on the art of a formal book review. In order to try and practice this, I am giving a formal review for an excellent book I just finished reading: If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland Graywolf Press, 179 Pages $8.45 paperback In this concise, powerful…

Book Review – “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon

Wow! It's been waaay too long since I have posted here. I didn't realize it had been so long. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! It was so funny to see Christmas decorations up on Thanksgiving Day. Now that Christmas is creeping closer to us, I'm feeling more comfortable with all the wreaths, Santas,…

Book Review – “The Orenda” by Joseph Boyden

  This book was amazing in the way that it showed the culture and customs of the Huron Native Americans, and in the way it tries to put us into the minds and time of Native America. The only reason that I don't give it 5 stars, actually, is because the book was so intelligent…