“Stories should leave an imprint on the reader, a testament to where they’ve been.”
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This week is Fall Break which means a much appreciated change in my schedule. One whole week where entire mornings aren’t sucked away by all the various needs and dramas created by the crap shoot that is virtual schooling. One…
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Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
This book has been on my “to be read” list for ages and I finally got my hands on it. There has been a lot of hype about it in my writer circles, so I was eager to see what…
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One-Hit Wonder Syndrome
It’s a perfect day to talk about an interesting phenomenon – why one-hit Wonders are a thing. A one-hit wonder, is when an unknown band creates a song that goes wildly popular overnight and become instantly famous. They then go…
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Book Review: The Fork, The Witch, and The Worm, by Christopher Paolini
The full title of this book is as follows (this is important later, so pay attention): The Fork, The Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaesia, volume 1: Eragon Pretentious much? Not only does this title promise that there will…
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Taunting Karma
Remember how last week I was so wonderfully excited about the coming of fall and how I loved all of the cozy comforts of snuggling and cocoa? Yeah, I taunted karma, and she came after me with a stick. I…
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Throwback Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s End
There’s nothing more redeeming to an okayish sequel than to get another chance and make a trilogy. For those keeping track, this is the third Pirate’s movie and the one where Jack Sparrow is stranded on the Bonneville Salt Flats,…
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Bring on Cozy Fall
Just like that, the wonderful cool weather of fall has blown in. It’s pumpkin spice season and there is a crisp smell of fallen leaves in the air. It’s time for cocoa, comforting soups, fires in the fireplace, and snuggling…
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Book Review: The Diabolic, by S. J. Kincaid
This book was recommended to me by a friend in the writing world when I told her what else I’d been reading and happened to mention my random foray into science fiction. She thought this would be a great fit…
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The Sixth Month of a Crisis
September 2020 marks the sixth month that the world has been forced to adapt to a new way of life. Congratulations for making it this far, it hasn’t been easy. We’ve learned new ways to stay safe and still get…
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Throwback Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest
Another weekend means another Pirates of the Caribbean movie viewing as a family. In the years since I’d seen Dead Man’s Chest, I’d forgotten how long of movie it is. We had to watch it in two parts. All the…
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