It's awkward posting again after a post like that, but I'm glad you all liked it so much. It's now my most liked post of all time, so thank you. Why do I write? It's bizarre to think back to fourteen-year-old me sitting at my desk one November afternoon and picking up a pen with … Continue reading Oh, How I’ve Grown
It's easier to forget that I have another life on the other side of the ocean than to admit I've been neglecting that life. I've spoken more french over the last year than I have spoken to my mom at all. It's only now, with a week of classes left to my entire university experience that … Continue reading Forget Home
It's my second-last week of classes and I'm finally starting to feel that thing that happens when something is about to end. My senses are in overdrive, trying to take everything in and commit it all to memory. One of those things is the room I've been staying in this year. Of the three rooms … Continue reading Cork Board Trifecta
I wonder whether I should just make it official and rename these Bi-Weeklies? Nah. Stephen King said, "Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it." Sorry to disappoint, Mr. King. But although I watch way too much television and internet videos, I did manage to get work done today so yay … Continue reading (#23) Weeklies
Traits by Ivy Miller . The perfectionist watches with a keen eye as words parade before her The careless one calls himself carefree and watches from across the river . She can hear him whistle as his legs swing but the tune is unfamiliar They become acquainted a glance at a time until the parade … Continue reading Traits
In class this week we were thinking about what makes us the kind of writers we are. This was good timing because I've been thinking a lot lately about the writer I am, the writer I want to be, and the writer I will most likely end up being. All three are fairly different from … Continue reading Writing Influences
Spoiler Free. This book will ruin your sleep schedule. If you think you're immune because your sleep schedule is already ruined, you're wrong. Heed this warning, enjoy your sleep. The Accident Season follows Cara, her older sister Alice, her ex-stepbrother Sam, and her best friend Bea in the month of October. Every October is accident … Continue reading The Accident Season
Okay, so this is a little late as it is March already, but in my defence I wasn't planning to write a book trends report at all this year. Just be glad I changed my mind, eh? I've decided to add "YA" to the title this year, because those are the ones I follow most closely, … Continue reading 2016 YA Book Trends
I haven't been blogging all that much this past week, or the week before, but I have reasons! I spent the last week of February sick and feeling sorry for myself, and the first week of March getting over it and working on my ECP/dissertation/thesis. I'm done now, and I've printed it all off and had it … Continue reading I’m Back
Sequel to Why You Should Proofread Emails. Oh my god, will I never figure out this email thing? The first true story I ever put up on this blog was Why You Should Proofread Emails and while I haven't exactly repeated the mistakes of the past, I managed to mess up pretty big anyhow. Let's set … Continue reading Why You Should Avoid All Emails
