Happy New Year! 2017 is finally here and I am stoked for a ton of reasons. New years always feel like a fresh start. I love setting specific and measurable goals (can't you tell that I work in Quality Assurance?) and plugging away to reach them. I know that this is a reading and writing... Continue Reading →
Dumbledore will make 2017 better; and other links
Happy New Year's Eve! I've put together a list of some of my favorite books and writing links from this week. I hope that you enjoy them and find a little nugget to take with you! Self Publishing: An Insult to the Written Word - it's a bit judgmental and insulting to self publishers, but... Continue Reading →
2016 Wrap Up
Whew! I was worried that this post wouldn't happen before the year ended, but I am just getting it in! I also want to do a 2017 Goal post, but that can wait until the New Year if I need to. 2016 has been a strange year for me. I went from working full time... Continue Reading →
Create Space In Your Brain to Relax, and other fun reads around the internet.
Happy Saturday, friends! Today I am sharing a list of links that I enjoyed reading this week and think that you might also be interested in. Enjoy! 4 Ways to Make Space In Your Brain to Create: is a great little essay on tips to carve out time to let your ideas grow. Especially geared... Continue Reading →
Pre-Holiday Indulgences; In the Style of Bookishness
Happy Monday friends! Can you believe that Christmas is less than a week away? It always sneaks up on me - we don't even have our tree yet! This year, it may have snuck up on me because I have been reading so much this month, so I won't complain because it's my own fault.... Continue Reading →
The Goldfinch
What is it about these kinds of books? I think I can say that I loved everything about this book - wait, probably not everything. The characters were shady and I didn't always like them. But their shadiness is what made the book work, so I guess I can say that I liked them. Now... Continue Reading →
What I’m Reading Wednesdays
It's been a long time since I've posted a What I'm Reading Wednesday! Since having kids, I can only count on reading sometime after 8pm - and sometimes not even then, depending on how well they're sleeping! But I keep telling myself that I'll have the rest of my life to read whenever I want... Continue Reading →
YA Binge
I've been on a YA binge this week. #sorrynotsorry I want to say that it's because life is just so much simpler in a YA - but these YA books certainly were NOT! So I'll just be honest - it was the love stories that drew me in. There. I've said it. I adore teenage... Continue Reading →
Finishes and Desperation
What a draining couple of weeks! I've found myself curled up with a book more and more lately, and I'm not complaining. (The cleanliness of my house? Well, we won't talk about that!) I've found that I've escaped into words without being able to adequately describe my own feelings. I catch myself railing on Facebook... Continue Reading →
The Writing Life
I have been wanting to read this for a while, but I've never read Annie Dillard and have been intimidated by the reviews that I've seen. But this month I decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), so I ordered this as a way to keep motivated. And I'm so glad I did. Dillard uses... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 