Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt! (Imported Specially from YouTube)
A bunch of people were doing this on YouTube, and I don't actually vlog, so I thought I had might as well blog about it. I just rearranged my bedroom last week, and in the process I rearranged a ton of...
View ArticleBook Review: The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner by James Dashner was one of those books I considered reading for a long time, decided not to read for a long time, then eventually decided to read, and loved. YA distopian books are so...
View ArticleBook Review: Third Girl
There are probably more current books I could be talking about -- wait, not probably, there definitely are -- but I just finished Third Girl by Agatha Christie and I had some things to say.Typically, I...
View ArticleWe All Have a Havisham
If we think hard enough, you'll find that we all have Miss Havisham's of our very own. When we are children, we don't necessarily understand old age, like that creepy old lady who lives in the trailer...
View ArticleBook Review: The Scorch Trials
This book, The Scorch Trials by James Dashner, suffers from a terrible disease. It's called the Flare. No, wait -- I mean, the Sequel.That's right. This is your standard Book 2 in a trilogy. It's a bit...
View ArticleThe Desolation of Smaug Trailer
Let's talk about this guys. The second movie in The Hobbit trilogy. There are some complaints I have been seeing about the movie (or questions, depending on how they're worded). And then I have some...
View ArticleBook Review: Cat Among the Pigeons
Yes, it's another Agatha Christie book -- Cat Among the Pigeons. I tend to read a lot of Agatha Christie during the summer. And a lot of what I have to say about this book I already said with my review...
View ArticleI Hate Books That....
Hate is a strong word. I don't really mean it very strongly. But it sounded better than "I don't particularly like books that...." Okay, so anyway, I don't particularly like books that....1. Change...
View ArticleGeekocracy
Hello everyone! Today's post will be short. It is just to let you know that I am also writing for another blog. In addition to this, my personal blog, I am writing for Geekocracy -- a blog written by...
View ArticleWriting: Work or Play?
There's a lot of writing advice floating around, all sorts of little snippets of words of wisdom to help you get those words on the page. Several pieces of advice are given so often that there's no...
View ArticleWriting, Practicing, Learning Part 1
That's what Camp NaNoWriMo has been for me so far this month. That's right, I'm doing Camp NaNo again, because I've done it every time since it started in 2011. I have yet to win, but that's what this...
View ArticleWriting, Practicing, Learning Part 2
First, let me take this opportunity to announce that I'm just going to be posting on Tuesdays and Fridays until further notice. I am so behind in almost everything, that two days a week is about as...
View ArticleWriting, Practicing, Learning Part 3
So far, I've discussed both how keeping a strong hold on my motivation for writing by reading books I like and also how creating my best distraction-free writing environment can immensely help my...
View ArticleUpdate (Sorry)
So sorry that I haven't been posting. I have been getting ready to travel, and then traveling, and am still traveling. I have so many other things to do, that posting among it all is a bit of a mess. I...
View ArticleLife Update (Again)
My last post explained how I hadn't been posting much, mostly because I was busy with a lot of things. Obviously, I haven't managed to get everything back on schedule quite like I would have liked....
View ArticlePersonality Types and Writing
So I'm an INTJ. A lot of people don't care much for Myers-Briggs personality types, or any personality typing, and throw it off as of no more importance than zodiac signs. But they aren't arbitrary,...
View ArticleI'm Not Dead
It's true. I'm not dead. I have just been woefully neglectful of this blog. It's not that I've even forgotten about it. It's mostly that this blog needed a little updating and a little redesigning, and...
View ArticleBe a Multi-Media Artist
I don't mean do multi-media art. I mean what I said. Be a multi-media artist. Make art in various forms. Short fiction, long fiction, poetry, film, music, painting. Let other media inspire you.I've...
View ArticleHIMYM Series Finale - Some Thoughts
Did I enjoy it? That is perhaps the ultimate question here, and I honestly don't know the answer. It was certainly cathartic, which is only appropriate for a series finale. And I appreciate stories...
View ArticleHIMYM Series Finale - Explained
I've read a lot of complaints in articles online about the finale of How I Met Your Mother. And in reading these complains, I've come to an understanding of that last episode. I'm okay with it now. You...
View ArticleDecisions are Difficult
Some decisions are remarkably easy to make. Some are remarkably less so. Lately, I've been faced with a caravan of decisions of the latter sort. They are of the Big Life Decisions variety. Well, not...
View ArticleSo I Bought a Kindle....
I bought a Kindle. I thought it important to confess. It's been a few months.I've had Kindle on my computer and on my phone for awhile. And I was reading on my phone increasingly. But I didn't get an...
View ArticleWhy Adults Should Read YA
"Adults should feel embarrassed about reading literature written for children." -- Ruth Graham, "Against YA," today in Slate.Young Adult literature is written for young adults. They are adults, just...
View ArticleSteam Haul - Summer Sale 2014
I have a lot to say about the Steam Summer Sale and the accompanying Adventure (Team Purple for Life!). But first, let me list all of the games I got. Because it is one epic haul.Amnesia: The Dark...
View ArticleMy Guide to Coffee Shop Writing
I'll start by being honest -- I do most of my writing at my desk at home. I am so boring, aren't I? I think a lot of writers feel the same way, that writing at home at a desk or in a comfy chair is the...
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