Finding Tess: A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America–A Goodreads Review
Finding Tess: A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America by Beth Macy is a well-written tale that is as horrible, heartbreaking, and mesmerizing as a train wreck, but… Read more »
The Bone Houses-A Goodreads Review
Yes! A fairytale romance, where an ax-wielding damsel saves the map-making prince. Five Stars for The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones. I own a copy of this book, which I’ll… Read more »
Be Frank with Me–A Goodreads Review
Be Frank with Me– A Goodreads Review Five glorious stars. I loved this story! Did you ever have one of those beginning jobs that turned out totally different than you… Read more »
Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family–A Goodreads Review
If you’re like me, Mitch Albom’s Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family will bring tears to your eyes, yet you’ll smile, and want… Read more »
The Glass Castle–A Goodreads Review
Raw and honest, a five-star read, this memoir starts in New York with the author, Jeannette Walls, in a taxi, dressed to the nines, on her way to some important… Read more »
When do You Write? Thirteen Morning Wordsmiths
I just finished a post on Dorothea Brande’s sure way for stuck writers to rediscover writing fluency, in which I suggested that people should write in the morning immediately upon… Read more »
Got Writer’s Block? Follow Brande’s Two Practices to Write Fluently at Will
Dorotha Brande’s fix for writer’s block
I Am Princess X- A Goodreads Review
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest My rating: 5 of 5 stars A page-turning princess story that’s an anime mystery, and also about an unstoppable friendship. May and Libby… Read more »
Brain Slime or How to Get Blogging Ideas When Your Creativity Is on Empty
ometimes it’s impossible to get blog post ideas. You know you want to write something. A deadline for posting looms, but the thoughts in your brain might as well be the slime kids make with Elmer’s glue and borax. Well, help is out there