Set in Victorian England, Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor in London, is summoned to Crythin Gifford to attend the funeral of Mrs. Alice Drablow, and to sort through her papers before returning to London. It is here that Kipps first sees the woman in black and begins to gain an impression of the mystery surrounding… Continue reading Book Nineteen of 2012: THE WOMAN IN BLACK by Susan Hill
As you know, I have finished my first ever first draft and decided to sit down and away from it. Finally, I have found a solution to my terrible draft. I am now rewriting it in the second draft. This is helpful, because, to be honest, I didn't know the characters well enough until I… Continue reading Planning, Playing, Praying
As you may have heard, I have finished my very first draft ever. However, I am not going to mess with it until I get feedback. I'm sure not many writers work this way, but I decided to try something out. Especially since I have never had a finished first draft before. This is all… Continue reading Going Crazy
"Deception, illusion, and wits. Who can out-maneuver the other?" When a false murder charge sends Jim Taylor and his family fleeing from an enraged mob, they find themselves entrenched in a new world. Areane is a land of myth, infused with magic and creatures of legend, but it quickly proves to be as dangerous as… Continue reading Book Eighteen of 2012: THE KING’S FIRST JOURNEY by Launa Sorensen
For the longest time, I have started countless projects fully intending on them being finished and published. I have never finished a full novel's first draft. That is, until today. Today marks the first time I have ever finished writing the first draft of a book. Though I have many drafts left to do and… Continue reading A finished first draft
It just so happens to be that point in my life. You know the one. My Bug is teething. Right now he has his bottom one with no incidents. However, that doesn't count the rest of his mouth. Oh no, handsome is waking up every 2-3 hours crying. Most likely about his achy gums (this… Continue reading The Sniffling, Needy, Teething Baby
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to a werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss,… Continue reading Book Seventeen of 2012: BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer
Lately, I have been in a writing rut. I haven't had the desire to compose anything in a few days. Today though, the desire is back. I think a part of it is the fall like air outside. Fall always makes me feel renewed. Another reason may be because I have been wanting to change… Continue reading The Desire is Back!
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel… Continue reading Book Sixteen of 2012: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by JOHN GREEN
You know the feeling. Truly, you do. It's when you don't think you can do anymore. You've lost all your steam, all of your confidence. You've lost your drive. On top of that, there's the anxiety that goes with it. Yep, that's where I'm at. I am three chapters away from being done with the… Continue reading Stuck in a Rut
