This past week I stumbled upon some dozen, old half-drafted posts, as one does. Most of them are book reviews, but there was also some musings over Dickens, rants about old classics, thoughts on common writing advice, and a few scattered art dumps. And then there was the one about "mock trial." I know this… Continue reading 17 Things I've Learned and Earned from Competing in Mock Trial
Hello all and happy Saturday! I got tagged by The Arbitrary Fairy some time ago for this fun set of bookish questions (created by Madison), and not even a couple days ago was tagged by Kenechi. Which are both great excuses to be bookish. And talk about books. What's not to like? #1. What books… Continue reading A Rather Lengthy Bookish Post | feat. two tags
I think I've gone crazy with my new phone/new camera. I've always thought that the camera is one of the best aspects of a phone, but with getting a new phone and then autumn coming around, and everything so gloriously autumn, I've taken too many pictures to count. I hope you enjoy looking at some… Continue reading Autumn Pictures
Lately I have been finding and stumbling across some very neat artists with very neat things they do and I've been sharing them with friends and realized I could make a list and share them here as a sort of collage of beautiful things. David Braud's family portraits have marvelous Norman Rockwell flavor which I… Continue reading Some very neat artists and pieces of art I find interesting
...and so the week has ended. If you want to follow the event through the end of the month, you can find week three starting over at Edna Pellen at her blog, Bleeding Ink, and then for the final week Maple at her blog. Thanks again to R.M. Archer for asking me to co-host! (This… Continue reading Preptober Prompts Week 2 Wrapup
I hope you're having a lovely Thursday this fine morning. Today's Preptober Prompt is If your character could change one thing about themselves overnight, what would they change? I think Zeb would wish that he was a optimist. He despises those of false cheer, but sometimes he despairs that maybe ignorance is bliss. This actually… Continue reading Preptober Prompts Day 14
Happy Wednesday my friends! We are back for day 13 of Preptober Prompts. Catch up on previous days here (week one) and then here (week two). Today's prompt: What moments in your protagonist's life have changed them? This is a big one for Zeb. There's a lot of material to work with (for example his… Continue reading Preptober Prompts Day 13
Happy Tuesday all! In case you missed yesterday's introductory post to this week's event, Preptober Prompts, you can catch up here. Essentially, each day this week I'm posting a different prompt relating to the category of character and the topic of change in order to help you think through whatever writing project you're currently working… Continue reading Preptober Prompts Day 12
