Reader, Writer, & Writing Teacher
1. If you don’t know how to begin your story, start with something classic: “It was a dark and stormy night.”
2. Some things you have control over and some things you don’t: “Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself.” Continue reading “Eight Life Lessons from A Wrinkle in Time”
As I said Monday morning, it’s almost Halloween. Let’s keep the theme going! The amazing folks who host this amazing book meme over at The Broke and the Bookish declared this a Halloween themed freebie. I decided to list the ten characters I’d most want to invite to a costume party. From wacky to well dressed, here are my choices: Continue reading “Top Ten Characters I’d Invite to a Costume Party”
It’s almost Halloween! I’ve got my (literary!) costume picked out and am loving seeing decorations going up all around my neighborhood. Accordingly, here are three spooky characters for you to marry, date or dump. We’ve got Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster (sometimes misidentified as Frankenstein) and Roderick Usher from the Edgar Allen Poe story “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Excited to hear who you pick! And about any fun Halloween plans you have! Continue reading “Marry, Date or Dump: Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, & Roderick Usher”
I’ve been looking forward to reading Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell, since I heard about it for a few reasons. First and foremost, I look forward to reading every Rainbow Rowell book I hear about. She’s an amazing writer and an amazing storyteller. Secondly, Fangirl is one of my all time favorite books. As I’ve written before, it’s a book so nice I reviewed it twice. While some readers of Fangirl didn’t like the Simon Snow asides, I was not in their number. I liked Simon and Baz and Penelope and was very excited to learn more about them their world. The final reason I wanted to read this book is that I like Harry Potter, which Carry On is definitely an homage to in many ways. So yes, I was looking forward to reading this book. I read it this week. And here are some of my thoughts. Continue reading “Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell”
Thanks to The Broke and the Bookish for hosting this weekly book meme!
I thought I’d take the temperature of the group and see if anyone who was Team Edward or Team Jacob has suddenly switched over to team Beau. I just started Life and Death (the gender-swapped version of Twilight) this morning, so I don’t have any clear ideas yet. I know one or two of you were thinking about reading it too. Let me know in the comments who you’d marry, who you’d date, and who you’d dump. Continue reading “Marry, Date or Dump: Edward Cullen, Beau Swan, & Jacob Black”
I love co-written books. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green and David Levithan, and Burn for Burn, by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian, are two of my favorites. I wish more authors would write them. Here are some of the author duos I would go crazy over if they decided to write a book together. Let me know what you think of my choices! Continue reading “Top Ten Author Duos I’d Love to Write a Book Together”
Alison Doherty 