Let's talk about Lucy. I have a lot to say about this book, so there will be more than one post. While everyone else is discussing our boy Coriolanus Snow in their reviews, I want to write about Suzanne Collins's character, Lucy Gray Baird. I got the book, the Kindle version, and audible. The old… Continue reading The Plot is in the Poem
Busting Up the Brick in the Wall
Because as exhausting as my list of social cue questions is for me, imagine how many people there are who feel that way.
The Only Place I Ever Felt Normal
She was a touchstone for the last time I felt safe before I entered what would lead to an almost photographic memory of torture in middle school.
The Evolution of a Writer
I'm fine with writing though because it doesn't lie to your face or just disappear.
A Love Affair with Book
It happens so often. We have a love affair with a book. It's even better when it is a series. I felt this way about The Hunger Games, Scythe series, and Peculiar Children. Last summer, I read through Born Survivors and other books about the Holocaust. For a long time, I continued to read. I… Continue reading A Love Affair with Book
Tomi Adeyemi Brought my Writing Back from the Dead
My writing is back from the dead. Obviously, I'm still here. If you've read my blog before, you know I come and go. I know the most successful bloggers post regularly, or more than once a week. As I've written A Word or More through the years, I've tried to bring the focus back to why we're… Continue reading Tomi Adeyemi Brought my Writing Back from the Dead
Meet Your Writing Goal: Enter a Competition
Enter a competition. I encourage you to do it. It's been a hot minute since I did a contest. Although I've left my four blogs untouched for the last two weeks due to renovation and, you know, an active life; I've been more active writing this summer than in previous years. I allowed my career to run… Continue reading Meet Your Writing Goal: Enter a Competition
Craft a Smaller Collection from your Longer Chapbook
Poetry's dead, man. No one wants to read it. Chill. I'm kidding. I don't know. Some people may argue poetry, like rock-n-roll, is dead; on it's way to a recycle or scrap yard like newspapers. As an poet alone, the truth remains--unless by some magical knowledge you know of and I don't--that books of poetry rarely sale. … Continue reading Craft a Smaller Collection from your Longer Chapbook
The Wisdom in Cinderella’s Words
When I write the title with Cinderella, I mean the live one. Not the animated version. We could easily get caught up in the Ariel discussion. Yes, I think this whole discussion about Ariel is stupid. I adore that Disney embraces and promotes diversity as we all should. I am going back to Cinderella. A… Continue reading The Wisdom in Cinderella’s Words
Thoughts on the American Revolution and Women
Everyone has different opinions about the Declaration of Independence just as ... they have different opinions about people's roles during the American Revolution. This has to do with two things: (1) the United States is trying to grow more diverse in all people's history during the American Revolution and (2) the history of the American… Continue reading Thoughts on the American Revolution and Women
Corrie's Season 