My latest read was The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. There were references to it in The Library of Borrowed Hearts, and I already knew that I loved Shirley Jackson after reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle a few years ago. The Haunting of Hill House is defined as gothic psychological […]
The social media burnout is real, but that’s not the only reason my online presence has been a little less active. In the beginning of July, I announced that I was going to pull back from posts, poetry, and blogging in order to be able to put all my energy into querying my novel. Now, […]
I saw a quote once that said something along the lines of this: “Most people who practice brutal honesty are more interested in the brutality than the honesty.” I don’t like harsh truths/realities or brutal honesty, and I especially don’t like it when it’s directed at me. Call me an optimist (ironic, I know,) but […]
What if writers didn’t live in the digital age where social media marketing has become just as important as spending time on our writing? One where we could be respected without having 10,000 followers. Where we could shut out the constant business plans and write by candlelight just like Dickens. Where writers could be antisocial […]
I think we’ve all had a book that we started to read, then had to stop because they included that one thing in it. Everyone has personal lines that they draw when it comes to the media they consume, and I respect that. Whenever a new book or movie comes out, there’s always some discourse […]