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October 4, 2018 / 0 Comments

The 10 Rules for My Commune, and a Cordial Invitation to Join

I crave simplicity and the homesteading life – this in spite of the fact that I can kill a house plant in six seconds flat and have never milked a cow.

Regardless of such a fact, I’ve decided to start my own commune.

My public-schooled, executive, non-religious brother already thinks I live in one anyway and he phones occasionally to make sure I am not wearing long dresses, marrying off my small daughters, allowing my husband extra wives, watching for comets, and drinking Kool-aid. (I stay mum.)

Of course there will have to be some rules in my commune. This isn’t a free for all! Breaking the rules will terminate our weird, crunchy, granola, hippy-dippy way of life, so try to adhere.

October 1, 2018 / 3 Comments

13 Creepy Books for Halloween Reading

Today we’re going to list 13 creepy books for Halloween reading.

In other words …

Scary stories to read by the light of a full moon.

You want murder? I gotcha.

Twisted endings? You bet.

Maybe a vampire? Scroll down.

I read a lot of thrillers, y’all. Like, an embarrassing amount of thrillers. I could keep this list going for all of eternity, but to keep it short and sweet, here are 13 of my very favorite October books.

September 24, 2018 / 0 Comments

What to Feed Your Starving Artist: Homemade Coffee House Drinks

If you’re like me, you’re too cheap to buy Starbucks (or Moxie or Dutch Bros or whatever your poison is) very often.

Sometimes I splurge but since I used to work in a coffee house and drank my lifetime supply of mochas in three short years (because I am at times far too anti-social for those perky baristas, and also because my dream cup of coffee of choice is just plain ol’ French Roast) I typically make my own at home.

I’ll give you my very best recipes, proven to successfully caffeinate at least one starving artist.

These movies are just as good as the books

September 20, 2018 / 3 Comments

17 Times the Film was Actually as Good as the Book

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Hollywood can ruin a perfectly good novel with their movie rendition of it. But every so often – as rare as a unicorn sighting – they get it right. Here are seventeen times the movies were just as good, if not better than, the books they were based upon.

Autobiography Tips & Inspiration for Aspiring Authors

September 10, 2018 / 2 Comments

Should I Write My Memoirs?

According to Savi Sharma,

Everyone has a story to tell.

That may be true, but do you worry if your story is interesting enough to read?

Part 3 of "Romantic Comedy" by Melyssa Williams

August 29, 2018 / 0 Comments

Romantic Comedy, A Short Story in Three Parts {Part 3}

PART THREE

The receptionist at his office.

Zane turned to look and in doing so, he released Hailey’s hand and knocked over his beverage. He didn’t even react to the cold liquid splashing on his suit. He stood on shaky legs, watching the woman in the doorway. Hailey felt a sudden and familiar stinging in her eyes and a small tear escaped; it ran unhindered down her cheek, glistening and shining in the lighting of the restaurant. The tear slithered slowly until it formed a tiny, perfect droplet and then disappeared, evaporated into her thirsty skin. Read more

August 28, 2018 / 1 Comment

Romantic Comedy, A Short Story in Three Parts {Part 2}

PART TWO

“I’ll just have a salad,” Hailey said, demurely. The words were rote. They would have escaped her lips in spite of herself; she’d said them so many times in her life. The waiter left. “We need to talk about what exactly?” Her tone altered into something more aggressive as she turned her attention back to Zane, this man she called her husband. Read more

August 27, 2018 / 1 Comment

Romantic Comedy, A Short Story in Three Parts {Part 1}

PART ONE

Hailey entered the restaurant and approached their usual table. She knew which one it would be – which table he would be sitting at – of course she did. She even knew how many steps it would take in her heeled boots to reach: 49. It would have been 45 in ballet flats; she knew that, too. Read more

August 23, 2018 / 15 Comments

Homeschooling in the ’80s

I was homeschooled Back In The Day.

The days of the ‘80s and early ‘90s. When Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston ruled the charts, My Little Ponies were brand new, we pegged our acid wash jeans, even the manliest men wore short shorts and mesh crop tops, and the internet hadn’t been invented yet.

Tips on writing better - Practice with Short Stories

August 20, 2018 / 0 Comments

How Writing Short Stories Can Inspire Your Novel

Short stories are a great way to refresh your energy, give you new ideas, create new characters, and distract you when you’re in a writing rut. If you are sick and tired of the world you’ve created in your full-length novel, create a new world in a day.

By getting into the practice of regularly writing short stories, especially with an outside prompt from a short story contest, you will stretch yourself as a writer and find inspiration when you turn back to your novel.

Category: Read (page 5 of 6)

The 10 Rules for My Commune, and a Cordial Invitation to Join

13 Creepy Books for Halloween Reading

What to Feed Your Starving Artist: Homemade Coffee House Drinks

17 Times the Film was Actually as Good as the Book

Should I Write My Memoirs?