Book Recommendation: HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS by Erin A. Craig

It's been a long time since I've done one of these, I know! But I was absolutely entranced by Erin A. Craig's House of Salt and Sorrows. The moment I read the first chapter, I knew this was a book I'd fall in love with, and I wasn't wrong. It's an utter jewel of a …

A Springtime Update

Hi, everyone! … It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged, I know! I hope you’re all doing well & enjoying the beginning of a new month. It’s just turned spring here and the weather is seriously starting to act like it—sunshine, flowers, warmer weather (the last of which I’m NOT that fond of, believe it or …

Author Interview: C.G. Drews (AKA Paperfury!)

Hi, everyone! So I’m back from Greece (I’ll have a recap post up here soon, but long story short, it was AMAZING & a literal dream come true for me), and super let-jagged...but I’m pleased to say that today, I have the absolute honor of interviewing C.G. Drews! You probably know her from her hilarious, …

For When You’re Stuck In that Writing Rut…

First blog post of 2018! I hope you ALL had a wonderful Christmas/holiday/New Year period. But before I begin, I just want to start with a bunch of updates/other stuff. 1) There’s a giveaway happening on my Twitter account! You only have until the 31st to enter, so get on it! 2) I took a …

Current Reads, My Favorite Books of 2017, & a 2017 Wrap Up

Hi, everyone! So, this post is going to be a blend of what I’m currently reading, books that I read & loved in 2017, and as this will be my last post on the blog for the year (!!!), a sort of a wrap-up of 2017 as well. Apologies in advance for the SUPER-long post. …

NaNoWriMo: Week Two

"Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel." —H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Sooo...week two! This is always a hard week for everyone, I think. Things change in week two. I realize what a huge undertaking NaNoWriMo is. Doubt is beginning to crawl along the edges of my mind. I mean, NaNoWriMo have even called it the "week …

NaNoWriMo: Week One (+ Beautiful Books Link-Up!)

ONE week down of NaNoWriMo, three more to go… How is everyone going!? As I draft this post, I’ve reached 23k. So far, I’m SUPER pleased with my progress. I admit, it was a slow start for me—I think about 2k words on the first day—but after that, as I fell more in tune with …

NaNoWriMo Prep

So… It’s that time of the year again! NaNoWriMo (and for people who have no idea what I’m talking about, National Novel Writing Month: aka where writers aim to write a book in a month—you can read more about it here!) is juuuuuussst around the corner. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t sure I’d compete …