MK’s Book Reviews: The Martian

Since the movie just came out, I thought I’d add my review to the mix of ones out there. Is it worth the hype?

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Improve Your Writing: Kill Your Darlings

It’s advice you hear over and over and over again…

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Friday Things

It’s Friday, and this supposed hurricane seems to be petering out, so there’s two bits of good news right there.

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: D-Day Beaches

Having lived in Normandy for a year, it would have been more than remiss of me never to see arguably the region’s biggest draw…

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Raven Boys

So if you follow me on Twitter or even read all my posts on this blog, you know I’ve been reading this and loving it. I just finished it last night and…

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Writing Tip: Take A Break

So I know this might seem counterproductive, but one of the biggest things I’ve learned in the 5+ years I’ve been writing is…

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Friday Things

Happy fall!

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Learning from the Masters: On Varying Sentence Length

What would you say the goal of writing a novel is?

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Les plages de la Normandie

I meant to do a post about traveling to the D-Day beaches in Normandy today, but I do not have time. So for now I’ll leave you with this photo of one of those beaches–they’re oddly incredibly peaceful today–with more info to come next week. Stay tuned!

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MK’s Book Reviews: My Life Next Door

So after this book, I was in need of an antidote, in the way of some lighter fare. I chose Huntley Fitzpatrick’s My Life Next Door.…

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