Wanderlusty Wednesday: Ile d’If

Do you remember the first time you saw water that was so many different shades of blue and green it looked fake?

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Friday Things

I’ve had a very long week and thought many times about running away from my life like the dude in the picture above. I know I’m lucky to have a good job with a good company that pays me more than enough to live on, but sometimes the soul-sucking hours spent in a windowless cubicle […]

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On Editing: Three Tricks I’ve Learned

So I wrote a book. (In a sun-drenched field, on a typewriter. Isn’t that how you write, too?) Then I rewrote it. Then I rewrote it again. And again. And again…

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Book Review: The Infernal Devices

“Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sakes.” I finished The Mortal Instruments series a couple of months ago, and while I most certainly enjoyed it, it definitely had its highs and lows, a mix of 3, 4, and 5-star moments. I put off reading The Infernal Devices because I thought my […]

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A Magician or a Workman?

I came across this article yesterday. It’s brilliant. Read it, then return to me.

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“Why Is Every Book You Recommend Sad?”

A friend recently asked me this and it got me thinking. Do I really only like sad books?

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On Travel Nostalgia

“Let’s never come here again because it will never be as much fun.” —Lost in Translation I’ve mentioned before that I lived in Normandy for a year after college, teaching English. This was before I met my other half, and as it was such a big part of my life, he’s heard me expound on […]

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Friday Things

This felt like the longest week ever. The day job monster was trying to get me down. But I persevered in preserving my writing time, and I hope you did too! Here are three things that helped me through my week:

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Madrid

Madrid was a city that really surprised me. I’d already been to Barcelona, and didn’t think anything could top the amazing weekend I had there. I was wrong!

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Friday Things

Happy Friday! It’s been a long, frigid week filled with high highs and low lows. We’re in the doldrums of the year: short, cold days, no (real) holidays to look forward to, nothing to break up the monotony of the season. The older I get though, the more I’m learning to appreciate this time of […]

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