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  • Readux: Under Heaven

    Title: Under HeavenAuthor: Guy Gavriel KayPublished: 2011; Penguin CanadaGenre: FantasyDate Started: October 3, 2012 Date Finished: November 23, 2012Worthy of Note: I bought Under Heaven quite a long while after Guy Gavriel Kay was recommended to me. I had never read anything of his before, and had not heard anything beyond “you should read his books.” I stood in front of his works Read more

  • Portrait of the Artist as a Nervous Wreck Waiting to Hear Back on Her Master’s Application

    Since the dawn of my academic career, I have been “that kid.” Not the rebellious-artsy one who needed to have her short story drafts confiscated in the middle of chemistry class. Not the slacker-artsy one who skipped classes to go out and have real, gritty life experiences to enhance the reality of her work. Not Read more

  • Remember, Remember the… wait, what day is it?

    As some of you know, today is not only Guy Fawkes Boxing Day, it is also Day 6 of NaNoWriMo. (For those of you who definitiely know that today is Day 6 of NaNoWriMo, I look forward to hearing from you again in December.) This November, I am with my writing brethren in spirit, but not Read more

  • Happy Hallowe’en

    A very tiny post on this chilly Hallowe’en.This is a story from a book called In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories. I could not have been older than eight when I read it, with my big sis, Shelby. This is a story from that book that has stayed with me since then.Enjoy…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3PIkV2anqk Read more

  • The Writer’s Mind/The Collector

    It was Thursday, and I was standing waiting for the north-bound train with all of the other 4:30 commuters. Underground, it was warm still, and the heat lamps had not been turned despite the snowy weather above. There were a few pockets of people visiting, craning their necks over their scarves so their mouths were Read more

  • Readux: World Without End

    Title: World Without EndAuthor: Ken FollettPublished: 2008; PenguinGenre: Historical FictionDate Started: August 16, 2012 Date Finished: October 2, 2012Worthy of Note: World Without End is a kind-of sequel to Pillars of the Earth, taking place about two hundred years later in the same town, Kingsbridge, during the Hundred Years’ War and the plague. The World Without End miniseries started a few weeks ago, and you can Read more