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Be True

True to form, I've let the fear of exposing myself inhibit my ability to write anything. You see, invisible reader, I think there comes a...

Friday Night Lights

Tonight I'm sitting with the artificial light from my tv casting shadows across the living room floor. The incandescent glow from my...

About That Mountain View

This past weekend marked the end of my third residency for graduate school. January 2nd, I started my journey to New Hampshire's White...

Believing is Seeing

It's been almost two weeks since I finished Aaron Starmer's The Riverman and I'm finally If I'm being honest, I probably could've...

Merry Bookmas

Wishing all of you invisible readers out there a Merry Bookmas and Happy Holiday! My favorite thing about this time of year is giving and...

The Silent Yearning for a Can of V8

Reading Bunnicula and Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow by James Howe was a fun and inspiring journey with a vampire bunny and his...

Good vs. Evil (Librarian)

Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen is more than just a good book. It is a downright delectable read. And after getting to meet the...

Fire is Catching

I still remember reading Mockingjay for the first time. Before the movies, before most people rocked the side braid and the mockingjay...

Lost and Found

Inspired by a friend from grad school, I decided to make a poem out of my new books from the Rochester Children's Book Festival, (which...

When We Write About Writing: Part Two

Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction offered so much to my own craft that I had to split up my review into two sections. If you...