So I finally did it. I read The Fault in Our Stars, easily once of the most beloved novels by one of the most beloved novelists. I didn’t read it earlier because I feared that my own cancer story would make me biased. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to give it a fair… Continue reading Our Faultless Stars: What John Green Got Wrong
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The Land of the Rising Sun: Adventures in Japan
I know a few people who have been to Japan and all of them have told me that it will be unlike anywhere else that I have been. I believed them but I didn’t BELIEVE them believe them. But they were right. Japan has raised the travel bar more than any other trip. I have… Continue reading The Land of the Rising Sun: Adventures in Japan
Updates! I’m Still Alive (and that’s about the end of the good news! jk lol)
Hello friends. It’s been a while since I’ve written – mostly because I didn’t have much to write about and then also because in January I got hit by a car. Wheeeee! So this year is off to a hell of a start. I was crossing the street a block from my house, with the… Continue reading Updates! I’m Still Alive (and that’s about the end of the good news! jk lol)
To NaNo or not to NaNo
Isn’t that the question? Unless, of course, your question is “what the hell is a NaNo?” NaNoWriMo, as it’s awkwardly and affectionately called, stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is billed as a competition – something you either win or lose – to push people to write a 50K word novel in 30… Continue reading To NaNo or not to NaNo
My Kind of Town
Hello friends. I’m 100% trying to be better about keeping this up to date. Now that my revisions have gone back to my agent and I’ve started a new book (more on that later) this all seems like it might be possible. I’m probably setting myself up for failure, but hey…. So this month we… Continue reading My Kind of Town