This week’s edition of A Creative Space features the start I wrote to my “practice novel”– the first novel I attempted writing. I realized that as much as I loved…
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This week has marked the end of summer. RIP Summer 2018. I appear to have disappointed most people I’ve come into contact with because I did not travel anywhere. (As…
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Album Review Thank You For Today is the latest album by Death Cab for Cutie. It’s their ninth studio album and was released on August 17, 2018. It was produced…
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What Was He Thinking? A Photo Story He stood so still out on that cliff. People strolled by on the path–on the right track–paying no attention to this solitary figure…
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Sittin’ here tonight By the fire light It reminds me I already have More than I should Well, it wasn’t by the fire light, it was at an intersection by…
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Movie Review Authors Anonymous is a movie about a dysfunctional writers’ group that has to deal with one of its members gaining overnight success. It stars Kaley Cuoco and Chris…
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(This week’s edition of A Creative Space features the end–the epilogue–to the very first novel I wrote called Wild Cherries. If you weren’t here last Monday, I call this my…
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Even though this is my author blog, I am more than just a writer. I am also a human. An adult (sort of. lol). And a girl who struggles with…
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Book Review Mammoth is a forthoming YA contemporary novel by Jill Baguchinsky (from Turner Publishing). The publisher was kind enough to send me an advanced copy for review. The story…
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(This week’s edition of A Creative Space features the beginning–a prologue–to the very first novel I wrote called Wild Cherries. I call it my ‘practice novel’ lol. It will never…
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TV Review Younger is the story of 40-year-old Liza, newly divorced, who wants to get back into the publishing business after being away to raise her daughter. When she’s passed…
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Happy Birthday, Chasing Eveline! It’s July 11 somewhere in the world right now! And this day marks the one-year anniversary of the release of my YA debut CHASING EVELINE. If…
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One thing I love doing as an author (and as a human!) is celebrating other authors! Today I’m excited to share the cover for Lake Effect by Nicole Tone. The…
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A Requiem for Summer (original song lyrics) Carried by the breeze, hidden in the shade, I’ve unearthed the summer glow, a game that I once played. Time failed to find…
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A Mixed Tape Love Song for Scott (in his own words) I’m here, I’m here, not heroic but I try. I’ve got this disease and I’m just rattling through life.…
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Author News! In about one month, it will be time to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the release of my YA debut CHASING EVELINE. It’s been such a great year!…
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It’s been two weeks, and I’m still heartbroken. Two weeks ago, Scott Hutchison, lead singer of my favorite band Frightened Rabbit, took his life. His body was found near the…
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Trust Me (Part II) (read Part I HERE) …Somehow, I landed in some deserted, hilly no-man’s land. It was not familiar at all, and I was doubly confused as I…
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A Chasing Eveline Bookish Quiz TGIF, right? Friday is all about survival. It’s sometimes also about eating fish. Mostly, though, it’s about fun! It’s like a pre-Saturday. Or a weekend…
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I am a runner. Sometimes I don’t think I am because I’m not the fastest runner. But I’ve been told that speed doesn’t matter. If you lace up your shoes…