The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins I expected this book to be gimmicky or like a blog post that had gone on far too long. I was pleasantly surprised. I picked 5 Second Rule after seeing Amy Landino interview Mel Robbins. […]
The Trespasser by Tana French One of the things I enjoy most about about Tana French’s books are the unpredictable twists and turns. For fans of mystery or thrillers there is a delicate balance between figuring out the puzzle and being baffled […]
Lenova Yoga. Small, light, holds a charge forever. Can be used as a tablet too. Easily goes from the patio to the coffee shop and even to bed, when I just have to finish one more scene before closing up shop. Blue […]
Choose Your Own Disaster by Dana Schwartz Equal parts Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Jenny Lawson’s Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. I wanted to say this book is a fun read, and it is, in the sense of how you proceed […]
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain I binge read this the weekend after Anthony Bourdain died. I had never read it previously. I knew him to be churlish and talented. I was unaware that he had struggled with substance abuse.I saw him as […]
Today is a beautiful snowy day. I’ve been living in Buffalo since January since 1994. We get quite a bit of snow here, but it is generally not terribly bitter cold. Also, the snow tends not to be all that big of […]
What would be your ideal place to write? I think about this a lot. It frequently involves me living in the 1920s, maybe in Paris as Hemingway and Fitzgerald did. I’d roll out of the rumpled bed in my flat, and head […]
The official blog of NaNoWriMo: What you may say to your friends, Depending on your progress.
I’ve been an avid reader for decades but lately I find that I get sidetracked all the time with a million other things. Most notably in recent years, the Internet. I read, I read all day. I read websites, I read blogs, […]
Here is a great article from Publishing Talk regarding NaNoWriMo and similar writing challenges. My favorite part of the article is what the author, Sarah Salway says about an excerpt from Art and Fear: It reminds me of a famous experiment […]