Month: October 2011

  • Please note: My “Reading Reflections” are not reviews. They are simply my thoughts in response to certain passages. … Andy and I happened to be in the car when I finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone. After reading the last words, I closed the cover, took a deep breath, turned to him with tears in my…

  • A night under the stars

    On my most recent trip home to Houston, my parents and I went to Clear Lake for an evening sail on our boat. The weather was good, the waters calm. After a busy day, we were looking forward to the relaxing rhythm of the waves and the fresh, salty air. Unfortunately, when we got to…

  • Every October, a conglomerate of Cincinnati libraries, bookstores, and universities puts on Books by the Banks, a convention for readers and writers to come together and discuss their favorite thing: books. This year I went with Stephanie and Sarah, and between the 3 of us, we attended 4 different panels. The first was with Chris…

  • On Friday night, I was hanging out at a friend’s place and decided to hop on his wifi and check on sales of Twenty-Somewhere at Amazon. The count was 13, as it had been for a few days. Disappointing, but okay. Twenty minutes later I went home, got on my laptop, read emails, checked sales…

  • Why I write

    To explore. … Today is the National Day on Writing. Please feel free to share why you write.