There are times when lines and phrases in books, movies and other mediums speak to you. They inspire you, make you think, and most importantly, inspire me to create.
Me and my writing life
A blog about books, my ideas and what I've learned as I work towards becoming a full-time author.
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An inspiring quote
Tagged with: Bones, David Boreanaz, distinctiveness, Emily Deschanel, free thinkers, Seeley Booth, Temperance "Bones" Brennan
Posted in Intrigues
Posted in Intrigues
Reading something different
There are definitely times when I really enjoy reading books that are different. I recently read a blog post about reading books outside of your comfort zone. It has a couple good lists of books that you should check out,…
Tagged with: Book, book review, books, comfort zone, controversial books, future, Literature, Reading, Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
Posted in Book review, Excellent, Intrigues
Posted in Book review, Excellent, Intrigues
Chinese New Year inspiration
Yesterday was the Chinese New Year, the most important of traditional Chinese festivals. You think of the dragon dancing in the parade, Chinese lanterns and red envelopes. I always look up what’s next in the Chinese zodiac.
Tagged with: China, Chinese zodiac, ChineseNewYear, Holidays, New Year, Traditional Chinese holidays
Posted in Intrigues
Posted in Intrigues
Writing well is a needed skill
I’ve written before about being a teaching assistant for an Introduction to Mass Communication course during graduate school. I’ve also written before about the poorly written essays, paragraphs and just simple sentences and phrases that I had to grade.
Cashless society … where could this go wrong?
I am one of the millions out there who rarely uses cash or coins. I use a debit or credit card for most everything, and my paycheck is delivered automatically to my checking account every two weeks. I used cash…
Social media success depends on time and effort
This is the first post about my experience reading David Meerman Scott‘s book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR. As I said in November, I am going to post a few different posts about what I learned from reading…
Posted in Intrigues, Writing tips
Suspenseful, Thinking Movie. Who knew?
On Monday, my husband and I sat down to watch a scary movie. It’s Halloween time, and it was the only day we had nothing planned in the evening. We had narrowed it down to two: The Grey with Liam…
Tagged with: Biel, drama, entertainment, Horror film, Jessica Biel, movie review, Tall Man, thinking movie
Posted in Intrigues, Movies
Posted in Intrigues, Movies
