Book Review: The Rithmatist

"He cut off as a quiet knock echoed through the room. Fitch cocked his head, then stood. 'Now, who . . .Oh yes. The other student.'
Joel hesitated. 'It’s not…'
He trailed off as Fitch pulled open the door. Sure enough, the red-curled Melody stood outside, wear her white skirt. She’d traded her grey sweater for a short-sleeved, buttoned blouse. She was actually kind of pretty—she had nice eyes, at least.
'I'm here,' she announced with a loud voice. 'Let the flogging commence!'
Too bad she was crazy.
'Flogging?' Fitch said. 'My dear, are you well?'"

From The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

Check out my review of this book on the Read Me: An Anthology blog!

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At the Read Me: An Anthology Launch Event

(I might have been feverish and light-headed the whole day, but whatever, everything turned out fine)

I have discovered that the older I get the more I seem to talk with my hands...somewhat reminiscent of my mother...and then I look at pictures like this and realize that I am starting to look like her...

Which isn't bad, I just wish I'd inherited her nice long legs! 

(I bemoan this all the time, you'd think I'd have accepted this fact by now!)

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The Anthology Arrived on my doorstep while I was in Paris!

What inspired Me as a Writer

“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
From Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

Read about the authors that inspired me to write on the Read Me Blog!
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Katherine hard at work

Not on her essays or dissertation. 

Oh, no. 

She's finishing her novel!

Yea! And I get to be an editor

Hopefully when she gets published I'll get some of the royalties :-)

I have such big dreams

In a Moment

We grow accustomed to the Dark --
When light is put away --
As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp
To witness her Goodbye --

A Moment -- We uncertain step
For newness of the night --
Then -- fit our Vision to the Dark --
And meet the Road -- erect --

And so of larger -- Darkness --
Those Evenings of the Brain --
When not a Moon disclose a sign --
Or Star -- come out -- within --

The Bravest -- grope a little --
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead --
But as they learn to see --

Either the Darkness alters --
Or something in the sight
Adjusts itself to Midnight --
And Life steps almost straight.

By Emily Dickinson

Take a moment and read my short story that's been posted on the Read Me Anthology Blog.
Please click the link below and enjoy!
Read Me Anthology

Book Review: Shadowmagic Series

“I was so stunned I couldn’t speak. Not until we were well under way and I had gotten the knack of paddling did a blurt out, ‘You lost your hand in a sword fight?’
’I find it hard to believe,’ Mother said, ‘that you never told your son how you lost your hand.’
’Dad told me that he lost it in a lawnmower.’
’What is a lawnmower?’ She asked.
’It’s a machine that you use in the Real World to keep the grass short,’ Dad said.
‘What is wrong with sheep?’”
From Shadowmagic by John Lenahan

Check out my review of this series on the Read Me: An Anthology blog!

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My First Public Reading of an Original Piece of Literature

(Picture Courtesy of Anni)

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First "Read Me" Anthology Reading

at Esquire Coffee in Coventry

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We had anthology workshopping today

This picture encapsulation everyone's emotional shifts over the course of the day:

1. Excited!

2. Tired...

3. Done.

YA Anthology

Hey everyone!
I thought I'd let you know that my MA coursemates and I are compiling an Anthology of our Young Adult writing to be released this summer. As part of this project we are publishing a blog to spread the word about the process, the genre, and writing in general. There will be a new post every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
You can even check out a short story I wrote!
I'm not bragging when I say that I'm working with a very talented, creative group of authors!

Click the following link to check it out: Read Me Anthology

If you like it, follow it!