Quiet Please—I’m Plotting Your Demise: How Real Life Brews Fictional Deaths!
“Because sometimes inspiration screams from the next table over.”Hello and happy midweek! I’ve been on a strange — and warped, as it may sound — morbid writing quest. I’m working on Dating Die-Sasters again and I’ve been rewriting some of my characters. I’ve started with some of the death scenes. Some of you may remember […]
📚Lost in a Story: The Joy of Escaping into Books (or movie)🎥
Lost in a Story: How books, audiobooks, and shows gave me the escape I needed this week. Recently, I have been reading a lot. Between audio, online, and physical books, I’ve clocked several hours a day reading. As a writer, you want to read — especially in the genre or sub-genre you write in. At […]
Jane Austen and Me: An Ongoing Affair with Darcy, Knightley, and More
Jane Austen Again, Again, and Again Last night, I watched two versions of Persuasion, and tonight it’s my favorite version of Mansfield Park. Since I’ve found a Mansfield Park adaptation I actually enjoy, I’ll possibly add in Pride and Prejudice to balance it out. Sunday and Monday nights were dedicated to Emma. It seems there’s […]
Pride, Prejudice, and Personal Progress ~ A Jane Austen Weekend!
I am a fan of Jane Austen’s works and truly wish I were an author of her caliber. This weekend, I watched two separate versions of Pride and Prejudice and also listened to an Audible version. My next favorite is Emma. I’ve seen three versions, and while I do have a favorite, I tend to […]