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The Art of Recovery

As writers, especially new writers, there’s something we come up against in cycles constantly. For me, it’s usually about a month. I begin feeling motivated to write. Every minute I’m thinking of what I can add to make my story come to life. I feel excited, inspired, and confident in myself. Then the questions come.Continue reading “The Art of Recovery”

Rogue: By Julie Kagawa

About the Author Check out my Talon Review for more information on Julie Kagawa. Story Set Up (Spoilers for Talon, the first book in the series) We left off with Garrett’s capture from his own group, St George. Now he will have to stand trail for his crimes of protecting the enemies, Dragons. Ember isn’tContinue reading “Rogue: By Julie Kagawa”

Climb

It’s interesting to think about how our bodies work. We have these fancy things called muscles, one of the harder words to spell by the way, and these fancy things get bigger. The detailed process of muscle growth is beyond my own expertise, but I think I have a good idea. You push the muscle,Continue reading “Climb”

Talon by Julie Kagawa

One of the benefits of my current job is being able to listen to audiobooks throughout the day. I love reading, but between everything else that needs to get done it’s more in my realm to listen. As I listen I think about the stories flow and what I like vs what I don’t like.Continue reading “Talon by Julie Kagawa”

Does it have to be good?

The art of writing is so tedious. For painting, while there is definitely structure to it, you have so much liberty to make the project what you want it to be free and clear. People looking at a painting marvel at what it could possibly mean. “How does it describe the human condition?”, “What wasContinue reading “Does it have to be good?”

Creativity

I think it would be safe to say everyone has a creative bone in their bodies. Some people’s creativity comes in what they make. Some peoples creativity come in how they make something. Other peoples creativity comes in how they keep things in order. When I was really young, and my parents were making meContinue reading “Creativity”

Rise Up

Honestly I thought this blog would be easy to write. I was going to base it off the quote “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall” by Confucius. Earlier this week I posted a more contemporary quote from Rocky with a similar tone. I love the lesson.Continue reading “Rise Up”

Zedephants

Inspiration is a wonderful thing. It makes something so much easier when it just comes to you instead of sitting in front of a computer screen wondering what in the world you’re going to write next. Today that came in the form of a Zedephant. If you were to ask me what one of myContinue reading “Zedephants”

To be, or not to be

“To be, or not to be: that is the question” Hamlet says as he contemplates the meanings of life and death. That’s a big question we all ask ourselves these days. It’s a big question in the world right now. While we may not be contemplating life and death, we often contemplate our purpose inContinue reading “To be, or not to be”

Inspiration

I think inspiration is a fitting topic for a Sunday morning. Even if you’re not religious Sunday is a day we seek out inspiration. We’ve had Saturday to rest from work, we’ve had a night were we’ve gotten plenty of sleep, or not enough. Sunday can be whatever we want it to be. Now thisContinue reading “Inspiration”