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Category: Literature

March 5, 2018

I should be writing: Or, what I learned from infiltrating a romance novel workshop

If I’m to be honest here, this is actually a workshop on how to kick-start your writing career. But it’s filled with romance and mystery novelists and hosted by a writer who makes her living by writing Christian romance novels. None of this is what I was expecting, but I am enthralled. There are…

Literature, Personal, Writing

creative writing, novel, writers, Writing
May 30, 2017

I Read 50 Books in 5 Months (and I’m a Better Writer Because of It)

I spent much of my time in graduate school lamenting the fact that I spent so much time reading for class that I didn’t have any time to read for myself. Conversations with acquaintances about my background often included the question “What are you reading?” to which I learned that Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication was…

Literature, Personal, Writing

books, creative writing, poetry, Writing, writing inspiration
May 15, 2017

My Graphic Novel To-Read List

I have a massive To-Read List, which spans nearly every genre and which I will likely never complete in my lifetime. In fact, I have a separate book list I plan on posting later this week, with a few selections that I hope to get my hands on sooner rather than later (or never). But…

Literature

barefoot gen, books, graphic novel, marjane satrapi, osamu tezuka, snotgirl