From the graphic novel adaptation of Kindred by Octavia Butler
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From the graphic novel adaptation of Kindred by Octavia Butler
From the graphic novel adaptation of Kindred by Octavia Butler
I had to take a break and wash the dishes before diving into my next book! My first Octavia Butler experience was terrible thanks to an overly opinionated TA in college. I hope easing in with a graphic novel will be a positive reintroduction. #amreading #reading #books #graphicnovel
This was not the face of propriety. This was not the face of marriage. This was one man, midlife, losing his shit.
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub is so good and juicy and a great summer/beach read! #amreading #reading #readingrecs #summerreads #beachreads #fiction
The Elements of a Writing Career
Writing is just writing. A writing career, however, encompasses so much more than that. Here are the basic elements of a writing career:
Research: Perhaps your character works in a profession that you know nothing about. Or maybe your setting is someplace you’ve never been. Maybe you research floor plans because you have difficulty describing your character’s apartment, or maybe you research hairstyles. Research is not only for the speculatively inclined, ever author of every genre will have to research at some time (or see their writing suffer).
Writing: Writing is, of course, essential part of a writing career. And it is still the most important! So while you are researching, marketing, networking, etc, make sure you remember what this is really all about in the end: Writing!
Editing: Editing is probably the second most important part of writing. Like research, all writers must edit (or see their writing suffer). Even if you are going to hire an editor, you need to edit your own work. This is because editors don’t want to have to fix all of your glaring obvious mistakes that you could have fixed yourself, and also because you don’t want them to. You don’t want an editor to rewrite most of your story for you and most of the time, and editor simply won’t do that. A lot of editors will simply refuse to work with some one whose work is not at a certain level, or offer a different service (usually labeled “mentoring”) for pieces that are really out of shape. In short, your work must be edited, and you can’t just pay some else to do all of that for you.
Marketing: Marketing means getting your book out there! Paid advertisements, your own blog, writing posts for other blogs, even handing out or posting up flyers are all marketing. Marketing might include a book signing or book giveaway, promoting a hashtag or posting links to your book on writing groups. Even if you are traditionally published all writers must market their own book (or see sales suffer).
Networking: Networking means meeting other writers, editors, literary agents, and most importantly, readers. It differs from marketing because you are actually meeting people and becoming friend with them, not just asking them to buy your book. Like all careers, networking is very important for breaking in and making a name for yourself. Blogging, conventions, book clubs, and social media are all useful for networking.
Planning: Planning happens at every stage, and it isn’t only for “planners.” At the writing stage, whether you outline every scene, or simply daydream them, you are preparing yourself for your writing in some way. For research, you have to know what you are looking for to find it! Editing usually has some sort of plan (in what order do you edit, what things do you edit first, when do beta readers see it, etc). Marketing and networking have their own set of plans and research too (who is your audience and how will you attract them, what events or clubs will you participate in to meet new writers, etc)
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So you've binged on S-Town and are wondering what's next? Might I recommend a book - or a few? For it's dramatic similarities (seriously) - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt For a similar, magazine-style exploration of a place and it's people - The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (He's a really good author!) For another popular exploration of a redneck culture - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance & also White Trash: The 400-Year History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg* And let's toss in Voodoo Histories: The Role of Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch*. Comment with your own book recommendations. *These books are on my to read list. #stown #books #bookstagram #reading #amreading #readingrecs #getreading
It's almost official. With my recent book haul, my shelves are nearly maxed out. Time to put all the crafting items somewhere else! This haul includes, from top to bottom: Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The Collector of Lost Things by Jeremy Page Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keiler Daring My Passages by Gail Sheehy Breathless by Anne Sward Boom! by Tom Brokaw I admit I can be swayed to buy a book by an intriguing title (The Collector of Lost Things) or a beautiful cover (Breathless). I hope both are good! #books #bookhaul #bookobsessed #fullshelves #shelfie #shelfawareness
This IS my happy place! My recent thrifted book scores are currently making me the happiest. From left to right, I found: Thoughts to Brighten the Day is a collection of quotes in an odd assortment of categories from history to women to comedy. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is joining my fierce young lady's book collection. Reading Reeve Lindbergh's No More Words, a memoir about her mother Anne's last year, was both uplifting and sorrowful. I discovered the writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who happened to be married to Charles. Gift From the Sea is one of her most popular books. By some coincidence, I found Colored People, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s memoir of his childhood, next to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas with an introduction by Henry. The right memoir can inspire, educate, entertain and build understanding and compassion. It seems now is a good time to learn more about the individual black experience in America from the 1850s to the 1950s. Finally, I found Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy. I'm also struck by the idea that now is a good time to read about people who gave it all for what they considered right. Happy reading, all! #amreading #reading #books #thrifting #thrift
In Spark Joy, Marie Kondo writes "We read books because we seek the experience of reading. Once read, a book has already been 'experienced.' Even if you don't remember the content completely, you have already internalized." Once read, a book's experience can be far from over. Seeing that book on the shelf, touching it as you slide your fingers along the spine...The full life span of a book's experience is vast. It would be a shame to assume a great books ability to spark joy ends after the last words have been consumed. #books #amreading #bookthoughts #sparkjoy #mariekondo #tidying #clutter
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'Now': Thoughts on the Closing of Little House in the Big Woods
‘Now’: Thoughts on the Closing of Little House in the Big Woods
She thought to herself, ‘This is now.’
She was glad that the cosy house, and pa and ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.
Three years ago I began a journey to rediscover the literary world of Laura Ingalls Wilder; the world I’d first discovered as a child growing up near the Little Town on the…
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This is now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Other folks can stick to old-fashioned ways if they want to, but I'm all for progress. It's a great age we're living in.
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
'Mid pleasures and palaces, though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder