Last Leaf Falls

All things related to my work-in-progress, working title "Last Leaf Falls".

[sharonholly]

Top 10 Soundtracks of my (Post-secondary) Youth

Here it is, installment two of the Top 10 Soundtracks of My life. My previous post covered albums that accompanied my childhood and teen years. Today’s post is all about the post-secondary years. Besides endless studying and drama, there was also a ton of music to try and keep me sane. Here are my Top 10 (with honourable mentions, because who can limit themselves to 10 favourites?? Not  me).

As…

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Top 10 Soundtracks of a Childhood

Top 10 Soundtracks of a Childhood

I don’t usually like those “copy & paste” posts that go viral on Facebook, but there was one recently that I enjoyed. It asks you to list the top 10 (lol) favourite albums of your life, over 10 posts.

Since it was impossiblefor me to pick only 10, I’ve divided them into different life phases, and limited them to ones I’ve listened to obsessively throughout the years. Ladies and Gentlemen, the…

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“Hello, Little One” – from Last Leaf Falls I think I'm finally getting closer to finishing this work-in-progress!

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Surrender to Spring Still applies...ugh.

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At the heart of this forest stood a colossal fig tree. The Forest Folk slept in its shadow. But now, the tree is dying; its branches are dry, its trunk old and twisted.

Pan’s Labyrinth | 2006 | dir. Guillermo del Toro

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Mistake In response to The Daily Prompt..."Mistake".

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Book Trailer Fun

Creating a visual with music helps you step into your story world I made a cheezy amateur “book trailer” for my work-in-progress…. I had never used Windows Movie Maker or anything before, so it was kind of an experiment. Made mostly to help with writing inspiration and visualization, using what ended up being a lot of Buffy pics! It was fun though!  …

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Reaching for Light

“Write a post in response to today’s one-word prompt”: REACH I’m once again using the one-word prompt to share a scene from my work-in-progress, Last Leaf Falls. Let me tell you…you don’t realize how often a word is used until you do a word search. I found out that I (0ver)-used the word “reach” 43 times in this draft! Me thinks a “search and destroy” is in order! Note: Certain names have been…

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If Buffy Used Hashtags

If Buffy Used Hashtags

Buffy fans will find these pics of Buffy the Vampire Slayer scenes with hashtags quite amusing. I know I did :) Click on the link! Also, if you haven’t already, head on over to BuzzFeed to take the quiz “Which Joss Whedon Kick-ass Character Heroine Are You?“. Apparently, Sarah Michelle Gellar did not get Buffy, as per her Twitter feed. But she did get another kick-ass character –River from…

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My Spirit Animal is Cool

My Spirit Animal is Cool

The Power to See in the Dark I may have declared Abed as my “spirit animal” on more than one occasion. Abed, my Spirit Animal And while that may still hold true, I found this nifty quiz to tell me what my actual Spirit Animal is–“actual“ if you believe in both spirit animals and internet quizzes, which, of course, I do. (Except for that one quiz where I found out I’m actually Cordelia on Buffy…

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This is my Fight scene ♫ ♫

This is my Fight scene ♫ ♫ #DailyPrompt #WritersLife #amwriting

  “Write a post in response to today’s one-word prompt”: FIGHT I don’t always make good use of all the daily prompts available out there on the interwebs. But I came across this one and thought I’d use it to share a scene from my work-in-progress, Last Leaf Falls. Note: Certain names have been changed to protect the identity of the fictional. I forced my hands to unclench and tried to relax. “We…

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Growing Readers from the Roots

Growing Readers from the Roots

Reading Roots  – A Barefoot Business by Sharon As a literacy advocate I was interested in the company Barefoot Books, (an indie children’s book publisher that started in the UK). The more I read about it, the more excited I got, and recently, I became an “Independent Barefoot Books Ambassador”! What does that mean? It means I get to sell awesome kids’ books with beautiful illustrations, story &…

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For the Love of Soundtracks

For the Love of Soundtracks

“And when he shall die, take him, and cut him out in little stars, and he shall make the face of heaven so fine, that all the world will fall in love with night, and pay no worship to the garish sun.”   Discovering Music Through Movies I always get a kick out of certain YouTube comments that appear on uploaded songs that others discovered via a movie or a video game or even a commercial. They’re…

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Spring's Practical Joke Not So Practical.

Spring’s Practical Joke Not So Practical.

It’s that time of year….

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[come-home]

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Character inspiration for Custard the Cat (Last Leaf Falls)