So, You’ve Survived Week One, Now What? How Do You Keep The Pace Going During week one, you were all excited and full of joy. You had finally begun writing that novel you promised yourself you were going to start writing three years ago. You made a commitment to writing and stuck to it. Writing everyday, and even if you didn’t make that 1,667 you still did the best you could. But now you are starting to think that you may not meet your personal goal, you may not be able to ke

It’s November once again and that means three things to me. One: My mother’s birthday. Two: Thanksgiving. Three: NaNoWriMo. And not particularly in that order, haha. National Novel Writing Month is on its way but that doesn’t mean it is too late for you to sign up. How about you read and share this post and let me know if you’ve decided to participate this year. We could be writing buddies! I can’t wait to read some of your amazing work! What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo is Nation

There have been times where I have had to argue why I dislike a book. And it was a draining and exceedingly frustrating experience. Any bookish person has probably had similar arguments  or arguments in which you had to defend a book that you loved. My question to the literary world is this: Why do you care whether I like a book or not? My book preferences have nothing at all to do with what you read. Therefore, I am here to comfort all those book lovers who’ve dealt with the

No one wants to watch a movie where not much happens. When there is no big romantic climax, an explosion or a huge secret exposed, you begin to yawn in the movie theater. Watching a film, you are expected to be entertained and excited in a way that is not always the case for literature. Sure, everyone loves action, reveals and romantic outbursts but when it comes to reading, one is more likely to enjoy riding gentle waves in the plot. What I am saying is that while in movies

This is just a short list…as the title implies. BUT, you probably thought that all of the stories were going to be fictional. Wrong!!! There is a healthy mix of fiction and creative nonfiction in this list. That makes it all the more exciting, doesn’t it? A lot of times, people c heck out what is on the bestseller list or what a friend is reading but they miss some truly amazing stories. And don’t get me started on translations. There are not many (who are not truly bibliophi