A few years ago, while sifting through boxes of my childhood treasures at my parents' home, I discovered a journal I kept in third grade. In this journal, we were required to practice our cursive by completing daily prompts our teacher, Mrs. Hamilton, had written on the whiteboard. After perusing a few pages of wonky... Continue Reading →
Not long ago, a friend of mine reminded me that it’s okay to change my mind. Funny how it’s so easy to forget such a simple thing, though it’s not surprising. We live in a society that spends a lot of time telling us that we must follow a specific plan for our lives and... Continue Reading →
I haven't had much to say lately. Nothing about books or publishing or whatever else I ramble on about occasionally in this blog. Life has been very busy and this space I've claimed for myself in the grand vastness of the internet has merely been an afterthought. However, today I feel like I have a... Continue Reading →
It's no secret that most of us have a friend or two who are aspiring artists, musicians, writers, and the like. We might even be that friend in our social circles, or part of a larger group of people who just wants their work to be seen or read or heard. However, getting to that... Continue Reading →
I always see motivational quotes and images telling people to get outside of their comfort zones, but what does that mean really? Do we crumple up our comfort zones like used paper and discard them in a bin? Do we straddle the fine lines between comfort and discomfort? These quotes and images tell us what... Continue Reading →
I love nothing more than a book that can send a chill down my spine without having to rely on being overly gruesome and grotesque. For me, I want a book that can steadily build its thrill factor and keep my heart racing without trying too hard. I know horror isn't for everyone, but I... Continue Reading →
Poignant, and often heart wrenching, Lynn Michell's The Red Beach Hut follows two outcasts as they form an unlikely friendship that brings hope and healing along the lonely coastline of an English beach. Abbott is a youth worker on the run from what he believes is a homophobic cyber attack and a looming mistake from... Continue Reading →
Several months ago, I received a lovely package from Vagabond Voices (a Glasgow-based publisher) containing four poetry books. Of the four, Theresa Muñoz's Settle was my first choice and I've continued to return to her words on more than one occasion. In her debut book of poetry, Muñoz works through the themes of migration and technology.... Continue Reading →
It's not very often that I choose to review a non-fiction book, but Susan Hawthorne's Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing was too good to keep to myself. If you're not familiar with the term "bibliodiversity," don't worry. I wasn't either until I came across this book while researching sources for a project I was... Continue Reading →
