I’ll admit it. I spend a lot of time on YouTube. I’ll use it to unwind after work, relax when I’m tired, and generally provide background noise while I’m doing other things. I have a lot of YouTubers I subscribe to, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to them talk about the work they… Continue reading The YouTube Fantasy
Category: About Me
How I Published Blooms
This is a story I don’t particularly want to post, but I’m going to do it anyway. Like my last publication story, it takes place during my college years. Also like that last one, it will probably make more sense to you if you read the published piece first. But unlike my last publication story,… Continue reading How I Published Blooms
1001 Books I’ve Read
Last week, I talked about the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Here, for those who’d like to see, is the list of books from it that I’ve read so far. Also, a photo of my cat. Because she’s cute. And why not? Any recommendations for which list book I should pick up… Continue reading 1001 Books I’ve Read
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: The Experience of Following a Recommended Reading List
I had just finished high school when I joined a site called LibraryThing. I’d seen an article in Writer’s Digest that spoke highly of it. I created an account, felt a thrill of adding books I owned and books I’d read, and began to explore. It was on the forums that I found it, a… Continue reading 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: The Experience of Following a Recommended Reading List
Fun with Stats
As 2022 comes to a close, I’m taking the opportunity to reflect. I’m on three different book-tracking sites, each with its own charts and graphs to offer insight, and I like to look at these from time to time to see where I’ve been on my reading journey and consider where I’m going next. Some… Continue reading Fun with Stats
So… How’s that Novel Coming?
The question in the title is one I have been asked countless times as an aspiring writer. It started out in junior high, when I was turning a former short story into my first ever novel. Of course I’d told my friends all about it with excitement, and of course I’d completely underestimated how much… Continue reading So… How’s that Novel Coming?
How I Published Key Lime
I was co-president of my university’s writing club by default. When I joined during my freshman year, there were two people running it. When that year was up, they graduated, leaving a void. I, being consistent to a fault, was one of the few who’d hardly ever missed a meeting, and, what’s more important, I… Continue reading How I Published Key Lime
Why I Prefer Books to Movies
When I was a kid, I would run out of the room when a preview for the first Harry Potter movie came on TV, much to the confusion of my family. I’d loved the books since my parents bought me the first one for Christmas—the only way that I could find a copy, since our… Continue reading Why I Prefer Books to Movies
E-Books vs Physical Books
One of the things I love to hate about modern discourse is the sheer number of false dichotomies, silly arguments, and debates in which each person is more determined to prove themselves right than to listen and consider the other person’s viewpoint. As someone who loves reading, the question of whether I read e-books or… Continue reading E-Books vs Physical Books
Visiting My Local Bookstore
I didn’t realize there was a bookstore where I live until last weekend, when I decided to Google it. Clearly, I don’t get out much, but I’m happy to have found a place worth getting out for. My sense of direction is so bad I often say I could get lost inside a paper bag,… Continue reading Visiting My Local Bookstore
Shannon Fallon 