by stacia | Dec 2, 2015 | monthly wrap-up, reading
Umm, yes, that’s right. My monthly reading wrap-up turned into a quarterly wrap-up. Does that mean it will be 30+ books long? No, not even close. Goal of 10 books failed miserably each month. In fact, I haven’t even read 10 books total in that time. Why is...
by stacia | Sep 30, 2015 | monthly wrap-up, reading
Note: I wrote this around Sept. 8th but never published it. Oops. And now it’s almost time for my September wrap-up. Goal of 10 books achieved! Though I think I’m going to shorten my reviews here and start sending you over to my Goodreads page if you want...
by stacia | Aug 14, 2015 | tips, writing
Like everyone else, I use Pinterest for collecting recipes, decorating ideas, craft projects and other ambitious Martha Stewart-y ideals I’ll never live up to in this lifetime. But I’ve also been using it to brainstorm and collect story ideas. Note: My...
by stacia | Aug 6, 2015 | monthly wrap-up, reading
Now THIS was a reading month… We’re going to jump right in because there’s a lot to cover: The Breaking Point: Short Stories – Daphne du Maurier – 3* – (July 6): Short story collections are so hard to rate. I picked this book up,...
by stacia | Jul 31, 2015 | reading
Last year, I said I wanted to start reading more short story collections. Like many ideas, it looked good on my list, but I found I was faltering when it came time to put it into practice. What do you mean, I had to actually do something to accomplish the task?...
by stacia | Jul 24, 2015 | resources, writing
In the past few years, MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses) have become increasingly popular. You can now find these free courses online in almost any discipline from personal finance to guitar lessons to computer programming to advanced physics. Well-respected...
