by stacia | Apr 15, 2014 | reading
Note: My book reviews are generally spoiler-free. If I do include any spoilers, they will be well-marked so you can skip them if you prefer. Jonathan Tropper’s “This is Where I Leave You” begins with the death of a family patriarch. The occasionally-Jewish father’s...
by stacia | Apr 11, 2014 | reading, writing
Here’s the second part of my day at NC Literary Festival, which includes the two panels I attended. For part one, general thoughts and author sessions, visit yesterday’s post. The first panel I attended was short-titled Forensics Panel. The official title was “Science...
by stacia | Apr 10, 2014 | reading, writing
Welcome to the first part of my day at NC Literary Festival. This post will include an overview of my experience, as well as some general thoughts and observations based mainly on author sessions. I also attended two panels (a forensics panels and a First Books panel)...
by stacia | Feb 5, 2014 | news
Never fear, I haven’t forgotten about this blog or my writing. I definitely haven’t forgotten about editing (been doing plenty of that). And I’m well on my way for this year’s reading challenge of 30 books (though I haven’t added it to...
by stacia | Oct 2, 2013 | editing
Last week I edited 68 articles in five days as part of Allvoices’ coverage of Advertising Week. There were a couple of other campaigns as well but the majority of that was tied to live coverage of the event taking place in NYC. Coverage of that wraps this week....
by stacia | Sep 13, 2013 | writing
I’m part of a book club that loves to cast the movie version of a book once we’ve discussed it. It’s an interesting practice because several of the ladies cast the characters of each book they read as a regular practice. I don’t generally do...