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2011 Reading and Writing Goals

While on my afternoon break at the office Wednesday, I was scanning through my Google Reader feeds when I came across a blog post from New To Writing Girl. The post outlined some of her goals for the...

What to do with my unwanted books

Over the past few weeks I have been walking past the family bookcase and thinking that something has to be done with it. We have books stacked ontop of other books. Paperbacks wedged into tight...

Book Review: First Law Trilogy

Several months ago, I finished up the Tawny Man Trilogy by Robin Hobb and was in search of another epic fantasy tale. After several glowing recommendations, I decided to go with The First Law Trilogy...

NaNoWriMo – Big Fat Fail

November was National Novel Writing Month and I decided that I wanted to give it a try. The goal was to write 50,000 words throughout the month, creating a rough draft of a novel. When I got started,...

Leaning Pile of Books

With my infant daughter getting older, I find myself blessed with a bit more free time that I have been accustomed to over the past six months. My little girl has moved into a phase of keeping...