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Books

Favorite Books for Spring

23 Mar 201823 Mar 2018

Spring is officially in the air (in some places more than others) and, man, am I ready for it. I've slowly been coming around to winter over the years, but…

Books

Tara’s 2018 To Be Read List

9 Feb 20188 Feb 2018

February is not everyone's favorite time of year. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that a LOT of people hate this month more than any other. But…

Favorite Ladies of Literature

12 Jan 201812 Jan 2018

Greetings, fellow Goats! I come to you today having just freshly finished Maggie Stiefvater's All the Crooked Saints, which was both an excellent story and an excellent example of how to…

A Writer With No Story

8 Dec 20177 Dec 2017

Hello, and Happy December! NaNoWriMo is officially over! I wasn't originally going to do it this year, but changed my mind at the last minute so I could work on…

Music to Tell Stories to

10 Nov 20172 Nov 2017

NaNoWriMo is right around the corner, and---wait, what? It's November already? We're already 1/4 of the way through November? Well, okay...uh...okay then. Not to panic! There's plenty of time left to make words…

Playing RPGs for Character

8 Sep 20177 Sep 2017

I've mentioned before how much I love tabletop RPGs like D&D, so it will probably come as no surprise that I have just as much love in my heart for…

My Top 5 Cozy Movies

11 Aug 201711 Aug 2017

Hello hello! I'm back today with a simple topic---some of my favorite movies. This post may get some judgement---a quiet scoff, a little side-eye---because some of my favorite movies are…

Vegan Survival Snacks

14 Jul 201714 Jul 2017

Yes, alright. I've proven that dumb joke true that you know someone's a ______ because they'll tell you. In this case, I'm filling in that blank with "vegan," because the…

When You Hate What You Love

9 Jun 20179 Jun 2017

Art is hard. Creativity is painful. At times there are glimmering moments of clarity, sweet seconds of purity, fragile and powerful rushes of inspiration. You know the ones. If you…

Boring Beginnings

5 May 20175 May 2017

Well hello again. We're back on the writing train and today I'm coming at you with some tips for fixing your novel's horribly boring beginning. I can say these things with confidence…