Tech Review: Sphero 2.0
Technology- and all the thing that entails- is a wonderful thing for writers. I spend a lot of time working with tech products, and they help me in many ways. I look for ways to improve our writing lives, and in my…
Book Review: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
As I stated in my first blog post, I have a messy desk. But the mess doesn’t stop there. I am a busy mom of three and I want to learn to clean my house more efficiently. I know where everything…
Book Review: Ru by Kim Thuy
When I heard that the winner of the 2015 Canada Reads contest was Ru: A Novel by Kim Thuy, I was a little shocked. The buzz around the literary world was that Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian was being touted…
Quality Alert? Writers and The Internet
A writer must consider quality content above all else. It’s a great statement when you first glance at it. It is one of these ‘think positive’ type of messages we all love to hear or read about. I agree with…
Tech Review: Mechanical Keyboards
Why on Earth would anyone pay $200 for a computer keyboard?! My last blog post (which was actually my first ever post on a website) talked about speech to text Apps that would save you the trouble of typing. I’m not a…
Book Review: On Immunity by Eula Biss
I want you to think about a time when you had a really bad headache. A headache so bad that you couldn’t get out of bed and you truly felt that your head was going to explode. Now take that…
Did I Just Say Self Publish My Book?
Self-Publishing your book and Traditionally publishing your book seems to be a great divide in the writing world. If you mention the words “self-publishing” to say ten or fifteen aspiring authors and there will never be an answer that…
Teen Challenge Overview and The Winner Is….
I’m wrapping up the teen challenge with a blog post. I have to say it was a challenge. I normally read two to three books per week for reviewing alone. With work – I work a full time job outside…