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• Those Summer Days…

  

  Joyland by Stephen KingDevin Jones is a college student who needs money, so he takes a summer job working at the magical Joyland amusement park. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Submission Challenge 8/100

  It’s that time of the week folks, the Great Submission Challenge update.I’m pleased to inform you that after 8 weeks the terrifying submission sensation has... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update: Can You Spot the Progress?

  

  I finished page #4!  I can hear the applause from here You can’t see it very well now, but that black shape outlined in yellow by the sunflower?  That’s part... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Media for the Middle of the Week: Ruby Sparks

  

  It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to do a media for the middle of your week post, and this week’s media is in keeping with the bookish theme. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Make the Most of Your Spare Change

  

  Good morning bloggers! Today is the first day of grad school classes which I’m very excited about.  Although a little nervous too. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week: Crimes, Passion, and Witches

  

  After finally finishing Afterwards which was fantastic but incredibly sad, I thought this weeks list of books to add to the to-read list should be a little... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Do You Taste?

  

  The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender Rose Edelstein comes from a family of mysterious gifts, she’s not quite sure which side of the family it... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Submission Challenge 7/100

  Today’s submission is 7/100, which still seems like a low number, even though it also means this project has been going on for 7 weeks.  Anyone else submitting... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update

  

  Almost done with the mad week of business. I’ll be sure to give you plenty of updates next week, especially after the new round of classes start. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Release Review Tuesday: A Fatal Likeness

  

  A Fatal Likeness by Lynn ShepherdScheduled for re-release August 20thThe research far outweighs the writing in the second installment to the Maddox mystery... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Junk Journal Edition

  

  Good morning, bloggers! Hope you’re all ready to start the new week. I’ve got a massive list of things that have all just popped up this week, which would happe... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week: Books for the Poolside #2

  

  Here are the books I’m adding to my to-read-in-hammock list this week and think you should tooCrazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan: Yes, I decided to add this book t... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Far Would You Go to Survive?

  

  Zoethi Khan’s The Never ListI received a free copy of this book from the publisherAfter a life altering car accident best friends Jennifer and Sarah decide to... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Submission Challenge 6/100

  Today’s submission is #6 which means I’m almost 1/10 of the way through the challenge.  Not quite…but almost!  It does, however, mean that I’ve been submitting... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update: Sunflower #2

  

  Progress for this week has been good, and I feel like I’m finally starting to move along on this project.I’m almost finished with the first page of the second... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Travel Back in Time: Indie Feature Tuesday

  

  The Mine by John HeldtI received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.Joel Smith is a college senior heading back to Seattl... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Fiction as Art

  

  Good morning fellow bloggers.  Hope you have all kinds of exciting plans for this week.  I’ve got two more weeks until I am officially a grad student and I’m... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week: Some Last Minute Beach/poolside Reads for the End of...

  In honor of (at least my) last two weeks of summer my what to read list will consist only of books that sound like they’d make some great, light reading... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• And May the Road Rise to Meet You, Until We Meet Again…

  

  This first book of “The Sundering” series feels a little like Wizard’s of the Coast copying off of DC comics new 52, rewinding a long running, long loved... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Submission Challenge 5/100

  It’s already August.  Time is going by fast this summer and the countdown to my first day of grad school begins (read as I’m getting really excited and will sta... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION