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• Fiction Fridays: Elin Hilderbrand's Nantucket Nights

  

  I love Elin Hilderbrand, but this novel fell a little short for me. I think because of the plot device of having one of the best friends disappear and the... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Soul Saturdays: Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich Exercises Via Stacey Curnow

  

  I was inspired to answer the four questions below thanks to Stacy Curnow's blog post "Feel Like Giving Up? Read This First" which was in turn inspired by... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tune Thursdays: Jody Espina Trio in Savannah, Georgia

  

  Jody Espina has traveled all over the world, performing and teaching jazz music while also running JodyJazz, a renowned saxophone and clarinet mouthpiece... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writer Wednesdays: Why You Must Follow Chuck Wendig's Blog, Terribleminds

  

  Chuck Wendig is one of those unabashedly blunt, slightly vulgar, and totally confident (at least from the outside looking in!) that makes me sit up and pay... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Travel Tuesdays: Spending the Day in Ellis Square in Savannah, Georgia

  

  Savannah, Georgia offers an abundance of historically significant sights, great food, and fun entertainment throughout the city. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Movie Mondays: Dan in Real Life with Steve Carrell

  

  In my review of Crazy Stupid Love, I talked about my favorite version of Steve Carrell is when he plays a down-and-out regular guy like in Crazy Stupid Love... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• SUPER Sharing Sundays: Best 8 Links of the Week!

  

  Hope C. Clark gives selflessly to the writing community; it's time to show our appreciation with the release of her new novel, Lowcountry Bribe! Read about her... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Soul Saturdays: #Manifestival Part 3--Reflecting on 2011

  

  Today's assignment: Reflecting on what each month of 2011 meant and the dominating theme/topic of each month.This sort of intimidates me more than any of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fiction Fridays: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

  

  What surprises me about this book is how much I love the structure--little vignettes that Cisneros described as "lazy poems"--because I don't tend to read... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Travel Tuesdays: Hoping to Live a Transient Kind of Life

  

  Towards the end of Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, the hunky Javier Bardem suggests that they stitch together a life that includes splitting time between... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Movie Monday: The Ides of March by George Clooney

  

  The Ides of March has been on my radar for a while, and I knew that it was going to be the type of movie that pisses me off because it's about how dirty our... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tune Thursdays: Brad Wells of 107.9 Savannah (He Plays Music, Too!)

  

  New to the area from Louisiana, Brad Wells has worked in radio for thirteen years, and when he saw “the opportunity to start up Y107.9 in Savannah,” he... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writer Wednesdays: Roy Stevenson's Travel Writing

  

  Today I stumbled on Roy Stevenson's article "What's Selling Now: Travel Writing in 2012." This article makes you want to immediately sign up for courses,... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• SUPER Sharing Sundays: Best Links of the Week

  

  Favorite quote of #WDC12 via Chris Baty: "There's someone out there who has waited their whole life to read your story." That's a happy, happy thought!... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Soul Saturdays: #Manifestival Part 2: The Connections In Our Lives

  

  Week Two Theme: C O N N E C T I O N S: Family, friends, and communityTo read the prompt: http://www.manifestival2012.com/manifest. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fiction Fridays: A Little Mark Twain Brilliance: Puddn'head Wilson

  

  I love reading about Mark Twain. I think he was smart-as-a-whip and his social commentary was spot on. I wonder what he would say if he were alive today about... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tune Thursdays: The Royal Noise Trio Album Release Party in Savannah

  

  http://theroyalnoise.bandcamp.com/album/keep-on-moving Last year was a big year for The Royal Noise, which started in 2007 as the brainchild of Johan Harvey, th... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writer Wednesdays: Goins, Writer

  

  Jeff Goins is on fire for 2011. He was named to Brazen Careerist's Top 20 Young Professionals to Watch in 2012. His blog was named a Top 10 Blogs for Writers... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Travel Tuesday: Consider Key West for New Year's (or Any Time You Wanna Let...

  

  While the people in Times Square freeze waiting outside for hours to watch the ball drop, people in Key West bar-hop and take over Duval Street, which is... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Movie Monday: 30 Minutes Or Less

  

  Thirty Minutes or Less by Michael Diliberti was a fun, funny, and entertaining. I thought the plot took a lot of classic motifs and combined them to make a... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION