Faith Allaire
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Going to Camp!
It’s a rainy day, cats are lounging in the Scriptorium, and I am sitting down to write. You know that means? Happy first day of Camp NanoWrimo! For those that do not know, Camp NaNoWrimo is an offshoot of NaNoWriMo, which is a collective journey to improve writing stamina by attempting to write 50,000 words Read more
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I am back, baby!
The pandemic encouraged me to go back to higher academia to finally pursuit an M.A. in English, but boy did it derail my writing pursuits. Well, creative writing pursuits. My time at Southern New Hampshire University allowed me to create many essays that I am quite proud of, like a linguistic study of Roxane Gay’s Read more
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Conversations Through Art
Today, I was supposed to be the host of a Conversation Cafe series put on by my campus’ Student Programs. I was going to talk about my cross-stitch hobby, and I was excited to show off my piece that won best in show at the local fair: Obviously that isn’t happening, but just like in Read more
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When You Are Fired from Being Santa, but the Spirit Lives On
“I’ve been holding onto these,” my son said with a wink. “How much will you pay for them?” I opened the tiny case, and inside were three baby teeth. His little sister was sitting right next to me at the coffee table. She looked down at them with as much disgust as I did. Mind Read more
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Vampires… in SPACE!: Reviewing Rob Bartlett’s The Turing Revolt.
I was generously given the opportunity to review Robert Bartlett’s novel that came out last year titled The Turing Revolt: The War Against Infinity Book 1. I was given a PDF version to review. You, however, can get it from Amazon. I was given permission by the author use quotes to develop this review, so Read more
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Winter Reads
I work for a community college, and in higher academia, we are blessed with having a winter break that spans a little over a month. My years have taught me that I have to be careful with this time, because it feels like I have a lot of it. I do; it just goes quickly, Read more
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How I do NaNoWriMo: One woman’s reflection of the process.
This morning, I was like, hey! When is National Novel READING Month, but I was informed by my kids that NaNoReMO is a year long affair. However, NationalToday.com states that in 2003, the National Book Foundation recognized October as National Book Month. We missed it this year, readers. Mark your calendars though, because we will Read more
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National Novel Writing 2019 Edition
Forget Halloween and dressing up for candy, it’s time to talk about my favorite time of year: National Novel Writing Month! NaNoWriMo is an organization that collaborates with writers and helps them receive resources, thus allowing them to reach success within their projects. I’m a long time fan, and have blogged about it numerous times Read more
