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 …
Author: Faith Allaire
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
Do You Have to Read to Be a Great Writer?
This has come up often in my various online writing groups: There’s a writer, new to the world of compiling stories in a text based format. Like me, they want to be the next Ms. J.K. Rowling… They have a …
Grandma to Turtles?
In class, my daughter was dubbed “Clumsy Turtle,” which has led to a near obsession the past few months of all things turtle related: Naturally, she wants a pet turtle. I really REALLY don’t want another pet. I mean I …
Camp NaNoWriMo Is Back!
If you have never heard of CampNaNoWrimo, I have written about it before in other blog posts, but the gist is that for the month of July writers set goals and hold each other accountable via intimate forum based groups. …
