Month: August 2020

• Julia Alvarez: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

  There are some books that I start and can’t put down until I finish them. They take up all of my available time. I forego TV and Netflix and cooking dinner on time and talking to my family and friends and laundry all because the book is just that good. This is not one of…

  Christine

  August 25, 2020

  Book Talk, Review

• What goes better with a good book than…

  …a cup of tea? I heart a good cup of tea whether or not it’s with a good book (or any book for that matter). I went on a trip to Georgia last year with my mom, aunt, and a few of my girl-cousins. While at the Mall of Georgia I found this cute little…

  Christine

  August 18, 2020

  Related Things

  Be Happy Tea, Ginger Tea, Green Tea, Herbal Tea, loose leaf tea, reading, relax, Sleep Tea, Tea, unwind, writing

• BIG GIRLS Pt. 1

  I’m challenging myself to do a bit of a miniseries of micro fiction. A full story in 300 words or less? Sure. There will be a new story each month—same theme, different characters, may or may not be intertwined. Let’s see how this goes shall we…. BIG GIRLS – Pt.1 I really thought this would…

  Christine

  August 11, 2020

  Short Stories

  big girls, micro fiction, short short story, short story, writing

• Writing Journal: I Hit a [publishing] Wall

  I finally finished the book. I reviewed it and reviewed it again. I formatted it and edited the formatting several times until I was happy with it. Then I signed up for a Reedsy account to search for the right editor. I also continued researching self-publishing advice, and you know what the internet told me?…

  Christine

  August 4, 2020

  Writing Journal