Christine Gabrièlle

Birthday Cake: Good, but Messy

I don’t typically mix my blogs, but I figured I’d share with you all the tragic beauty of my birthday cake this year. Click the photo below if you’re interested in what kind of cake I made myself and what happened to it!

Christine

September 3, 2021

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Roxane Gay: Hunger

First, I’ll say Hunger was a much faster read than I Almost Forgot About You, probably because it was a more interesting read. Hunger is an intimate look into Roxane Gay’s mind, feelings, and the relationship she has with her body. Some parts of it were heartbreaking, some parts made me chuckle, and others hit…

Christine

August 31, 2021

Book Talk, Review

book review, books, Hunger, literature, memoir, Personal, reading, roxane gay, writing

What Happens When You’re Done Writing?

The thing about self-publishing a book is you don’t just stop once you’re done writing. I assume (because I’ve never gone through it) that when going through the traditional publishing process, once you’re done with your manuscript you send it to your editor and back and forth you go until it’s polished, then you send…

Christine

August 24, 2021

Book Talk, Personal, Related Things, Update, Writing Journal

author, Black author, books, fiction, first book, indi author, literature, Personal, reading, selfpublishing, short story, writing

Sometimes I Paint

I completed the painting on the left in 2018, three months before I submitted my resignation letter to my job. I didn’t like the job at all. Management was horrific most days, guests were often rude and bratty, and everyone was always on edge. I took most of my frustration and put it on paper.…

Christine

August 17, 2021

Next Up… Hunger

Now that I’ve finally finished the first book on my summer reading list, I get to dig back in to Roxane Gay. I’ve been intrigued by her work since reading Difficult Women, and reading Ayiti earlier this year further encouraged me to read more of her work, so here we are at Hunger. Hunger is…

Christine

August 10, 2021

Book Talk

books, literature, memoir, Personal, reading, summer reading

I Deliberately Forgot About You!

So, I’ve finally finished I Almost Forgot About You, and I must say I enjoyed the rest of it. I won’t completely ruin the end for you, but I will say Georgia ends up in a whirlwind romance with someone she chose not to be with twenty years before even though they were both in…

Christine

August 3, 2021

Book Talk

book review, books, fiction, I Almost Forgot About You, literature, reading, Terry McMillan, writing

Terry McMillan: I Almost Forgot About You

First, I’m only halfway through this book. Second, the characters are a bit older than I’d anticipated. Third, I really can’t stand the way these friends speak to each other most times. I Almost Forgot About You is the story of a woman, Georgia, who is going through a life change. We’re not going to…

Christine

July 27, 2021

Book Talk, Review

Black authors, Black books, book review, books, fiction, literature, reading, summer reading

Finding My Voice and Book Launch Thoughts

Writing my book is forcing me to be open about things I’ve mostly kept to myself over the years. The book is full of true stories as well as made up ones. I’ve always been hesitant to speak up, and I have not been my best advocate in many circumstances, but this book is calling…

Christine

July 20, 2021

Book Talk, Personal, Related Things

author, books, favoriteauthor, findingmyself, newauthor, Personal, publishing, reading, selfpublishing, writing

Things Worth Keeping

I’ve been thinking a lot about decluttering this past week, and about what things are worth keeping. Of course, once I start considering a life with less things in my space, I get bombarded with ads from retailers showing me all the cute summer clothes I need in my closet even though I’m not going…

Christine

July 6, 2021

Personal

book collection, books, buying, cleaning, decluttering, donating, purging, reading, writing

Year is Halfway Over, Book is Halfway Finished, I’m Halfway Between Homes, and I Don’t Have an Accountability Partner

What a weekend! We packed up my childhood home and moved into an apartment an hour away. You don’t realize how much stuff you have until you have to pack up a four-bedroom house. I’ll be honest and say we were not prepared for the house-selling process. We did not think ahead to sell the…

Christine

June 29, 2021

Book Talk, Personal, Related Things, Writing Journal

accountability, books, editing, expanding, growing, learning, moving, Personal, reaching out, reading, selfpublishing, writing