April 2017 – Frostwritten

April 30, 2017

LAST CHANCE!

The Countdown Deal for the kindle version of my YA novel, I’m With You, ends tomorrow morning! The price is currently $3.99! Here is the link: LINK! In a YA, low fantasy, and vaguely steampunk adventure, follow fifteen-year-old Ciarán Morrigan and his little sister Remiel, who, with enlisted help from a band of misfits, strive Continue reading

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April 30, 2017

The Kindle edition of I’m With You is now $2.99!

The Countdown Deal continues for the kindle edition of I’m With You – price increases from $2.99 to $3.99 in a little over ten hours! Here is the link to purchase: LINK! Follow fifteen-year-old Ciarán Morrigan and his little sister Remiel, who, with enlisted help from a band of misfits, strive to escape their unstable father Continue reading

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April 24, 2017

Film Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)

Dir: Niki Caro Starring: Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl, Michael McElhatton Runtime: 2hr6m Spoiler Level: Light (Unless you are somehow unaware of the events of WWII) I have a few rules when it comes to seeing movies in the theater, and one of those rules is: If Jessica Chastain is in it, make every Continue reading

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April 17, 2017

B.A.P. Concert in Washington D.C.!

Let it be known, before I launch into this post, that I am not a K-pop aficionado. I do harbor a long-running deep love for J-Pop/J-Rock (Do As Infinity, L’arc-en-Ciel, Ayaka, Ayumi Hamasaki, Every Little Thing, Utada, FLOW, etc) and an appreciation for C-Pop and Mandopop (Jolin Tsai, Jam Hsiao, S.H.E., Mayday, Leehom Wang, etc), and Continue reading

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April 10, 2017

Sammy

When I was in fourth grade, there was nothing I wanted more than a pet hamster. I’d had pets before. We owned a dog at that time; a lively Welsh Corgi named Lady Margaret Waddle-Bottom (Maggie for short) and my sister and I had previously owned a slew of fish, thanks to a summer reading Continue reading

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April 3, 2017

Writing Techniques: Setting

I bet y’all looked at the title of this post and thought that this would be about creating settings for a story, right? GUESS AGAIN! I actually want to talk about “setting” in the context of the writing process. Like, the setting where the actual writing takes place… the “work space,” if you will. Where the so-called Continue reading

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