Books! Nothing makes the end of a week better than a great batch of books waiting for you and I was so happy when these ones arrived on Thursday and Friday. It’s definitely a mix, as I got two poetry collections from Gaspereau Press and two YA sequels (unfortunately to series I haven’t read the […]
I don’t expect to be reviewing many books here at Writing Whimsy, but as a writer querying my verse novel, I thought it would be nice to occasionally share other books I’d recommend. Starting off with Love and Leftovers was an easy choice. It should be obvious but I adore novels in verse, and combine […]
As I try to stay away from juice and stick to water, I find myself drinking a lot more tea these days. It doesn’t hurt that my work has a convenient kettle in my office so a fresh mug is never more than a few minutes away. As I delve into loose leaf teas, I […]
Two weeks ago I went to visit my family for Passover and the timing was such that one of my dogs had just had puppies. My mom is a breeder of Standard Poodles, both brown and black. At just over a week old, they are pretty darn adorable. I’ve included some proof of the littlest […]
Despite never getting a tracking number or official confirmation that it had been shipped, a wonderful surprise– well, not exactly a surprise, since I ordered it, but I had no idea when to expect it– showed up in my mailbox, a few weeks ago, courtesy of Julep. I was immediately impressed when I opened the […]
So my mailbox has been pretty happy these days and so have I! There have been lots of books I’m excited about and I just need to find that balance between reading and writing, especially now that my novel is almost “finished” (which means I’m at the proofreading stage and paranoid I’m missing something but […]
I really, really, hate leaving things unfinished. It constantly nags at me that I have a novel sitting in a (virtual) drawer that I started to rewrite and then gave up on. I’m glad I did, or I never would have gotten around to writing Lies, and maybe I’ll go back to again someday but, […]
I know I haven’t been very good at consistently posting on this blog, and I blame a combination of real-life (school, debate, social life) and fake-life (writing) but I realized I had a decent batch of new book photos I hadn’t shared so I decided to bask in their glory; I mean post about them. […]
As my novel, Lies My Father Told Me, gets increasingly close to querying– my soft deadline was April and it’s looking totally reasonable– I decided to share some of the music that helped me write it. I have a very specific way of listening to music while I write, one I recently learned I’m not […]
Alright so I had a lot of fun with my first nail swatch/review of Hampstead Gardens by Nails Inc., and last week I picked up a brand new polish by Orly– well not brand new as in from a new collection, but brand new as in I just purchased it, so of course I decided […]