overthinking

It's so hard to find beauty in the little things we do every day. Though this is hard to admit, things like smart phones have taken the joy out of making things step-by-step. It's all so easy,...

Moleskine Magic

A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.-Osho This is one of the many quotes that found their way into my notebook. I don't why, but lately it feels like nothing is worth reading if I haven't...

Describe A...Yellowing Leaf

Using as few cliches as possible, describe it.This photo is not mine.

Where Writers Go

I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace Writers do that. We don't even need to leave the...

Devoting To Purity

I've gone through this devotional, Pure by Rebecca St. James, at least four times now. I only made it to Day 90 once, but I made it two weeks in a couple times. This time I'm going all the way in,...

Where Airplanes Fail...

I'm on book two of The Iron Fey series and think it must be the best I've read in a long time...or ever. I finished the first book and scrambled for the next one so fast that I forgot to even blog...

Old Friends and New Titles

I just finished rewriting a little over half of Crashing Melodies. The rewrite lasted from mid-June till now. My head's been in a cloud of swirling music notes and worlds with strange creatures,...

Blog Hiatus Over!

Okay so you might not even have been aware I was on a blog hiatus. Here's what happened. Since I had another blog for spiritual stuff, I really wanted to transfer all that over to this place so I...

Ways To Achieve Catholic Celebrityhood

Pray all the time. You're only going to be a "Catholic celebrity" if you'll be using the attention you're probably gonna get, in order to shine the light on Him instead. Tell your followers, "Don't...

Accept The Gift?

Are You Ugly?

Today in the midst of my moaning and groaning about how I am 'fat' and not pretty and that not even an expensive dress would look good on me, my mom told me to stop. She told me that in calling...

Do Something Now

Do something. Do something now! Every moment is to be consecrated to God, even moments of rest. If a single moment of your day or a single thought in your heart is not for the glory of Jesus, then...

The Internet Prayer

all credit goes to saintvilleAlmighty and eternal God,who created us in Thy image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful, especially in the divine person of Thy...

Save The Storks

I read this article today about some kids who are helping women by giving them free ultrasounds, then offering them further asistance with their pregnancy. Theirs is a fresh and effective approach....

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

*SPOILER WARNING.So there are a lot of 'fresh takes' on Greek myths. I like Cassandra Clare but she wouldn't be the first author I like to promote a fictional book about Greek mythology that's just...

Book Shopping

My faith's been weird lately, so today I knew I absolutely had to go to the bookstore. Something just felt off and I was confident that God would guide me to find the right book if I went there....

Feeling Slow?

Once you realize how material things tend to be the greatest chains binding you, it becomes easier to understand all those things Jesus said on the topic.You don't realize until you want to let go,...

Verbum Domini

I've been reading this Post-Synodal Apostolic Exortation...or, this book. (I'm not sure what that term means.) It's a book though, and it's about The Bible, and how the Pope is encouraging the...

Swept Away

At the beach, as one wave comes onto the shore another is forming where you can see it. And another. There is never a shortage of waves, just like there is never a shortage of God's love and desire...

5k died.

Scrivener is great and all...until it glitches.So it backed up my story. Great. I tried to find the backup file today and turns out it only backed up three chapters. That's BAD when I had 14...

A Favorite Memory

This is a memoir from 3/25/12, during my visit to Peru, where I made a lot of favorite memories!Today we went to the beach. I have never actually gotten to the water before, only in my daydreaming,...

The Ocean is the Heart of my Writing

My mother is from Peru. I am half-Peruvian. Since I was very little I have been here about six times. Only the recent visits are clear in my mind. Now that I'm there again, I realize that since...

Pursue Your Dreams

Your deepest and most vivid dreams are not in vain. They were given to you by the Lord, Who in conquering death made it so none of your dreams are ever too big. They all have a purpose just like...

Vampire's Kiss by Veronica Wolff

3/5 StarsOther reviews for this book on GoodReadsI got this book for free in the mail. It is book two of a Young Adult vampire series called The Watchers. Being the escapist I am, I enjoyed reading...

Trip to Downtown Boise

Went to Downtown Boise today. Walking around the narrow and vibrant streets, full of history and life, I kept getting ideas for a General Fiction short story set in one of the bars down by the...

7 Quick Takes | vol. 2

I think Im going to end up doing these on Sunday instead of Friday because I keep forgetting to on Friday! --- 1 ---After my first lesson in English Country Dancing that I had on Thursday, Im...

Heads Up--You're Royalty!

This is from my spiritual blog. I thought it was a message that should be shared everywhere!“Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you...

Maidenly

Welcome back to my cozy corner of dreamland! Sorry if anyones noticed my lack of real activity on the blog, compared to when I started out. I really have my story to blame for that! Writing--and...

TIGF: Things I'm Grateful For, vol. 1

Sometimes we forget it’s the little things that matter in life and forget how easy it can be to be happy. So we’re making an effort to ensure that doesn’t happen by listing the things we’re...

7 Quick Takes Friday: Independence and Music is Magic

--- 1 ---On Independence Day, I walked around looking like a FarmVille Sheep and humming that song by The Band Perry. (I gotta get gone, gone, gone, shootin like a gun, gun, gun...) It seems like...