Tag: Writing
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The Cellar book review
“I had heard that true love is realized after a couple has experienced and overcome something huge.” I picked this up on clearance at Half Price Books for only two dollars, and it was worth every penny! I had never heard of the author or the book before, but I learned she originally started on…
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built Review!
My first thoughts: Robot wars and tea? Not quite… I started this book because my family decided to start a little book club. “Why not!” I thought. We chose short novels to make things manageable, and the first pick was A Psalm for the Wild-Built. I’d seen the cover before but never really looked into…
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We Bury the Dead: A Review
We Bury the Dead is a thriller following Ava, who searches for her husband in Tasmania after a catastrophic, American-led military exercise turns residents into the walking dead. “I noticed a pattern with ones like him. The longer they go on, the more agitated they become.” We Bury the Dead! Another movie I saw clips…
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The Deliverance: Movie Review.
Review: The DeliveranceThe Deliverance is inspired by the alleged demonic haunting of Latoya Ammons and her family in Gary, Indiana, back in 2011. After moving into a rental home, the family reported swarms of flies, strange voices, and physical possessions. This eventually led to multiple exorcisms performed on Ammons and her children. The case was…
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The making of Souille
‘The cold crept down my spine as if it were a snake on its way to attack. It caused a violent shiver to erupt through my bones, rippling into my mind and tearing at what little sanity I had left. When I thought I wouldn’t return to reality, the piercing screech of something unnatural cut…
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Addy and Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Through the weeds and reeds, past swampy ditches with the small, beady eyes of gators, stood a trailer park beside a murky pond filled with dragonflies and turtles. With salt twisting through the Gulf wind, a young girl’s imagination grew wild in the summer. With her fingertips grazing the soft paper of a new book,…
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What Chrysanthemum Taught Me About Being Different
Chrysanthemum I was only a couple of months old when Chrysanthemum came out. Just a bald, cranky baby who didn’t even know she existed. As I grew and learned my name, I realized it was different. So different that sometimes I wondered whether my parents even liked me when they chose it. As a kid,…
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Update! New book coming soon!
Okay, I know that I neglect this blog. I should definitely be posting more! Especially if I want to get noticed! But I just wanted to do a little update. First off I am still writing! Things are just a little bit more difficult with my chronic illness. Plus money is tight and I know…
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The Dawn of Oblivion
The planet is dead. Can she escape being next? “Clinging to the last vestige of a world in ruins, Amaya must fight tooth and nail to carve out a place for herself and save the people she loves. Faced with rival survivors, bloodthirsty monsters, and the ever-looming threat of starvation, the wasteland will push Amaya…
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Mini writing update!
Hiya! Yes, I am still here and still writing! I am just going at a slower place. I actually have finished a couple of short novels but one I sent to a publisher, one is being looked over, and another I have to wait to publish because a different book has to be released first.…
Coushatta LaRue 