I love stories. Not just books (though I love them as well) but stories told in any fashion. Movies, TV shows, books, video games even. Any way that a story can be told, I'm a big fan--and I know that there's many different ways to tell a story. I'm always on the lookout for new … Continue reading Non-Traditional Storytelling
Author: R
Twenty-something author who loves telling stories more than anything else.
Time: 2:35 pm, Monday Mid-afternoons are slow under the best of circumstances, and this one was even worse. I wasn't sure what was keeping people away from the café, but that was the way things went. Honestly, I didn't mind the slow afternoons. It meant that I had some time to get caught up on … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Flat Whites and Macchiatos
I will admit: I did not buy this book for myself. It was given to me as a Christmas present by a good friend of mine, who knows my sense of humor and my love of vampires, no matter how saturated the market is. So when VAMPED showed up in my brand new Kindle as … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: VAMPED by David Sosnowski
I've made it fairly clear in the past (I believe) that I stand firmly on the fence in regards to paper books (or dead tree books, as my family is wont to call them) versus e-books. I love my Nook and my Kindle, but I also still will go out of my way to buy … Continue reading Age of the Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore
Time: 12:46 pm, Friday I took a deep breath, looking out at the line as I slipped behind the second register. "I can help the next person in line!" I called out, looking down for the next customer ready to order. We'd been dead all morning, and now it was like everyone in town had … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Lunch Rush
In many ways, this has been a review long-coming. Quite a while ago now, I saw Dearen talking on her Twitter account about Alora and the upcoming book. There was a sale going on--but it was only on the Kindle store, and I only had a Nook. I sent a message off to her, asking … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: ALORA: THE WANDER-JEWEL by Tamie Dearen
I've been very lucky to grow up in a family who value writing and books as much as I've grown to. (Post hoc ergo propter hoc, probably.) I was always encouraged to read, and had access to a wide variety of books in addition to any I might pick up myself. I've always been grateful … Continue reading Inspiration from Another Time
I've been thinking for a long time that I should share tiny flash fiction stories about where I work. There's a lot of great characters--both for good and for ill--and I've often been told that I should write about them. Obviously, for legal reasons, names of people/places/food items will be changed to not point a … Continue reading Serial Story Intro: Tales from the Café
It may be a bit telling that when I looked at Goodreads to refresh myself on the book, I spent a solid minute trying to figure out who was who in the description, because I was so lost by the names. That's perhaps a negative way to start a review, so I'll encourage you to … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: IN EXCHANGE FOR JACKIE by Tracy Gilmore
I don't know how I think I'm going to get through this blog post. Reader beware: there may be gross sobbing beneath the cut, because I'm talking about death. Jareth the Goblin King scared me the first time I watched Labyrinth. Not because he was a scary character; I was in my teens the first … Continue reading Always
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