Featuring colorist Ronda Francis
In June I attended a writer's conference and met many lovely writers and rubbed elbows with some savvy agents.
I asked each agent that I had the pleasure of meeting to please tell me an excellent book to read--especially in the spooky/shivery genre. Not quite horror, but something atmospheric and delightful.
The first one I read was Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Tucholke.
This YA book not only grabbed me from the first page (not for the squeamish) but held my attention through the whole delish and eerie tale.
A charming boy named River shows up in a sleepy, seaside town and turns bored Violet's life upside-down...to say the least.
This book has a bit of it all--the supernatural, romance, evil, and redemption.
So hang on to yer hats pardners, it is one exciting ride.
During a conversation with a friend yesterday I realized I should be journaling.
The conversation was slightly serendipitous to begin with, she bringing up a topic I was just having issues with.
Then she asked if I wrote in a journal every day.
I told her I used to, and as a matter of fact, journaling was one of the reasons I began to write again.
I could not give her a good reason why I stopped, other than things seemed to start moving in the right direction.
I remember thinking back when I was writing in a journal every morning that doing it was better than therapy.
* I realized how much I longed to write.
* I realized how much I longed to draw.
* Most importantly, I realized I was the only thing stopping me from doing either.
So to make a long post short, I'm journaling again. Twenty minutes, once a day.
We'll see where it takes me this time.
xo
(The book that inspired my first round of journaling: Click here to check it out.
