Let’s Talk About Tony from “13 Reasons Why”
It feels like everyone I’ve talked to and every website I’ve visited in the past week has a post about 13 Reasons Why, the…
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Flash Fiction: The Way to Break a Writing Funk
It’s easy getting lost in a long story filled with twists and turns. I love writing rich, layered stories that go on for 100,000+…
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Review: Thanha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again// By Darlene P. Campos
The Vietnam War was a major historical event which affected millions of individuals on both sides of the battle. Stories about soldiers in the…
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Nostalgia and YA// Why Writing for YA Matters
Several of my friends and I have experienced I similar phenomenon now that we’re in our late twenties and settling in. Our…
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How To Live Your Best Feminist Life
ICYMI This past Wednesday was International Women’s Day. The same women who planned the Women’s March in DC asked women to strike on Wednesday—to…
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The First Draft: After the Love Fades
The first draft of a novel is about falling in love. All you want to do is discover more about your characters and the…
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Review: Wintersong // S. Jae-Jones
If you grew up watching Jim Henson’s movies like I did, then Labyrinth was probably one of your all-time favorites. Indeed, over the past…
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Interview with Joanne O’Sullivan, author of BETWEEN TWO SKIES
Joanne O’Sullivan’s debut novel, Between Two Skies, features Evangeline Riley, a sixteen-year-old girl who loves her hometown, Bayou Perdu. She spends most of her…
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On Why Fiction Matters
When I began The Passed Note, it was because of a book of short stories. Specifically, it was because of a book of retold…
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Reading & Writing & Music
Reading and writing have always been in the category of solo activities, but I know in my life I rarely do it alone. No…
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