IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBER Sixty Books a journey, not a destination; it's aĀ mindset, not a competition. Each person may actually have a different number of books that he or she reads in a year, and the number can vary from year to year. Thirty books can be "sixty books" and so can forty-five, or … Continue reading Sixty Books Is Not A Number
Author: Melissa Morris Inoa
Book Review: Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky
A few weeks before our recent trip to Bermuda, my husband gave me a paperback novel, Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky. Outside, the cover is nearly all wild lavender plants (an absolute favorite of mine); inside, the story is about two old friends, both writers, who reconnect after a long time apart. (I love to read any story about writers … Continue reading Book Review: Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky
Day 7 of CampNaNoWriMo and Day 2 of Teachers Write!
CAMPNANOWRIMO PROGRESS I'm making progress. Definitely. It's Day 7 of camp and my word count is now 11,039. Before I started writing, IĀ set four goals for myself in order to complete this challenge. Some goals are coming along a littleĀ better than others: I haven't been able to write first thing in the morning most days; … Continue reading Day 7 of CampNaNoWriMo and Day 2 of Teachers Write!
Some men bring home flowers…
Some men bring home flowers; my husband brings home books. Please don't get me wrong. I really do like flowers and the way they look and smell, warming up the house,Ā but my husband knows that I like books even more. He knows how much I love to read and how much I love to be … Continue reading Some men bring home flowers…
Day 2 – 7,612 words
7,612 WORDS SO FAR This idea is nowĀ officially a work in progress! (I'm not so sure how much sense these few thousand words make just yet, but they're there, all in one document, in some kind of an order. They're a beginning.) As I promised myself, I'm not doing any editing work until I'veĀ finished writing … Continue reading Day 2 – 7,612 words
Don’t forget to write! Going to summer camp at CampNaNoWriMo
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED... I've tried this challenge of writing a novel in one month a few times before. Each of those times, I have been unsuccessful. But hey, nothing says "hopeless optimist" like dusting yourself off and trying again, right? All jokesĀ aside, I know that successfully completing this challenge is possible and … Continue reading Don’t forget to write! Going to summer camp at CampNaNoWriMo
Book Review: Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
I have a thing for stars. ThisĀ came to my attention aĀ few years ago, as I was pinning images to my Pinterest boards,Ā andĀ I noticed that I had been inadvertently collectingĀ images of stars, quotes about stars, and just about anything and everything star-related (and so I started a new board dedicated to stars). I also became aware … Continue reading Book Review: Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
Sixty Books
ADVICE FROM LOTS OFĀ STEPHENS Back in October, I picked up a copy of Stephen King's On Writing that had been sitting on my bookshelf for years. I was about toĀ be a passenger while my then-fiancĆ© drove three hours from New Jersey to Connecticut,Ā and I figured the trip would allot me some solid reading time. I … Continue reading Sixty Books
Love, Love, Love, Love, Crazy Love
One of my dearest friends, Patricia Motley, wrote a beautiful post about my recent wedding on her blog, Never Balanced. It is an absolute honor and a privilege to reblog this post today.
We will figure it out together. #WWFIOT
THE PAST For the last nineĀ years or so, Iāve been contributing to one blog or another. Ā (Nine years!? That's almost a decade! Where has the time gone?)Ā The very first blog I keptĀ was started by a colleague (Thanks, Tom!) for me to use with my students, others Iāve started myself for public consumption, and there are … Continue reading We will figure it out together. #WWFIOT
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