Book one for 2023 is notched on my Goodreads scorecard! I read Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster. She’s apparently been a major actress for a few decades, winning multiple Tony awards and acting in TV shows. But I don’t watch TV and only recently started paying attention to theater, so theContinue reading “reading list: Broadway”
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reading list: birds, but not birds
I decided a long time ago to homeschool myself further into the writing and publishing world. Class is in session. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott The fun part is that this book starts off with “When I teach a writing class,” and she refers to her students throughoutContinue reading “reading list: birds, but not birds”
Listen, Learn & Love book TWO!
Richard Ostler has produced a second Listen, Learn & Love book and it went to the publisher today! The first one was Listen, Learn & Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. I was the line editor and proofreader for that manuscript, and it was released in September 2020. The last thing I did on that projectContinue reading “Listen, Learn & Love book TWO!”
reading list: depression
Silent Souls Weeping by Jane Clayson Johnson is about dealing with depression in the context of the LDS faith. It’s a mix of memoir of her own experience with it, and interviews she did with other people, so there is a variety of perspective. Some people deal with the long-term effects of chemical imbalance inContinue reading “reading list: depression”
9 writing books
I’m homeschooling myself in writing and editing. My curriculum so far: The Well Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport Why We Write About Ourselves by Meredith Maran The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of MakingContinue reading “9 writing books”
reading list: Italy
Yay! I finally finished another book! Under the Tuscan Sun is a movie that I despise, so I was really hesitant to read the book. But the two are not similar at all. The movie is about a woman who had her heart broken so to rebuild her life, she goes on vacation to ItalyContinue reading “reading list: Italy”
12 favorite memoirs
I love memoirs! I love to read them. I love to help people write them. I love that the LDS Women Project is a series of mini-memoirs. Some favorites: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl Becoming by Michelle Obama A WalkContinue reading “12 favorite memoirs”
reading list: nope
The book Home Edit Life: The Complete Guide to Organizing Absolutely Everything at Work, at Home, and on the Go is on its way back to the library. One word: pretentious. The photos, while very pretty, are all the same: rainbow organization on a bright white background. Because people only own things in a rainbowContinue reading “reading list: nope”
11 middle grade books
Today is one of my kiddos’ birthdays, and she is 11. So in her honor, these are 11 middle-grade books that I have loved to read as an adult: 1 – Princess Academy trilogy by Shannon Hale. The potential princesses are not sitting around waiting for a boy to sweep them off their feet, butContinue reading “11 middle grade books”
reading list: changed perspective
Reading is supposed to change your thinking, right? I recently finished “The Hate U Give” and part of the story is that some Black teens are involved in gangs that commit crimes because they have literally no other resources for support – emotional, financial, or otherwise. I learned yesterday that last weekend, there was aContinue reading “reading list: changed perspective”