I love all kinds of book and television characters: heroes, villains, the straight man, the genius, the fool. But what I love more than anything — what makes my little heart go pitter-patter — is a well-rounded, kickass heroine. They’re not always easy to spot, so when I find one I love her immediately, and…
Category: Writing
Sing from the Sacred Harp
The last few months have not been my favorite. Work was more stressful than usual for quite awhile, and a string of medical issues had me so stressed that I gave myself hyperthyroidism — that’s right, I turn stressing into a professional sport. Add to that the fact that the medicine I was on made…
A Small Taste of Heaven: Sacred Harp
I’ve always loved music, and have always been a singer — even at the age of six, when I couldn’t carry a tune and my grandfather shook his head and told my grandmother, “She’ll never be a singer.” After participating in choirs for 15+ years, I’m proud to say that I can certainly carry a…
Notable Quotables: Journeys
(Notable Quotables is a meme originally brought to you by the Bewitched Bookworms. Every Monday you’re invited to share a favorite quote or two from the books you’ve been reading.) Every book is, in one way or another, about a journey; this can be a journey between two worlds or between two minds. It’s great…
Notable Quotables: Characters
(Notable Quotables is a meme originally brought to you by the Bewitched Bookworms. Every Monday you’re invited to share a favorite quote or two from the books you’ve been reading.) Stories are about characters: heroes, villains, and the entire varied range in between. Perfect characters ruin books, and flawed ones make stories worth reading. Take…