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    • About Me
    • About My Hubby
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    • Searching For Meaning
    • What’s On My Bookshelf
    • For Writers
    • Blogs I Love!
    • Recipes
    • Contest
  • Middle Grade/YA
    • WHEELS
  • Young Children
    • Floridius Bloom
    • Educational Books
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    • Puppy Dog Jig
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your inner creative battles One Million Dollars

Win Your Inner Creative Battles | The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield

For Writers, What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzFebruary 1, 2013Leave a comment

Or: How To Win Your Inner Creative Battles and Write Your Novel! “The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.” ― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles…

Jade Kerrion

Interview with Jade Kerrion, author of Perfection Unleashed

For Writers, What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzDecember 17, 20122 Comments

Welcome, Jade Kerrion, award-winning author of Perfection Unleashed. Jade is on tour to promote the next two books in her Double Helix series: Perfect Betrayal and Perfect Weapon. (Read more about the first two books HERE.)  Today Jade will try to answer a couple of the more burning questions I had while reading her perfectly wonderful…

Three Great YA Books

Three Great YA Books to read over the holidays

What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzNovember 21, 2012Leave a comment

Let’s be honest, during the holidays, I’m too easily distracted by turkeys, big balloons, holiday lights, and snowmen to be much of an effective writer. One thing I am good at is making myself a cup of hot cocoa and curling up with a good book to read. Thus, today I’m bringing you my suggestions for…

Perfection Unleashed Jade Kerrion

Perfection Unleashed, by Jade Kerrion

What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzNovember 1, 20122 Comments

Jade Kerrion wants to know: “What would you do if you came face-to-face with perfection, and it looked just like you?” Personally, I’d be quite surprised. All kidding aside, I just finished reading Perfection Unleashed, by Jade Kerrion, book one in a series I’d describe as a brainy, emotional X-Men-like adventure. Honestly, I didn’t know what to…

many books

So Many Books, So little time… I have a solution for that!

What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzOctober 13, 2012Leave a comment

As a blogger who reads and reviews (discusses) books and a writer who is constantly submitting her books for review, I can’t tell you the number of times the expression, “So many books, so little time!” has come up in my correspondence with other bloggers and reviewers. Well, I’m here today to announce that I’ve…

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman

What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzOctober 10, 2012Leave a comment

For avid readers there are many books that are enjoyable, many we might even consider brilliant, but only a few that actually leave a lasting impression on us—for me, Seraphina is one of those books. With her novel, Seraphina, Rachel Hartman joins the ranks of JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, and CS Lewis. Much like Middle…

Kristin Cashore Graceling Realm

Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore: Join Our Book Discussion!

What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzSeptember 7, 2012Leave a comment

Welcome to a discussion of Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore. After reading my thoughts, please respond by adding additional comments, opinions, and feel free to heartily disagree with me. (If you haven’t read Bitterblue…spoiler alert, you might want to check back after you’ve read it.) Here goes… Having read Graceling and Fire by Kristin Cashore, I was…

Graceling Realm

Now Reading: Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore

What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzAugust 21, 2012Leave a comment

The Graceling Realm Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Kristin Cashore is the author of one of my all time favorite books—GRACELING. Book 1 of the Graceling Realm series. Not only is GRACELING beautifully written, but I absolutely love the heroine of the story. Katsa is everything a female protagonist should be: strong, smart and beautiful. In…

Kate Brauning

Blogs I Love: Kate Brauning – Now Reading: Shadow and Bone

Blogs I Love!, What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzAugust 1, 2012Leave a comment

That’s right, I’ve combined two categories. No, wait–I’ve combined two categories and subtracted one. Let me explain… A few nights ago, while watching the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics (not from the awesomeness of London, but from the comfort of my own living room), I happened upon the website and blog of writer…

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Across the Universe, by Beth Revis

What's On My BookshelfBy LJ MetzJuly 29, 2012Leave a comment

What intrigued me about Across The Universe wasn’t the promise of yet another YA love story or even a murder mystery set aboard a generation ship. No, what intrigued me was a premise that, in my own geeky way, I’d often wondered about. What if we could be cryogenically frozen alive? Would we dream? Would…

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