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Goodreads Tag!

Oh, hi. What? Another post, the second in a week? Indeed! Because my writing friend Krystal Jane Ruin did a fun Goodreads Tag video on her BookTube this week: My Goodreads page is here. 1. What was the last book you marked as ‘read’?  The last book I marked as read is Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. 2. What are you currently reading?  Right now, I have two books going: The Things They

Writing Muscles

A few weeks ago, I was listening to Smart Bitches, Trashy Podcast and Sarah Wendell mentioned something about "writing muscles"--how her nonfiction writing muscles are strong because she runs and writes on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, which is a romance novel review blog. And I find that it is sort of true, in a way--that certain types of writing come more easily to me than others or that some

IWSG August 2018

It's time for the Insecure Writers Support Group post for August 2018. The IWSG is a wonderful network of writers who blog their writerly insecurities out into the world the first Wednesday of every month. Check out the group here. The August question is: What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? So, I'm not a new writer, but I am new to

Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Emerson Colonial Theatre

Last time, I wrote about how fandoms converge and how weird that is. It almost feels serendipitous. I have a lot to say overall about my weekend in Boston--because Boston when it's summer and sunny and you are over drinking age with a credit card is very different from trudging through Boston in two feet of snow in the biting cold in college. But though Boston and I have changed in the eight

When Your Worlds Converge: Moulin Rouge!

You know how sometimes you're interested in or are a fan of various seemingly unrelated things? And then somehow, those things converge and it's awesome but kinda weird, too? 1) The movie Moulin Rouge! This bizarre, colorful, dramatic musical with famous pop songs, telling the story of a poor English poet named Christian and his love story with the star of Montmarte's Moulin Rouge club, Satine,

Obligatory Downton Abbey movie post

Four days ago, the Downton Abbey Twitter posted this: Welcome back to Downton! We’re thrilled to announce that #DowntonAbbey is coming to the big screen. Film production begins this summer. pic.twitter.com/3scMUmosic — Downton Abbey (@DowntonAbbey) July 13, 2018 You may have seen me squealing about it somewhere on the social media. Anyway, I didn't think they'd get to a Downton Abbey

On Pseudonyms

I've started writing a creative nonfiction project which I hope can be self-published by the autumn. But I've decided already that I'll be publishing it under a completely different pseudonym, for reasons. As many of you know, the name I write under--Michelle Athy--isn't my legal name. Michelle is my middle name. Athy is my real last name. I write under that name for a few reasons. I don't

IWSG July 3rd!

It's time for the Insecure Writers Support Group post, one day earlier than usual because the first Wednesday this month is the day us Americans eat too much and shoot explode-y things off in the air.  Getting on to the July IWSG question:  What are your ultimate writing goals, and how have they changed over time? Well. How haven't my writing goals changed over time? I've referred

Books To Read When the World is a Dumpster Fire

Hey y'all. It's hot as hell here in New York today. New York has this particularly humid quality during the summer that makes everything sticky. I keep hearing rumors that in some regions of the country, there's this thing called a dry heat. What does that feel like? I've never experienced a summer with dry heat. Anyway. The world feels like an increasingly dumpster fire-like place. When the

"But this is America--this is not who we are." (Spoiler Alert: It's exactly who we are)

Unless you've been living under a rock in the past week, you've probably seen news stories and Twitter feeds about migrant Central American children coming into the United States with their parents to escape any numbers of dangerous situations seeking asylum, only to be separated--the parents sent to one place, arrested, deported; the children sent to detention centers and not let go to be with