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The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall

Previously posted on Goodreads and Facebook

** spoiler alert ** THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I'm in the minority, but no, just no. I hated it. Is the book interesting? Absolutely. Is the book well written? Yes. So why am I so angry? First some backstory:

16 year old Delia's Aunt has passed, leaving everything to Delia. Delia and her family are going to spend the summer fixing up the old place and selling it. Only it's not a house, it's the closed down insane asylum for women,...

The Dead House Book Review

The Dead House is a creepy, twisty, mind messing, book. Carly Johnson is a girl who may have a mental illness. Her parents are dead and she can't remember what happened. The book tells you straight off that there was a fire, three died, and Carly disappeared. Add in a weird, complicated romance, some Scottish witchcraft, a diary that comes to life, some group hysteria, and you have yourself a crazy train adventure.

So, my thoughts. First of all the main character is unreliable. She's two diffe...

No One Said It Would Be Easy

So, you want to be a writer. You've written a book and you're ready for the next step. Well, here's the thing. It's a lot of rejections and a lot of hating the world. The frustration is paramount because let's be honest, most places you submit to want you to be already established. They want you to be published, have a website, have a fan base. They want you to have a pre-made platform. Form an agent stand point, I get it. But it's like graduating from college, applying for jobs, and being to...

Writing in a Time of Motherhood

As I write this I'm sighing in relief. Finally, finally, they've fallen asleep. I know I should sleep too, they'll be up soon enough but the freedom of the quiet calls to me and I have to stay up a little bit longer. So, how do we do it? Write and parent. The answer is: Any free second. Any moment of distraction or alone time. Sometimes, when I'm editing, I just read it to them while I work that way I don't feel so guilty.

Writing is a passion, a love. I write whenever, wherever. I love my fam...

The Falsification of a Prophet

Right now you're thinking that title above makes no sense and it might not, but to me it does. This is about the desire for change in the status of unions. Some unions are good, great even. They stand for the people that pay them, fight to give them what they deserve, but then there are others. The greedy, manipulative, selfish ones. For example, the local 1059. They just ratified a five year contract with a billion dollar corporation. The local union serves over 12,000 members and yet, they...