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Writing Process

Note:The featured imageabove is what my desk looks like during revisions: tea or matcha latte in a Disney mug + papers everywhere.

Through Aerogramme Studio’s blog,I saw The West Wing and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkindiscusshis writing process (the full discussion can be found onReddit):

I write a lot of drafts of screenplays and plays. I keep writing and I keep writing; what I try to do at the beginning is just get to the end. Once I’ve gotten to the end, I know a lot more about the...

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before & P.S. I Still Love You: Review

Synopsis for To All the Boys I’ve Loved Beforefrom Goodreads:

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister’s ex-boyfr...

The Night Circus: Review

Written by Erin Morgenstern

Synopsis from Goodreads:

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

Within these nocturnal black-and-white striped tents awaits an utterly unique, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box...

One Was Lost: Review

Written by Natalie D. Richards

Expected Publication: October 4th, 2016 by Sourcebooks Fire

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Damaged. Deceptive. Dangerous. Darling. Are they labels or a warning? The answer could cost Sera everything.

Murder, justice, and revenge were so not a part of the plan when Sera set out on her senior camping trip. After all, hiking through the woods is supposed to be safe and uneventful.

Then one morning the group wakes up groggy, confused, and with words scrawled on their wris...

My Own Fairy Tale

On 07/07/07, my now-husband and I started dating. As we danced in the rain,he asked me to be his girlfriend. I blurted out that it was just like a movie, making it no longer movie-like.

Five years after that, on 07/07/12, we got married.

Sometimes I still can’t believe that this fairy tale that is my life is real.

My husband was the first who floated the idea that I should write a book. Then, he believed in my words and was the first to suggest I pursue what I love. His support has been unwav...

Moving Forward

Happy July 4th everyone! Hope you have a great day full of family, love, relaxation, and BBQ!

I recently had to rearrange my bookshelf to make room for all my shiny new BEA ARCs as well as the books on books on books I bought after the synopses turned me into Gollum. Books are my weakness. I buy them faster than I can read them and have a perpetual TBR pile. (Not that I’m complaining…it’s a good problem to have.)

I ended up removing all my dental textbooks from the shelf, storing them away, an...