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I just finished working on an album cover for Donovan Colton, and while it isn’t released yet, I just realized I haven’t properly shown the last album cover I did for him? So! Here we have it! This is probably the artwork that I am most proud of. It was done completely in Photoshop, and I spent hours, upon hours, upon hours on it, trying to make it the absolute best I could. I know for a fact that Donovan Colton also spent hours, upon hours, upon hours on this album. His music is an incredible work of art, and I am honored to be able to be a part…

This post is spoiler free! One of the books I read recently was The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw. To put it simply… I picked this book up and didn’t put it down until it was finished. I didn’t even put it down to make my dinner! I held it in my left hand whilst stirring my pasta with my right! And when I finally did put it down (you know, after reading the last page), I stared off into space for a few minutes.  The verdict? I loved this book. I mean, I’m holding a tiny grudge against it because it made me stay up past my bedtime, but…

Winter has come. At least, it has for me. I actually just put together a competition for my work place challenging all of the corporate employees to spend as much time outside in the snow as possible. Anything active counts: Skiing, Snowboarding, Snow Shoeing, Sledding, Tubing, Ice Climbing, Ice Skating, Ice Fishing… the list goes on and on. Creating this competition made me realize that I don’t do much in the way of active winter activities (aside from ice skating, but I’ve never done that outside). I’m more of a bookish adventurer as opposed to a typical adventurer. However, that leads to some relaxing, fun, and… rather strange winter activities.…

Writing, like any form of creativity, has pitfalls. We don’t notice them most of the time. We don’t think they are necessary to worry about. But when we see them in someone else’s writing, we cringe. Every writer has trouble with at least one of these pitfalls (and if they don’t, they are lying to themselves), and that doesn’t make anyone a bad writer. In fact, noticing and working on avoiding these traps makes you a better writer! The key is to notice them—to pay attention to your own writing as well as the writing of anything you read. So, I’m taking a moment to outline them. This isn’t an…

The very first post I wrote for my blog, I wrote while sitting in my car, pulled off the side of some canyon road. It was towards the beginning of summer, and I was a little dehydrated but very happy. It’s only been a little over a year, but here I am again. Sitting in my car (a different car, but same make and model), computer on my lap, and empty water bottle beside me. It’s nearing the end of summer, and so much has changed in the last year or so. One of the things that has changed, is my blog name. When I first posted, I posted on…

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Also… This is not a comprehensive review, just a quick spat of my thoughts. I recently read (as in, I finished it yesterday) Mirage by Somaiya Daud. It was pretty good, I won’t lie. I was relatively hooked. Unfortunately, it took me over a month to read. That wasn’t the book’s fault—more like… I was incredibly busy in the month of February, and I barely had time to even breathe, much less read. However, I did read it, and I did really like it. I thought it was going to be a one off… but hey! This just means I have to read more books! Let me…

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Also… This is not a comprehensive review, just a quick spat of my thoughts. My latest read was Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young. I had started it like… a week ago? Read three chapters then put it down for who knows why. This morning I decided I wanted to read a chapter or two before getting to work… and I read the entire book. All 47 chapters. Also. I am fresh out of reading it, so my thoughts are a little incoherent. They might form up a little as I write, but we shall see. “The night sky was reflecting on the ice in crisp…

I’m finally doing it. I’m finally getting organized. This morning, I’ve been super productive. Ultra productive. The Lucy from last week is looking at me in awe!!! Through the start of the semester, it isn’t uncommon for me to take a little while to get settled, so having a week and a half of doing not as much as I should is…. understandable. But it is over! I’m finally getting back into my routine of getting up at 6:15 (in bed by 10) and getting to work by 6:30. By getting to work, I mean sitting down at my desk and opening my computer. I started off by writing (what?…

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Also… This is not a comprehensive review, just a quick spat of my thoughts Over the last two days, I read Neverland by Shari Arnold, and now that I am armed with hot chocolate, I am ready to talk about it—just a little bit. I honestly can’t decide what I feel about this book. You know how there are books that are just so perfect, like… you needed to read it in that moment, and because you did you are sorta changed forever? But then there are the books that are just a little too much for you to handle: a feeling you’ve been feeling lately is…

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Also… This is not a comprehensive review, just a quick spat of my thoughts. Over this last weekend, I read the book Grace and Fury, which I received in an Owl Crate (I know, I know—gotta get my merch and stuff XD). If you follow my Instagram stories at all, you’ll know I had some moments in this book where I just… couldn’t. Let me talk about the title. I absolutely loved how at the beginning Serina was obviously Grace and Nomi was clearly Fury. They had their roles. It wasn’t a surprise to me that Nomi became the actual Grace and Serina was stuck in prison…

Living on a college campus is fascinating. Everyone there is just coming into their own; each person has their personality (mostly) set, yet very few college students actually know what they are going to do with their lives. There is a constant, awkward dynamic between everyone as each person tries to figure out what exactly they are doing. This makes for some entertaining (and sometimes adorable) encounters between friends, acquaintances, and strangers. The Tale of Two Unicycles Towards the end of last week, I was walking past the Student Center, and a guy rode past me on a unicycle. A quick glance ahead of me told me that there was…

Prompt: We all have original characters. Tell me the inspiration for one of them. How did they get their name? What do they eat for breakfast? My Writing: Let me tell you about Perdita (Perry) Stain. As cheesy as this sounds, she came to me in a dream. There wasn’t much to her: a light voice, brown hair, and a story to tell. I want to say the dream was like a movie I watched with my eyes half-open. I got to see Perry’s life and story, from the beginning to the end. I didn’t even bother checking the clock when I woke up. Instead, I grabbed the paper and…

Prompt: Dragons (In honor of Leo Valdez’s birthday… I know… it’s a day late) My Writing: Aerie let out a sigh and laid her head in her hands. She was supposed to be studying, pouring over the yellowed, slightly musty, archived books, but instead she was resting on them, breathing in the layers of dust that resided in her small corner. The library was the oldest building on campus, as it was the original school, before the major expansions in the 1600s. Despite the expansions, the most recent completed previously that year, the library also was, by far, the largest building on campus. Made of a warm, grey colored stone,…

Prompt: “Chin up, Princess, or else your crown will fall,” the lady in waiting said as she did up the back of the princess’s corset. “And you don’t want ‘Him’ to pick it up.” My Writing: “Chin up, Princess, or else your crown will fall,” the lady in waiting said as she did up the back of the princess’s corset. “And you don’t want ‘Him’ to pick it up.” Princess Amelia glared at the woman helping her, but stuck her chin up anyway, jutting it out with a bit of attitude. Eridora, the lady in waiting, let out a small laugh and tied off the back of the corset before…

Prompt: Describe or expand on the color blue in 5 different ways/scenes. My Writing: Her eyes are all you notice as she tells you to leave. Rimmed in the redness of her anger is her pain, the sorrowful blue that once was as crystalized and clear as her laugh but is now the dull color of shattered trust. Her voice breaks as her small hands beat against your chest, pushing you out of the room that you had shared together until you shared it with someone else. I see home in the way the mountains fade into the distance, the atmospheric blue making way to a vibrant green as I…

Prompt: One day you (a character of yours) discovered you can fly. How did you make this discovery? (In honor of Jason Grace’s birthday) My Writing: Many, in the recent months, have fallen prey to the charges of being a witch, but I never expected to become a victim. Yet, here I stand on the wrong side of Massachusetts’ fear and hatred, unable to see those who convicted because of the black cloth that mutes all my senses and traps the heat of my breath. The stillness is unbearable as I wait with a woven rope strung around my neck. I’m about to pay for a crime impossible to commit.…