The image below came through my Instagram feed recently, and it caught my attention as a fun writing/reading question. Often, my writing buddy and I talk about our characters as though they are living, breathing people – when you put so much time and energy into something, someone, it’s hard to think of them asContinue reading “The Bookworm Pills”
Category Archives: Reading
My Life with Donald Duck
When I was a toddler, my parents found a stuffed Donald Duck toy at a garage sale for twenty-five cents. I don’t know the details of the story – if I found it and begged for it, or if they just thought I’d like it. Regardless, it would become my favorite of all my toys.Continue reading “My Life with Donald Duck”
Green Bay Bookstore Crawl
I have a rather long commute to work, and when people ask me why I don’t move to the city where I work, I joke that I could never live in a city that can’t sustain a bookstore. Honestly, it’s half a joke. (The other not-so-jokey part is how expensive said city is, especially sinceContinue reading “Green Bay Bookstore Crawl”
Illinois Becomes First State to Outlaw Banning Books
I am speechless – and so thankful:
Libraries: Oh My, How Times Have Changed
I was the kid who knew our bookmobile driver’s name. I befriend him, and each week, we’d talk about stories. He’d bring me books I’d requested, as well as a few he thought I might like. When we moved, I remember being disappointed in the size of our new library (we moved from a cityContinue reading “Libraries: Oh My, How Times Have Changed”
#AStoryADay
It feels like only a couple months ago when I sat down and decided that my goal for 2022 would be to a read a short story every single day. In all honesty, when I made that decision, I wasn’t fully sure I could last the whole year. Surely, I’d lose steam. Or I’d loseContinue reading “#AStoryADay”
Cataloging Your Books
Maybe you’re like me – you’ve got a healthy set of bookshelves back home, and you’ve got a TBR list longer than you can ever manage to complete in your lifetime. And it Just. Keeps. Growing. Maybe you’ve strolled through a bookshop, found a book you wanted to buy, but then thought…wait, do I alreadyContinue reading “Cataloging Your Books”
1,000,000 Words
Normally, I have no idea how many words I read in a year because I don’t track them. I’m also not someone who usually sets goals for reading because I’ve never needed an incentive to do it (plus, my life isn’t consistent in its chaos, so it’s hard to know what I can feasibly accomplishContinue reading “1,000,000 Words”
A Story A Day: Month Eight
For this month, I chose stories from Missouri Review’s selected prose. As with the previous seven months, I have no idea what these stories are about – the goal is simply to experience new writing. Feel free to read along! “Way Back, Well Before My Divorce” by Adam Prince “Manifold Northeast Life & Trust” byContinue reading “A Story A Day: Month Eight”
A Story a Day: Month Seven
For this month, I chose to focus on Creative Nonfiction stories. As with the previous six months, I have no idea what these stories are about – the goal is simply to experience new writing. Feel free to read along! “Writing Memoir and Writing for Therapy” by Tara DaPra “Tell It Even More Slant” byContinue reading “A Story a Day: Month Seven”
Ami Maxine 