This story came from a prompt with a list of words that needed to be included in the story. I decided to up the challenge, making myself use the words in order. The result is a bit rough, and bizarre, but such is life! It’s my last night working here, so I should have expected... Continue Reading →
Nottingham and Other July Reads
I finished thirteen books in July! (I also almost finished my first draft for novel #5, but that’s a story for another day...) Roar by Cora CarmackClassroom Instruction That Works by Ceri B. Dean, etal.The Other Mrs. Miller by (eARC)The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. LatimerConcept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the... Continue Reading →
Out of the Darkness and Into the Light
We’ve been told to face our fears. But the reality is fear is a beast that feeds on attention. If you dare to look it in the eye, acknowledge that you see it there, looking back at you, it grows. It’s better to ignore your fear. Best to do everything you can to avoid it.... Continue Reading →
Welcome to My New Blog
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
A New Adventure!
I've written in some form on and off for most of my life, but started getting serious in 2014. I write novels (primarily young adult) and short fiction. Currently, I am halfway through the first draft of a young adult ghost story and querying to find an agent for a young adult contemporary. I've had... Continue Reading →
Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe and Other June Reads
I finished 11 books in the month of June:Transforming Classroom Grading by Robert J. MarzanoDon Quixote by Miguel de CervantesSawkill Girls by Claire LegrandHow to Teach so Students Remember by Marilee SprengerThe Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThis Savage Song by Victoria SchwabPersonalizing the High School Experience by Joseph DiMartino and John H. ClarkeWhisper Network... Continue Reading →
Two-Tone
It was the wrong color paint. It was close, but this wasn’t horseshoes or hand grenades. I knew it wasn’t quite right last night, but I told myself it just wasn’t dry yet, that it would look different in daylight. It would match.I lied to myself.I brush my fingers along the now two-tone wall. Bone... Continue Reading →
Magic For Liars and Other May Reads
I finished nine books in May:The Farm by Joanne Ramos (ARC)The Make or Break Year by Emily Krone PhillipsThe Serpent’s Shadow by Rick RiordanDark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (audiobook)Sleeping Beauties by Stephen and Owen KingThe Unbound by Victoria SchwabMagic For Liars by Sarah Gailey (ARC)Donna Has Left the Building by Susan Jane Gilman (ARC)Why... Continue Reading →
Inspiration
I wanted to paint his hair from the second he sat down across from me. Jet black. Just long enough to fall in waves across his forehead and brush against his brows. I think he spoke as he sat, but I was too busy imagining the stroke of my brush against canvas, recreating those waves,... Continue Reading →
Wunderland and other April Reads
I finished 12 books in April:Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein (ARC)Normal People by Sally Rooney (ARC)To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny HanDust by Patricia Cornwell (audiobook)Song Yet Sung by James McBrideEnd of Watch by Stephen KingThe Archived by Victoria SchwabShutter Island by Dennis LehaneOn Writing by Stephen KingChildren of Blood and Bone... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 