by amiemccracken | Jul 24, 2011 | books, reading
Hello to the people who don’t live near me! A friend and I are starting a book club. I wanted to include others who aren’t in the immediate vicinity. So I will post what book we’re reading and when we’re getting together. If you would like to...
by amiemccracken | Jul 14, 2011 | reading
It’s been ten years since the first Harry Potter movie came out. Now they are finished. The second part of the seventh movie was certainly epic. The best part has been watching this phenomenon turn into something that we will certainly share with our children....
by amiemccracken | Jul 11, 2011 | reading
I like to learn. So I recently read a biography on Buddha by Karen Armstrong. It had snippets about actual Buddhism (which I’ve had on my list of things to learn) but was mostly about the last Buddha.Let me make it clear that I am not Buddhist, but I have always...
by amiemccracken | Jul 7, 2011 | editing
I’m in editor heaven. This blog here:https://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/is about the history of punctuation. From the pilcrow to the ampersand and on. This guy writes essays detailing the history of little marks we make with the computer and that used to be made...
by amiemccracken | Jul 5, 2011 | writing
I’m querying my first novel. I’ve sent only three queries so far, but I have one rejection. I’m so elated with the query process right now that I’m actually happy to have a rejection because it means someone looked at my stuff! So when I post a...
