For the first Thoughtful Thursday, my book travels keep me in our contemporary world, though a much different version of it than I’d normally see. If not for my book club, I probably never would’ve visited. So, seriously, thanks to whoever suggested it. Summary: John is sure that no one...

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I was listening to this song yesterday and thinking about my character, Jesse, trying to figure out his internal goal. As I got to the end of the second chorus, I asked myself, “Who does Jesse see? Who has something Jesse wishes he had – even if Jesse himself doesn’t...

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Hello readers! As you can see, I’ve remodeled! And it’s just the beginning of my changes to the new and improved Summer Snowflakes. As mentioned last week, I changed the URL and (as I didn’t mention last week) my pen name. As much as I liked “Skrywer,” even I found...

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Hello! Just popping in real quick to say that I plan to change some things about my blog. Up until now, I haven’t really organized anything; it’s just been kind of “Ooh, that looks interesting! Here’s my blog post for the week!” While that’s cool, I want to make things...

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And I’m back from Rick Riordan’s world of myths and monsters, The Heroes of Olympus series. Well, technically, I was back about two weeks ago, so yeah, this review is a bit late. The holdup, however, is no indication of reluctance to review. Trust me. Summary: After months of waiting,...

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During the last week of June, I was nominated twice for the Liebster Award, for which I am super shocked and super honored. Thanks to both Ciera at the Write Things and The Teenage Nerd at Nerdy Writing for your nominations. It means the world that you both read and...

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