I needed to escape my own feelings. I needed to process them but not dwell on them. I did not need to talk about them. I needed to feel something else. So I read about a little girl... Continue Reading
A Garden and a Library (Cicero Quote) is now available in my RedBubble shop!
I fell in love with this quote and the possibility of sitting with a good book in a sunlit garden full of fragrant flowers. It sounds relaxing and just plain wonderful.Continue Reading
Worldbuilding is creating the setting of your story. Whether you're writing a short story, a children’s book, or a high fantasy novel for adults, your story will have a setting; it will happen somewhere. Continue Reading
Four years ago a friend gave me a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I tried reading it. But I just couldn't get into it. It was too strange.
That friend is now my husband. Since Hitchhiker's is one of his favourite books, I decided to give it a second try. I got a lot farther this time. I actually enjoyed it.Continue Reading
I'm one chapter in and I'm already loving it! Short, succinct, fragmented sentences. Aiden's inner turmoil is felt. His journey is beginning and I'm coming right along with him.
Eastbound Sailing by Todd Foley was published a few years ago and I'm just getting to it now.Continue Reading
My best friend and my husband are both nerds. They listen to nerdy podcasts about video games and technology. I tried out a few of their favourite podcasts but didn't fall in love.
And then... I stumbled upon a collection of book podcasts. It's my own kind of nerdy.Continue Reading
As I've been reading and editing both my own work and that of others lately I've realized a few things that as writers we need to get straight.
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A friend of a friend has an unpublished novel that has made rounds with some publishers but hasn't clinched a deal. He decided to take the risk of having some folks take a look at it and give him some feedback.
Thanks to the friend of a friend connection, I get to read this work. I'm 85 pages in and I'm loving it. Continue Reading
Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommend a person.
My husband texted this quote to me in the middle of a workday. (You see why I love him, right?)Continue Reading
It's amazing how life happens, isn't it?
So much can happen so quickly. In the past year I have started dating a guy, become engaged, gotten married, moved, sold my car, started a new job, gone to two funerals, gone on two road trips, flown to the Caribbean and back, and started using an e-reader for the first time.Continue Reading
About Trisha
Trisha Jenn Loehr
Reader. Writer. Editor.I've been a book lover since I started deciphering words as a toddler. Now, I'm a reader, a writer, and an editor. This blog is a place to discuss books and life and all that those two entail.
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