December - January Update

Hey now, so I uh guess there's a lot going on the world. Maybe we'll talk more on that later? For now, here's a quickie roundup of stuff I wrote from December '16 - January '17. 

Razorcake: 

In Sickness and in (Mental) Health

#AmReading: 

• The 5 Best Wine and Liquor Books of 2016

• 10 Bookish Stocking Stuffers Under $20

• 7 Exquisite Books for Art Lovers

• How Literature Can Help Us Understand The “Other”

• Guillermo Del Toro To Develop A ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Movie

• ‘Nancy Drew’ Reimagined In Noir Comic Series

• The Most Expensive Comic Book of 2016

• “Dead Bookstore” Gives New Life To Old Books

• 8 Magnificent Places To Visit For A Literary Vacation

• Author And Jazz Writer Nat Hentoff Dies At 91

• Celebrating The Centenary Of James Joyce’s ‘A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man’

• ‘Harry Potter’-Themed Restaurant Opens In Brooklyn

• 5 Reasons Experience Isn’t Necessary For Writing A Good Story

• 13 Books To Educate Children About Activism

• Comic Series ‘Y: The Last Man’ To Become FX TV Show

• 15 Iconic Books By Refugees In America

• Celebrating James Joyce’s 135th Birthday: 7 Blasphemous Works Of The 1920s

• 5 Touching Books Featuring Mentally Ill Mothers

Also, I'm going to start utilizing this blog a lot more. Even with just random anecdotes and short little musings on life. Gotta keep those typing fingers loosey goosey and always ready! Anyway, The Love Witch calls... 

See ya,

Jamie

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Here's a fun fact about me: I adore Halloween. Okay, that's not really that interesting since most people do (and those who do not just don't count as people). I've loved it since childhood but it's taken on an even more special meaning for me in recent years since my husband's birthday is also on Halloween, as is the anniversary of when we got engaged. So I have even more of a reason to celebrate and enjoy all of the festivities of the spooky day. I like to stretch Halloween out throughout the month of October, whether it be by visiting attractions, watching scary movies, listening to horror podcasts or reading spooky short stories. The later is the focus of an article I wrote for AmReading.com, a literary-themed listicle site. I had fun writing it and I hope to write a lot more for them in the future. Actually, speaking of scary: I have to get some inspiration to think up more articles to pitch. Now that's frightening! 

That's all for now—have a happy and safe Halloween, everybody!