by Laura K Curtis | May 18, 2016 | Books, TBR Challenge
This month’s challenge was to read something in your TBR pile that was “different.” I chose Julia, a classic horror novel by Peter Straub that I somehow didn’t read when I was in my horror phase in the 1980s. Published in 1975, it was made into...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 20, 2016 | Books, TBR Challenge
Now, really, there’s no point in writing a review of this book. Miss Bates’s review moved it to the top of my TBR, and you should all immediately go read her review and imagine me saying “ditto.” The charm of spending the Christmas holidays in...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 12, 2016 | Crafts, Stuff!, Writing
Anyone who knows me, even casually, knows that I have a problem with paper goods. Pens, stationery, wrapping paper, journals, notebooks, planners…it’s an addiction. I used to carry a full planner, but now that my life is less plannable, I use a bullet...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 4, 2016 | Stuff!, Writing
Contracts are a way of life for the self-employed. If you freelance, you probably sign your name nearly as often as you write anything else. Reading those contracts carefully is absolutely essential. There are a few resources that can point out the worst contract...
by Laura K Curtis | Mar 16, 2016 | Books, TBR Challenge, Writing
This book actually hasn’t been in my TBR all that long. But at the end of last year I decided I wanted to try writing a different kind of book and as I tried to get my head around it, I had a lot of trouble imagining that I would make it all the way through. I...
