Felicia Gullotta // Blog Writer Tea goes with books like peanut butter goes with jelly. And it’s not just Earl Grey out there; there is a whole wide world of tea so that you can find something perfect for every…
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The Complexity of Kurt Vonnegut’s Simplistic Writing Style
Jonathan Smith // Blog Writer It’s not often that I pick up a writer’s work and refuse to put it down, but that’s precisely what happens upon reading Kurt Vonnegut. I hadn’t heard of him until I attended a sample…
The Little Prince: Book vs. Movie
Mia Daniele//Blog Writer Very rarely is there a movie adaptation of a book where the story is replicated perfectly, where none of the devoted fans of the source materials can find any fault with the work presented to them on…
A Candid Narrative about Stress in the Life of a Writer
Jonathan Smith // Blog Writer The first time I ever presented my fiction writing in a workshop setting was my junior year of high school. I remember the feeling of excitement and simultaneous anxiety as time moved closer toward…
Empowerment, Not Objectification
Mia Daniele // Blog Writer In my creative writing class, there is a student about a year older than me. He sits in the back and, at the beginning of the semester, he mentioned the twenty novellas he has written…
Best-Selling Private Series to Become a Movie
Cynthia Ayala // Blog Writer For years, novels have been getting second lives on the big screen. Now, another Young Adult bestselling series is joining the club. Make way for Private, the 14-novel-long, bestselling series by Kate Brian, which follows…
The Bookstore Experience: Indie vs. Big-Box Stores
Jonathan Smith // Blog Writer When I was about ten years of age, I constantly asked my parents to take me to the local Barnes & Noble. I’d wash the dishes and take out the trash to get an allowance,…
Digital Publishing is Beneficial for Children
Felicia Gullotta // Blog Writer Though living in 2016, an age where technology is easily accessible and widely embraced, there are still backlash against digital publishing. There is a clinging on to traditional print publishing and digital publishing seems to…
Self-Discovery in Self-Publishing
Cynthia Ayala // Blog Writer I was seventeen when I published my first novel. It was awful; I regret it every day. The book, not the experience. But it taught me so much and even though I look back and…
Shakespeare in Schools: Outdated or Simply Mistaught?
Mia Daniele // Blog Writer At this point, it is no secret that William Shakespeare was the master of lowbrow comedy but, for reasons beyond every high school student, is exalted as the master of everything not comedy. In class,…