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  • Regrets, I’ve Had a Few; or, My Writing History and What I’ve Learned from It

    My name is Elise, and I am a writer. Or at least I try to be. In some senses I am; I did work as a ghostwriter for nearly a…

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  • Books About Sketchbooks

    I went to India last week for work. It was an AMAZING trip. When normal people make a trip like that they come back with jewel-toned scarves and golden bangles…

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  • Once Is Never Enough

    One of my reading goals this year is to reread some old favorites, so I was pretty stoked when I found out that this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic (from…

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  • Thoughts on Fiction

    My coworkers and I were chatting about books earlier this week and I found myself trying to explain my love of fiction, maybe for the first time ever. I’ve never…

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  • LGBT YA Sci-Fi/Fantasy: It’s a Thing, and I Love It

    Toward the end of 2016, I was browsing for something to read—something to finish out the year right, to carry me through the holidays and into my weeklong staycation between…

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  • How to Talk (and talk and talk) About Books

    I love to talk about books. When it was my job I used to talk about books all day every day. Now that I don’t have that luxury I try…

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  • CPB Goals 2018

    How many posts can I write about my 2018 goals? We’re going to find out!   (Don’t know what a commonplace book is? Read about it here.)   So as you saw…

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  • You & a Bike & a Road

    I worked from home today and when I ran out to get lunch I grabbed this book to read. A friend of mine posted a very rare 5-star review of…

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  • My Commonplace Book (CPB) Today

    It’s been 9 months since I started playing with Evernote as a way to create a digital commonplace book (see our original post here) and I thought I’d give an…

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  • Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2017 but Didn’t Get to (and Totallyyyy Plan to Get to in 2018!)

    Thanks to The Broke and the Bookish for the title and topic as part of their Top Ten Tuesdays! As I’ve probably mentioned on this blog a few times already,…

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