Melanie Stanford Daydreamer To Writer

          I read my first "steam punk" book this week. It was Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan. If you don't know what steam ...

     I watched The Phantom of the Opera last night (the movie not the live, on-stage version). Why my obsession with musicals lately? Well I...

    So in another life I was totally a broadway star. Seriously. It's a dream I've long given up due to the fact that 1- my voice su...

    I've been struggling lately with PASSIVE VOICE. I get the concept, but not enough for me to be able to point it out in my own writin...

     I was reading my sister-in-laws blog yesterday and she was talking about how we are the hardest on ourselves. She has a new church call...

     Last night I listened to Taylor Swift's Speak Now CD to and from dance class. The car was quiet since I was the only one in it, a...

     A few months ago I saw Wuthering Heights (by Emily Bronte) in the store and thought I'd buy it. For one, I haven't read it sinc...