-
When to say no
Creon: My dear, I woke up one morning and found myself King of Thebes. God knows, there were other things I loved in life more than power. Antigone: Then you should have said no. Creon: Yes, I could have done that. Only, I felt that it would have been cowardly. I should have been like… Read more
-
Dark Paradise Cover Reveal
Angie Sandro is the kind of person I get to brag about knowing– even more now that Dark Paradise (Grand Central Publishing/ Forever Yours) is shooting onto the shelves this July! So I’m super excited to be able to share the book’s cover with all of you! As part of this event, she’ll be giving… Read more
-
The Lion and the Antelope
I was trawling through SMBC Comics, and I found one in particular that caught my attention. It may not be the most hilarious page Mr. Wiener* has ever penned, but it makes a lovely point about conflict. (*Yes, that is his name.) One person’s bad day is another person’s best day ever– and in a… Read more
-
Happy 2014!
2013 has been a pretty intense year for me. It’s the year I got a house, the year I got a dog, the year I started grad school, the year I celebrated my fifth year being married to Boxy. Now that we had a place to hold them, we hosted a Halloween party, and a… Read more
-
Voicing Opinions
Whenever I meet a new volunteer at the bookstore, I introduce myself as Loudmouthed and Opinionated (seriously, my rants are pretty much legendary). But you don’t need to be able to go on hour-long rants to have an opinion. In fact, most opinions don’t need to be stated outright, because often they’re so ingrained in your… Read more
-
Story vs. Soul
http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/nc-the-last-airbender-6637022 I was watching this episode of the Nostalgia Critic, in which he analyzes M. Night Shyamalan’s travesty The Last Airbender and compares it to Avatar: The Last Airbender, upon which it was based. I recommend you check it out, too– you won’t be disappointed. He made one point in particular, though, that stuck with… Read more
JWTroemner.com 