I’m Emily, a twenty-three-year old Michigan native, Virginia college graduate who recently moved to Australia. I’m a reader, a writer, and a lover of faraway places. This blog is an effort to read more than one page–to write more than one page–and to experience more than one page of the world’s own book, all while recording my thoughts and experiences.
What you’ll find here:
Book Reviews:
Largely young adult and mostly fantasy with a bit of historical fiction thrown in. My favorite books tend to be historical fantasy rather than urban, and books with strong character development. Reviews won’t always be formatted, though some will–I’ve been down that road before and found it too tedious to maintain, and I’m hoping that stream-of-consciousness reviews prove less cumbersome.
If you have any book recommendations, or if you’d like to see a review of a particular book, please feel free to contact me and I’ll strive to meet requests in time.
Writing Musings:
I have one “finished” (are they ever really finished?) novel I’ve been striving to get published. I’m an avid participant in National Novel Writing Month. I’ve submitted to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, though I haven’t made it past the quarterfinals. I like trying out writing software and reading writing blogs and participating in writing contests and finding agents. While I can’t say that I’ll post anything I write here–that’s something I usually keep private–I can say that I’ll post a lot of writing-related things, from helpful links to rants to progress updates.
Worldly Adventures:
Reviews of hostels, hotels, restaurants, sites, and places–or just entries about what I did that day. While many of these will be reviews of places in Australia, we are heading to New Zealand soon for a few days, and we’re also planning a month-long trip to Europe for (hopefully!) the end of 2014. There will be updates on planning, places we want to go, etc.
Hello, I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine Award. I hope you’ll accept this award as I enjoy reading your blog. The guidelines for the award are here. http://creativemysteries.net/2013/04/27/the-sunshine-award/ Congratulations!
Wow, thanks so much!! I’ll write up a post for it as soon as I can. You’re awesome!
You’re welcome 🙂 Keep blogging!
I am nominating you for another Sunshine Blogger Award! Thanks for the sunshine! http://550wordsorless.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/and-the-winners-are/
Hello! I like your blog, so I have nominated you for a Liebster Award. See the details and “rules” on my blog here: http://dragonflydithers.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/liebster-award-excitee-if-thats-a-word/
Hello Emily! I didn’t know if you had time, but I nominated you for The Always Here If You Need Me Award. Thanks for always being a friend, and good luck with your writing goals 🙂
http://creativemysteries.net/2013/06/10/always-here-if-you-need-me-award/
Nice to meet you!
Hey, I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Blog Award! Check it out?
Hey Emily! I’ve tagged you in the Bookshelf Tag because I’m sure that you have some pretty good stories behind the books on your bookshelf.
If you’re interested in doing the tag, here’s the link to the questions: http://paperpenandnoplan.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/bookshelf-tag-ten-questions-about-my-bookshelf/
Your blog on the 820 visa journey is the only thing keeping me positive!! I applied onshore in Brisbane and its been 10 months, request for medical in June submitted end of June now the wait continues 🙂 thank you for posting!
Hi Lou! So glad my blog is helping you out. 🙂 Best of luck on your application. Sounds like you aren’t far from an approval now!