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Welcome to My Poetry Dictatorship

by Nicole | Sep 24, 2018 | Life Story, Other Authors

I’ve been writing poetry since I was eleven. I wasn’t very good then, and I’m still not very good. BUT one of my favorite things is to read poetry. I’ve gone through so many phases, being in love with this poet or that poet.I went through a...

And Just Like that, You Can’t Call Yourself a Writer…

by Nicole | Jul 17, 2017 | Book News, Excerpts, Life Story, Short stories, Writing Advice

Haven’t posted here in a while, have I? And my last post was (let’s face it), kinda lame. Right? I mean, does ANYONE even use pumice stones anymore? Ha ha ha. Hardly. There’s sandpaper and such, for that. What have I been doing lately? Well,...

How to Use a Pumice Stone (and How Not To)

by Nicole | Feb 16, 2017 | Life Story, Uncategorized

Back in 2005 when I started my first blog and began dating Stoker, he had a run-in with a pumice stone. And I wrote a mildly decent post about it (linked, if you’re interested in reading the original), because why not? It still cracks me up, that pumice stone...