A fuse that led to the fate of the rest of my life was lit and burned for five helpless minutes. In the sixty seconds that followed those five minutes, it reached its target and detonated my heart inside my chest. Now, I will never...
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It was just before midnight on that muggy August night.
My windows were down. I took the winding back roads so that I could take my time, turn the radio up, and remember the feeling of the hot wind of my hometown...
I have never written a book review, but because I loved this book by so much, I am inspired to write this.
Dani Shapiro grew up as an only child in an orthodox Jewish home in New Jersey. Her reserved, devout father died in a tragic car...
A good friend of mine posted this quote on her Facebook wall a couple of weeks ago and I have been thinking about it since:
If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are...
When one of my babies is sick and feeling a general sort of pain, one that makes them cry and ache all over and there's nothing I can do about it--the only thing I can think to say is, "I know baby. I know."
It's the same...
I wrote this post weeks ago. Every time I think about publishsing it, I freak out a little because no one knows this, not even my bestest friends and that makes my heart beat a little faster just typing it. I have gone back and...
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by Shannon Lell
I'm an Internet author stalker. Almost two years ago when I made the resolution to embark on a writing career I began studying a variety of things; publishing, plot structure, classic literature, principles of fiction-- all through the highly reputable University of Google. Someday they will send me...
I loathed high school. I maintain that it was the worst, four, consecutive years of my life. I also forged some of the most important friendships during that time with some of the most outrageous memories. College was okay. Most of time I felt bipolar. One minute I was partying like...
Yes, it's true. I am.
While in the company of my besties (whom I've been friends with half my life) nothing sends shivers of anxiety up my spine faster than hearing the two words...