Minor Adventures

There is another passion that I wish to share with everyone. I love everything books. I love to read, write, and buy new books- the new book smell is great.

Currently, I have been reading period novels. My favorite author is Philippa Gregory, who is the author of The Other Boleyn Girl (the movie adaptation starred Eric Bana, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johansson), and also writes historical fiction about woman in feudal England. If anyone wants to be introduced to Gregory’s works, I reccommend starting with The Boleyn Inheritance trilogy.

I also write novels. Thing is, I have not been able to write lately. I have been so focused on school and advancing my resume that I have not taken the time to continue writing.

My first novel was born in my tenth grade year of high school. My teacher gave the class a page from a magazine that had an advertisement on it and told us all to write a short story about it. I took it home and penned three pages- rather than the one she required. I could not stop, and I was forced to put a “to be continued” at the end of it.The writing monster started a fire in me that could never be put out. Since then, I completed the short story, and it is now being rewritten- my entire work was lost three years ago. I will not quit.

I encourage everyone I can to read or write- whether is be poems, books, blogs, or short stories. It is such a beautiful thing- relieving in a way- and for me, it lets me wash away any feelings I do not want to experience. Opening a book or writing a new part of a story takes me away to another place and lose myself in the world of the character.