The Nerdy Nook

Writing vs. Typing

Note: the image I used for this blog topic comes from theglobalscholars.com

Guten morgan, everyone!

As a writer, it’s curious to me that writing and typing are two very different things. The first being how you physically get your words on the page, and the second being what medium you use to accomplish this task.

Let me explain.

#Imreading

I’m reading The Heart’s Invisible Furies & it’s so good right now. Only 40 pages in, but I’m enjoying it so much!

New Theme, New Name, Y’all!

Hello, there!

This is what used to be called Nerdshelf Life. Welcome, instead, to The Nerdy Nook! It’s still the same blog, just running a different theme (the twenty-twenty theme) and under a brand-spanking new name.

I’m excited because ALL of my stuff transferred over. I was panicked for a second because I clicked on the wrong option. I found one of my old menus and panicked. Where did all my categories go?! But then I clicked on the original menu that I had in place. Whew! All my stuff came back.

I hope you guys like the brand-spanking new theme as much as I do. It runs just as smoothly as my old theme did. I love that it puts a copyright mark at the bottom. That’s reaally helpful!

Enjoy perusing The Nerdy Nook, everybody!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who recently started following my blog! I appreciate it so much!

~ Meghan

A Beginner’s Guide to A Little Life

You will become obsessed with the characters. That’s a given.
Be prepared to cry. Have Kleenex at the ready.
If you don’t love the name Jude, you will be the end of the novel.
If you don’t feel bad for these characters, then you’re heartless.
You’ll feel the aftereffects of the novel days, years afterwards. It’s that powerful.
You’ll want to re-read the book, even though it’ll destroy you again.
You’ll want to visit New York and find the streets mentioned in A Little Life.
You’ll want to buy an actual copy of the book. I know I do.
You’ll probably become obsessed with everything related to A Little Life.
The emotional roller coaster in other books pale in comparison.
The 724-pages fly by.
x = x.

Wolfsong

For Ox, learning that there’s a pack of werewolves living at the end of the road is just the beginning.

Supermarket

Bobby Hall–someone I honestly didn’t know before I picked up this novel–wrote a book.

Vicious

There are ordinary people and then there are people who are ExtraOrdinary.

The Hanged Man (The Tarot Sequence # 2)

Rune Saint John is, above all else, a survivor. He’s the last surviving member of his father’s Sun Throne.

The Answers (1998)

First albums make first impressions. The Answers, Blue October’s first album, is raw. If this album were a hand, the knuckles on the hand would have scrapped and raw skin. This debut album is an example of what it means to be young and living with mental illness. Weaving in narratives about family, lacking the ability to give yourself advice, and tales of depression, The Answers is a boxing glove that packs a punch.

#Ivebeensick

Hello, everyone!

The reason I haven’t been posting as frequently as I’d like is due to a bad cold, one that I’ve had since last week. Despite my cold, I’ve been working on a book review and an album review. I’m excited to share both with you guys. Here’s to getting better!

Cheers,
Meghan

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s novella has touched the lives of millions. It’s been translated into 300 languages and dialects. It’s sold 140 million copies worldwide (Wikipedia article). This beloved classic has made its own impression on me.

London Spy

Two young men fall in love. Then, something awful happens.

On Editing a Book

Hello, dear reader!

For those of you who don’t know, I finished writing a sci-fi book. I finally figured out the title, which I’ll keep a secret until I’m ready to publish it.

I’m enjoying typing out what I’ve written, and have found that my chapters are much longer than I remember. (No wonder I have only like twenty-seven chapters in my book!)

Afghan Blanket Update!

I’m almost done with my moss stitch lap blanket.

Several months–and many books later–I’m steadily knitting and purling my way towards the end of my afghan. It’s been a new challenge for me, because it’s been years since I tried following a pattern. The projects I normally did in the past were scarves, where I would knit a row, and then purl a row. At the very least, this made very good at purling and knitting. I was more than happy to take on this project, because it alternates between knitting and purling.

Writing Goals 2020

Hello, there!

Recently, I’ve been listening to the podcast Write Now by Sarah Werner. In one of her podcasts, she talks about forming writing goals and sticking to them. One of her suggestions is to pick a number, like a certain number of pages, or a certain word count, and sticking to this reasonable goal.

I like the idea of wanting to write 200 words every day. It’s a manageable amount. It’s not too terrifying, and yet it’s doable.