Category: Archive
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What is #PitMad?
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Every few months, an event called Pitch Madness (#PitMad) takes place on Twitter. What’s #PitMad, you ask? To put it simply, it’s a fast and efficient way for writers to find publishers, and for publishers to find prospective talent. During #PitMad, writers must condense their manuscripts into a 140 character…
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Top 4 Misunderstood Grammar Rules
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Passive Voice I have been guilty of using the passive voice on numerous occasions. I’ll probably use it a couple of times in this blog—it must be the journalist in me. My editors will tell you how much I love to use it, although I’ve been trying to avoid it…
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#PitMad is Today!
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Today is the #PitMad event on Twitter. If you are unfamiliar with #PitMad, it is a Twitter event where authors post pitches for their completed manuscripts including the hashtag #PitMad. Agents and publishers watch the feed and favorite the tweets for manuscripts they are interested in. Authors then visit the feed of the…
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March Movie Review: “Kingsman: The Secret Service”
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Let me start off this review by saying I love action movies. And I mean love love. Gladiator is one of my favorite films, and I’d choose an action flick over a romantic comedy any day. (Confession time: I love action comedies even more. Put Rowan Atkinson in a James Bond…
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Book Summary: Bombay in the Age of Disco
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By the early nineties, India’s economy had taken its first faltering steps towards liberalization, and globalization’s reach had found and touched significant swathes of its society. The decades-long post-independence era of Nehru and Gandhi was finally and firmly over, and Bombay had become Mumbai. Bombay in the Age of Disco…
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Being an English Major. . .
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When I tell people I’m an English major, I usually get the same three standard statements or questions, and I’m sure most of you other English majors know what I mean. (1). “What are you going to do with that degree?” The first question is usually said in a demeaning…
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Health Benefits of Reading
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Did you know that March is National Reading Month? Let’s celebrate this awesome month by looking at the ways reading can positively affect our health! Reading gives your brain a workout.Our minds are passive when we watch TV, but when we read, they are actively involved. Pick up a book to…
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The Inn at Traveler’s Rest
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The first structure on Traveler’s Rest’s land was a small cabin, built shortly after the Revolutionary War by Major Jesse Walton. Walton received the land surrounding the Tugaloo Crossroads, including a ford and creek that were later named Walton’s Ford, as a grant from the U.S. government. After his death,…