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M E S T U F F

Generalities
A little bit behind the gal behind the site.

Educational Background
Check out where I went to school and what courses I studied.

My TV Series on DVD collection
I love tv, can you tell? I own a lot of shows…

Favorite Quotes
Some funny, some serious, some poetic. But lots of Jack Handy!

B O O K C O L L E C T I O N

Fiction, Plays & Memoirs
From Vladimir Nabokov to Henry James, there’s a pretty big list.

Writing References
I own a ton. They are fun reads, I think.

Film Studies
I started off as a film major.

Screenplays
These were like solid study guides to me; I wanted to be a screenwriter as a teenager.

History & Philosophy
Textbooks and a other historical readings. Lots of fascinating stuff.

Various: Crime, Math & Other Uncategorized Items
This stuff…not as much fun.

W R I T I N G S : N O N E N T I T Y

Synopsis
I began a massive rewrite and then I had a baby so it’s kind of been on the back burner…

Chapter One
This is the first chapter.

Chapter Two
And this would be the second.

Chapter Three
And what comes next? Number three, indeed.

W R I T I N G S : S H O R T S T O R I E S

Forgetting September
An unfinished story, partially autobiographical. In its preliminary stage.

W R I T I N G S : P O E T R Y

Traveling By Night
Loaded with rhyme. It’s got a nice flow when read aloud.

Daddy’s Gone
Written after my dad’s death when I was nine years old; I still like it in all its juvenile nature.

Old Man Miserable
Also written when I was much younger. I just like it for some reason. I ain’t no Keats, okay?

W R I T I N G S : E S S A Y S

Neuroses and Nemeses: Season Six of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A dissection of the sixth season and why its direction made sense to me.

Script Analysis and Narrative Structure: American Beauty
A dissection of the skeletal narrative structure of this film.

A Multi-Faceted Story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
A dissection of this modern classic story. Includes the author’s conception of the idea behind it.

B O O K R E V I E W S

Cain, James M. – Double Indemnity
★ ★ ★ ★ /5

Cain, James M. – The Postman Always Rings Twice
★ ★ ★ .5 /5

Dickens, Charles – A Christmas Carol
★ ★ ★ /5

Christie, Agatha – The Body in the Library
★ ★ .5 /5

Fitzgerald, F. Scott – The Great Gatsby
★ ★ ★ /5

Fitzpatrick, Becca – Hush, Hush
★ ★ ★ /5

Forster, E.M. – A Room with a View
★ ★ ★ ★ /5

French, Tana – In the Woods
★ ★ .5 /5

Guène, Faïza – Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
★ ★ ★ /5

Hammett, Dashiell – Woman in the Dark
★ ★ .5 /5

Harris, Charlaine – A Touch of Dead
★ ★ ★ /5

Hawke, Ethan – The Hottest State
★ ★ .5 /5

King, Stephen – Under the Dome
★ ★ ★ .5 /5

King, Stephen – The Stand
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ /5

Kuehnert, Stephanie – Ballads of Suburbia
★ ★ ★ /5

Kultgen, Chad – The Lie
★ ★ /5

Noël, Alyson – Shadowland
★ ★ /5

Palahnuik, Chuck – Lullaby
★ ★ ★ ★ .5 /5

Prose, Francine – Goldengrove
★ ★ ★ .5 /5

Walker, Shiloh – The Missing
★ ★ ★ /5