Cyborg Cinderella
http://bit.ly/1Ei6Oes Hello Readers and welcome back! Today we are going to talk about Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Cinder has a hard life, she is half-cyborg from an accident she experienced as a child...
View ArticleWhat Are You Watching?: Eye Candy
http://bit.ly/17uaPCI “Eye Candy” (2015 MTV) In this modern world, dominated by iPhones and Kardashians, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Eye Candy, MTV’s first crime drama series based on the R.L....
View ArticleWriting Advice: The Synopsis
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com It happens to all of us. You’re having lunch with colleagues, or having dinner with family, and they ask you what you’re writing about. Even though you know that this...
View ArticleThe Wilhelm Scream: Transformer
http://fandan.co/1yNf3et Jake Gyllenhaal is one of those actors who has been around long enough to have a huge range of movies. He has had great ones and terrible ones. Recently, you could say that...
View ArticleWhat Are You Watching? The Last Five Years
http://bit.ly/19sH9GZ With Valentine’s day comes many things: the excessive amounts of reds and pinks flooding the isles of Target, flowers skyrocketing in price and demand, and the impossible...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: Kathleen Ossip
http://riverwalkmamas.com Good morning, blog readers! Welcome to another installment of our weekly Pick-a-Poem feature. Each Wednesday on the blog, we feature a new poem from someone whose work you may...
View ArticleFairy Bad Luck
http://bit.ly/1ERMpNH Hello, readers and welcome back! This week we will be talking about How to Ditch your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier. Fourteen-year-old Charlie has a parking spot fairy, which...
View ArticleKelly’s Book Bucket List: Fahrenheit 451
http://bit.ly/1Ad5bQ3 For several years during my youth, my mind decided that Fahrenheit 451 and Fahrenheit 9/11 were the same thing. That’s probably pretty embarrassing to admit on a literary blog…...
View ArticleMeet the Editor: Michael Cotter
Michael Cotter – What Are You Watching Blogger, Assistant Poetry Editor Michael Cotter is a senior at Lewis University working towards his BA in English with a film studies minor. Between classes, he...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: Langston Hughes
http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello, blog readers, and welcome to another weekly featured poem. Normally, we feature poetry from someone you may not have read before, hoping to introduce you to a new poet...
View ArticleEditor’s Notes #158
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Hello, blog readers! I hope that you’re enjoying those last few hours of relaxation before the new week begins. Here at the blog, we’re getting ready for...
View ArticleWriting Advice: Story Openings
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com There are some who will tell you that the opening your story is the most important part. After all, readers are often quick to make a judgment. At most, you have one...
View ArticleBefore They Were Famous: Chuck Palahniuk
http://bit.ly/1BTwpgM Chuck Palahniuk, bestselling author of the cult novel Fight Club, claims truth is often stranger than fiction. It certainly seems this theme has held true in his own life....
View ArticleWhat Are You Watching?: “Playing House”
“Playing House” (2014-2015, USA) http://bit.ly/17XqrOE Is there anything better than having a best friend? Someone who understands your mild breaks in sanity or can always bring up a great, and often...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: “Story”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, dear blog readers, to another installment of our weekly feature, “Pick-a-Poem.” Every Wednesday on the blog, we feature a poem from someone whose work you may not...
View ArticleThis Isn’t Wonderland
Hello Readers and welcome back! This time we are all taking a trip down the rabbit hole as we talk about Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter. Alice is just a normal girl with a somewhat crazy dad. He...
View ArticleOscars Snub “Interstellar” In Sound Categories And It’s Not Okay
http://bit.ly/1C1UUZ7 This past weekend, an academy of aged white men told us which movies they liked best, and for some reason we all cared. Look, I like an award show as much as the next guy....
View ArticleMeet the Editors: Michael Cotter
Michael Cotter Happy Friday, readers! Please join us in welcoming our new editors for the Spring 2015 semester. Today, our new featured editor is Assistant Poetry Editor Michael Cotter, who is...
View ArticleDown a Dark Lane: Looking Back at the Nightmare on Elm Street Sequels Part 1
http://bit.ly/1BryUWA In 1984, a young director named Wes Craven unleashed the monster known as Freddy Krueger upon the world, and we loved it. After A Nightmare on Elm Street was released, the newest...
View ArticleEditor’s Notes #159
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Hello, blog readers! I hope you’ve been having a lovely weekend. Before we take stock of what we’ve been discussing here on the blog, I want to remind...
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