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I just finished reading and listening to the graveyard book by Neil Gaiman and I am hooked. I listen to the book with my 10 year old son and we really enjoyed it. He likes when there's a full cast reading and he seems to get into the books a lot that way. Unless the reader is amazing of course. It was my first Gaiman book although I've seen him on TV and in advertisements for the master class. I thought it was a great story and the idea that the half living and dead could raise a boy up from infancy was novel. One thing that stayed with me, well two things really was that both the living and the dead had good and bad but the good outweigh the bad overwhelmingly and Bod was able to rely and trust and love the members of the graveyard, and they loved him back. The book starts off and then slowly builds up and it took a while for my son to get into it but once he did he was totally hooked. Gaiman creates a world that pulls you in. One of the favorite parts for me was watching Bod grow up and become a clever and brave young man. Gaiman describes in the afterward about how he got the idea for the story while he was taking his child to ride their triycle in a graveyard near their small apartment and how he stared at the gravestones and tried to read the names and then he came home and wrote a little about that experience. But he didn't think he was a good enough writer to write the whole story. So he put it away for a few years and then I took it out again but still he wasn't good enough in his mind. But then after 10 years he actually said to himself I'm not going to get any better as a writer or I'm as good as I'm going to get. And then he wrote the book. So I think the lesson for me in the book is that goodness exists in any form of darkness. And that we're all probably as good as we're going to get so don't put off the thing you want to do. #thegraveyardbook #neilgaiman #whatiamreading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookideas #authorsiwanttomeet #authorsiwanttointerview

Working on some ideas and waiting for inspiration to strike, and listening to other writer's and student's conversations. Two women talking fan fiction and work outs, next to a lady with green and gold shoes. The cafe gets noisy and then quiet, another couple talking phones, one had a droid and the other an iPhone but they couldn't text for some reason, only message eachother but they didn't use the same apps, so they might not become a thing, listening and thinking about things and the things I hear. #thinkingcupboston

#happynewyear #firstnight #boston

It's a good night for a fire and some relaxation before the start of the new year. Time to think about goals and dreams. There is so much to do that I want to do 2019. And so many places to go that I have never been and so many books I want to read. I am getting overwhelmed about all I want this year. So I think I should pause and be grateful for all that I have and appreciate the people in my life. I want to stay true to my vision and keep writing about the things that matter to me like longing, beauty, joy and love. And don't forget to #followmydreams #setgoals #2019 #love #dream #write

Having a delicious drink courtesy of @ski_vt @madriverdistillers

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