Tag: Setting

  • Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

    Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

    I first read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series in middle school. Now I wanted to find out what had so captivated me.

  • Review: The New England Romance Collection

    This collection of Christian Fiction romance stories was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Here are 2 ways we can vastly improve the genre.

  • Review: At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon

    I wanted to start this Friday’s review of Christian Fiction with first book in Jan Karon’s Mitford series, At Home in Mitford. What makes the book so great?

  • Location Provides Identity

    I have a particular identity at home as my parents’ daughter. I am the peacemaker, the one who needs protecting. At school, I was the planning one, the one who made good grades. At work, I am the well-recommended one, the one for whom teal seems an appropriate color. Growing up in church, I was […]

  • Stygo

    Thoughts upon finishing Stygo by Laurie Hendrie Depending on chapter, it mixes 3rd person and 1st person narrators. The 3rd person sections, especially, have noticeable “you”s that stand out because of the seeming inconsistency of the perspective. However, the “you”s work colloquially to boost the voice of the town. The language throughout the book is very […]

  • Unexpected Hospital Visit

    This past weekend, I unexpectedly got to observe a hospital. A close relation had to go to the emergency room because they could not breathe. As their condition stabilized, I visited them in both the Critical Care Unit and a normal room. This gave me a chance to observe a hospital that was different from the […]

  • Interview with a Nurse

    1). What has been your most memorable experience working in a hospital? (Feel free to include more than one.) When I delivered a baby in the elevator at [a local hospital]. I hadn’t even graduated nursing school yet (I had a year to go). That was terrifying. Working the ER at [a local hospital] and being the […]

  • Interview 1

    Interview with a former financial VP for a local hospital What is the title for housekeepers/ cleaners in a hospital? Would they be assigned wings/ wards or be everywhere as needed? Title: Environmental Services Assigned a floor/ wing/ section; some quick cleaners are hired to speed up the turnover between patients in at-capacity hospitals such […]

  • Prayer and Setting

    My professor and Madeleine L’Engle talk a lot about praying for one’s work, that then one can serve the work and the work becomes bigger than the writer. I didn’t really understand what this meant. I had prayed for my stories in the past and that seemed like a natural idea to me, especially since […]