Confession: I am a huge fan of superhero movies. Specifically, I love Marvel superhero movies. Take a look at any article posted online about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and you will instantly find the heated debates about why the Marvel movies are more successful than the DC movies. The theories range from criticisms of the […]
What is it about movies and music that fuel our creativity as writers? I can still remember watching classic films like “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “White Christmas,” singing and dancing along—it’s ingrained in me from childhood. Later in life, I developed a love for different musical genres, experiencing them one at a time […]
There are some songs I can listen to over and over and never tire of. These are some of those songs. The ones that speak to my heart. The ones that make me smile. Or dance. Or cry. These songs are in my heart and soul. Jamie Grace Come To Me always lifts my spirits and […]
Despite pouring rain and the fact that my husband and I had just moved to a new state that week, I HAD to see Wonder Woman. I had been dying to see the movie that gave me chills every time a trailer popped up on my Facebook page. And it was worth it. I irritated […]
We’re talking movies and music on Quills & Inkblotts this month. What’s our favourite? What do we like? I’m not a huge music person–I’ve got a writing playlist, and that’s about it–but I LOVE movies. I’m very visual and recall scenes and characters’ faces and costumes long after the dialogue has faded from my memory. Unless the subtitles […]
I really enjoyed Fantastic Beasts. I’m not even a Harry Potter fanatic. But I knew I wanted to see this movie, and I’m so glad I did. I didn’t know anything about it and barely anything about the Harry Potter universe yet I was in the movie theater on opening day. That rarely happens. I […]
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