Peeking Cat

THIS IS NOT  BOOK POST!!!
But I do kind of have some cool news to share. As stated in the little bio under the blog title I'm an avid writer a well as reader. Actually to be honest I don't write as much as I'd like but I get stuff out here and there. I hope one day to write a novel (which is super hard omfg) but I also write a lot of poetry. I never really thought of myself as a poet. Poetry just kind of comes out I guess sometimes. When it started accumulating I figured I might as well do something with it. To kind of get my work out there I decided to submit primarily poetry to various literary journals. I've had three poems published and one short story.
A couple days ago I got an acceptance letter to this UK journal called "Peeking Cat Poetry" (which is too perfect). They want a poem I submitted called "For the First Time." Which is really exciting! Yay! Very excite!
If anyone is interested in reading any work of mine that I actually take seriously just get in touch and I'd be more than happy to share some with you.
Okay that's all thanks BYE

Evidence of my excite

This is Probably Why You're Afraid of Clowns (Non- YA Book Recommendation)

I did say I was going to back to Stephen King when I announced my hiatus from YA so I figured I should break my silence on my favorite adult fiction writer. (I'm currently reading "Doctor Sleep" in case you're wondering and it's super.)
My favorite book by Mr. King is "It." I read it because, once again, I wanted to watch the movie and I just hate watching things that are books before experiencing the book. It took me a long time to get through but it was so worth the time. People assume "It" is about this clown that eats children (which he does) but it's about so much more than that. The clown is hardly in the book really. It's more about this group of kids and their friendships and sigh it's actually super beautiful and made me kid of sad but in that pleasant way books do.
I think Stephen King has this reputation for being a horror novelist and don't get me wrong his stories are eerie and have startling images and I can totally see how they could scare people. However I don't think any of his (at least of the ones I've read) stories are meant to be scary at their heart. I like Stephen because it feels like all of his books are him just taking a scenario and asking what if? I remember reading this intro he did for the edition I have of "Pet Semetary" and (I'm going to try and paraphrase this story he tells) he's talking about when he moved to this little town for a teaching job with his wife and son where there was this highway in their front yard. One day his son was playing and (I think) chased something out onto the street. He almost got hit by a car but Stephen grabbed him in time. It made Stephen wonder what if I hadn't gotten him in time? (I'm not sure if I got that quite right but it was something like that.) And poof "Pet Sematary" was birthed.
Idk I just really like his books but I know they aren't for everyone.

Kelsey's Classics 2 (Actually another YA Book Recommendation)

Okay so I realized that just because I was reading a non- YA book didn't mean I had to stop posting and I kind of missed going on and on about stuff only I care about so here I am.
My favorite book hands down is "Looking for Alaska" by John Green who is my favorite author. I aspire to be him when I grow up. "Looking for Alaska" is a book about grief and having to live with unanswerable questions and falling in love. The last part isn't actually a gigantic theme but it is in the story.
John has a real knack for writing interesting and complex female characters and Alaska Young is the epitome of those things. I love her so much my cat is named after her. Most of the time I feel like authors write female characters that every guy falls in love with and I'm like WHY???? Like in "Twilight" almost every guy in the book Bella's age wanted her and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why. She seemed boring and uninteresting to me. This shit irritates me when I'm reading a YA book because it happens a lot but not with Alaska. She made the people around her want to know more and kept them guessing without really trying. I understood the attraction.
John also embodies what I love most about YA writing which is its simplicity. I think regular adult fiction writers try too hard with their language to make it unique or try to make themselves sound smart by using obscure words. The beauty of YA is that they don't try to do that. There's a certain beauty in the simplicity of the language that makes you focus on the figurative language. If that makes sense. I guess I just mean they don't use big words or go on long spiels describing things.
But anyway "Looking for Alaska" holds a special place in my heart and I think you should give it a chance to make a home in yours too.