As I Lay Dying

  • The Books That Shaped My Life: From Avalon to Faulkner (A Very Beth-ISH Reading List)

    The Books That Shaped My Life: From Avalon to Faulkner (A Very Beth-ISH Reading List)

    A friend’s podcast got me thinking about the books that shaped me – the fantasy that gave me a new perspective as a bullied teen, the sci‑fi epic that opened my imagination, and the Faulkner novel that hit with emotional force and felt familiar and true. This isn’t a complete list, just the ones that…

  • Just Like Lovecraft

    Today I was playing with an online writing analysis tool that promised to tell me to which famous writer my writing style was most similar.  I dumped several of my recent blog posts into the offered window, pressed the magical “Analyze” button and watched it whir until the author’s name kerchunked its way out.  Now,…