Good afternoon! As you can see, I’ve slightly recovered from my battle with the influenza. (At least well enough to sit up on my bed.) Today, we’ll be doing something a little unconventional. Since I’m still feeling woozy from the past week of high fevers, we’ll be having tea out in the front porch, where… Continue reading May Afternoon Tea with SJ + Bujo!
Hullo, World! Another beautiful day! Albeit, I am confined to bed. I’ve had a fever of over 38 degrees Celsius since Sunday, and had to go in for a PCR test. (Good old PCR machine...I really wanted to see a medical size one!) Thankfully, I did not have COVID 19. It was just a flu.… Continue reading 7 Japanese Authors I Love
Hullo, world! As some of you may have noticed, now that I got college application mostly out of the way (will now be working hard to get there), I’ll be posting on Wednesdays as well. *Plays fanfare and shouts huzzah* I’ll be mostly doing book reviews and compiling book lists. Or not. We’ll see, we’ll… Continue reading 15+1 Lessons to Learn from Stephen King’s On Writing
Hullo, world! I’m S. J. (or Sophia, whichever way you like), a bibliomaniac writing life blogger at S. J. Barnard. I stumbled upon this wonderful …4 Bookish Communities that Made Me Smile : A Bibliosmile Guest Post by S. J. Barnard
Happy Wednesday! So, as you can probably tell, I've decided to update my blog on Wednesdays too! *excited and apprehensive at the same time* Without further ado, let me introduce you to the magical world of... A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor Book 1) Find it on: The Synopsis: Long ago, following a cataclysm called… Continue reading My Thoughts While Reading “A Winter’s Promise”
Hullo, world! It’s back to the rainy seasons again...The sunshine was good while it lasted! How are you hanging in while this quarantine seems to drag on forever? I’m trying to wolf down my pile of books, but I have been sloshing off the classics I’m supposed to be reading and have been reading YA...Let’s… Continue reading 10 Fantastical Books to Read at Home
Happy (Early) Mother’s Day! Honestly, there’s so much happening right now that I am so glad I have my mother with me. She’s the most amazing homeschool mom that I know of, and when I grow up, I want to be just like her. (I could write a whole another blog post on this topic.)… Continue reading Welcome to the Doms! (WIP + Camp NaNoWriMo update)
May has arrived! It’s always exciting to go into a new month, but I especially adore May. (Except, it’s raining today, so it’s not all sunshine…typical of where I live!) The cherry blossom trees are snowing off their flowers, which looks gorgeous. A few things to announce before we start today’s topic: Ash Ronnel at… Continue reading 4 Stages of My Writing Life (and What that Means for You)
Good afternoon to you! Thank you for joining me in the third installation of “Afternoon Tea with SJ”. It is always a pleasure for me to have you for my tea. Today, we’ll be having a spring-themed tea! To start with, imagine that we are sitting in a brightly lit sunroom directly adjacent to the… Continue reading April’s Afternoon Tea with SJ
Hullo, world! It's another brilliant day despite all the chaos going on in the world. Today, I wanted to talk about a very important aspect of blogging: Email Lists. One of the first things I wanted to talk about email lists is that it’s different from a WordPress subscribe list. The WordPress subscribe list also… Continue reading 5 + 1 Things to Know About Email Lists
