by Audrey | Sep 28, 2011 | Random
Writing the Opening Sentence of a Novel Hello to all the loyal followers of Pretty Opinionated, and thank you to Nicole Etolen for inviting me to write a guest post on her wonderful blog. It is perhaps not fair that the first sentence of a 400-page novel containing...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 30, 2011 | Random
Our power went out Sunday night at 6pm, two hours after the wind died down and we thought we were in the clear. While we were sitting without power and trying to read by the last of the light last night, I snapped a picture of the pretty post-Irene sky. You can see...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 28, 2011 | Random
Well, we survived Hurricane Irene here in the Poconos. I live on a hill, so I didn’t see too much in the way of flooding, although the basement is filling up faster than the sump pump can get rid of it. My neighbor across the street has a tree down and laying on...
by Audrey | Aug 20, 2011 | Random
Chopping Through Insecurities I remember accompanying a friend of mine to a workshop and taking part in a little demonstration. We were put in teams of two. One person held a disposable wooden chopstick firmly in front of them with one end of the chopstick in each...
by Nicole Etolen | Jan 13, 2011 | Random
I started Pretty Opinionated because I wanted to keep it’s sister site, Pretty Nameless, free of reviews and clutter while also keeping my reviews free of my typical ranting, random thoughts and kindergarten drama that I feature over there. So during the next...
