It’s only Tuesday and it feels like the end of the week for me. I often take into account the weather when I start my daily writing. I try to work through my environment before writing on other subjects. Also, listening to: Veruca Salt, Album: Ghost Notes (2015) SPECULATIVE POETRY Daytime with…
Author: Alina H. Hansen Writer & Poet
Currently Reading: After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
WARNING: SPOILERS I thought I would begin posting short reflections on what I am currently reading since I have extra time this summer to focus on my blog. I am thinking that I will do one of these posts once a week, since I have an ever shuffling stack of books that I am always…
Free Hand #13 (Synthetic City)
Today is one of those days that I struggle with SLC. This is a rough piece that I jotted down about my own personal conflict with SLC. My blood is hot and the water boils against my skin. The cool wave of wind holds tight to my skin, breathing through my clothes and outlining my…
Questions about Writers Resist
I’ve been reading about Writers Resist. An organization to defend democracy and rights in America in which writers get together and use their talents to resist corruption. I’m interested by this since for the past five months I’ve been struggling along with everyone else at the state of our Nation and the politics that are…
Hemlock Grove: Netflix Series and Novel
WARNING: CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS I am a big fan of the Hemlock Grove series that was featured by Netflix from 2013-2015. After starting the first season I was instantly pulled into this strange horror/suspense series and shortly after I decided to read the novel (Hemlock Grove) that the Netflix series was based on by Brian…