Tag Archives: nostalgia

My Love of Worldbuilding

Posted on October 12, 2012 by AK Taylor

I have been world building ever since I can remember. I always thought it was fun and just enjoyed doing it. I could sit in the woods for hours constructing an imaginary world. It’s no wonder I seemed to gravitate … Continue reading →

Posted in Authorship/authors, Backwood Adventures, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged childhood pastimes, childhood stories, fantasy, imagination, nostalgia, world building, writing, young writer | 4 Comments

The Meanest Backwood Joke Ever

Posted on May 14, 2012 by AK Taylor

There is a joke that parents do to their kids when introducing them to the woods or when backwoods people bring their friends to the woods. Luckily no one gets hurt or the bejeezus scared out of them, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Backwood Adventures, Uncategorized | Tagged backwood humor, childhood pastimes, green persimmon, nostalgia, persimmon, persimmon prank | 5 Comments

Remembering the Blizzard of ’93

Posted on April 30, 2012 by AK Taylor

The Blizzard of 1993 has been named the “Storm of the Century” due to its massive size, complexity, and for the havoc it caused. Another thing that is memorable about it is that a blizzard happened where blizzards don’t happen–in … Continue reading →

Posted in Backwood Adventures, Uncategorized | Tagged backwood adventures, backwood life, blizzard, blizzard of 1993, blizzard of 93, childhood pastimes, childhood stories, nature, nostalgia, outdoors, storm of the century, thundersnow, weather, whiteout | Leave a comment

How I Got Talked into Publishing

Posted on April 2, 2012 by AK Taylor

I have mentioned briefly in “Life of a Teenage Writer” and a couple other posts that I didn’t have publishing in mind when I began writing. That was probably the LAST thing on my mind. All I cared about was … Continue reading →

Posted in Authorship/authors, Uncategorized | Tagged book, books, nostalgia, publishing, traditional publishing, writing, writing beginnings, writing conference experience, young writer | Leave a comment

Me? A Blogger? How Did That Happen?

The purpose of this post is to share how I became a blogger. Did I ever see myself as a blogger–ever? Nope–not in a million years. Not even at a year ago. Like I have said in previous posts, I … Continue reading →

How the Backwoods Births an Author

When someone visualizes an author, they normally don’t think of someone from the boondocks–at least nowadays. Most of the time an author is someone from the city or the very least the suburbs. Most people visualize people from the boondocks in … Continue reading →