Regina Dawn Akers
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“All war belongs on paper.”
Byron Katie said, “All war belongs on paper.” What does that mean? When there’s a war going on in our heads, our thoughts need to be written out and questioned. Katie isn’t asking us to think about our thoughts; that… Continue reading
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News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
What I liked best about this book was its main character, Captain Jefferson Kidd. He’s a kindhearted old man who travels from town to town in 1870s Texas, reading the news aloud to anyone willing to pay a dime to… Continue reading
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The Lies They Told, by Ellen Marie Wiseman
This book captured my attention right away. The momentum slowed in the middle but picked up again in Chapter 15. It is an easy-to-read novel with good character development about a haunting topic—one I was unaware of: forced sterilization and… Continue reading
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What’s Up with Regina?
Ever since I was a child, I wanted to be a teacher and a writer. Both came to be, though not in the way I expected. I thought I would teach elementary school—I taught in corporate America and then through… Continue reading
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All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy
I thought it was an artfully written, mildly interesting story with prose that is sometimes hard to follow. McCarthy used the English language like an artist uses paint—to create a landscape that to me was often dreamlike with touches of… Continue reading
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“Your reputation or your being, which is closer?”
When we worry about what others think of us, it holds us back from being authentic, from following our hearts, and most importantly, from being comfortable with ourselves. When we focus on being—on just being here and now—it takes us out… Continue reading
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Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
This book is a simply written, on-the-surface tale of the search for enlightenment. Its primary theme is that “nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings,” a theme I respect. Even when Siddhartha meets Gautama Buddha, he walks away, choosing… Continue reading
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The only lens I have
All I have, through which I experience everything, is this body, these senses, and this brain. I can only know anything or anyone through this, which we typically call me. I may think I know someone else, my daughter for… Continue reading
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Claire of the Shifting Winds ~ eBook Available for Preorder
The Kindle eBook for Regina’s debut novel, Claire of the Shifting Winds, is available for preorder. If you prefer the paperback or hardcover editions, you’ll have to wait until they are released on November 30; Amazon doesn’t offer preorders on… Continue reading