Author: Alissa Arford

• July 18, 2024

  Where’s My Novel, You Ask?

  I started writing my first novel in spring 2023, more than a year ago. I finished the first draft in October and got a few beta readers to check it out. As a first-time novelist, I felt like it was pretty rough. I hadn’t done a very good job of weaving the chapters together because…
• July 17, 2024

  Review of “Free Wendy’s for a Year”

  “Bag Boys, Bag Boys, what you gonna do, what you gonna do when we bring your food?“ Grand Reopening Ceremony! Would we get free meals for a year? Last summer, July 2023, the Wendy’s fast food restaurant near my house in Howard County, Maryland, USA, had a grand reopening ceremony after significant renovations. Leading up…
• October 6, 2023

  Oceans Calling 2023 – A Magical Musical Weekend!

  By Alissa Arford, Music Enthusiast, WriterEllicott City, Maryland, USA #FACTS Over 50,000 music enthusiasts from across the globe converged on the sandy shores of Ocean City, Maryland, USA, for the inaugural Oceans Calling Music Festival, a three-day extravaganza from September 29 to October 1, 2023. With the backdrop of Ocean City’s iconic Boardwalk, this unforgettable…
• March 14, 2023

  2022: My Year of Concerts

  In 2022, I had tickets to 15 shows! Find out how 2022 became known as “My Year of Concerts.” This was due in part to the fact that the concerts I had tickets for in 2020-21 were postponed to 2022. Also, so many artists came out of the pandemic ready to go on tour. With…
• November 30, 2022

  Turning 50 in 2022

  When I celebrated my 50th birthday earlier this year, I started paying close attention to other people and things that were also turning 50. Cheers to a half century! Celebrities Born in 1972 All of these spectacularly interesting and beautiful people turned 50 in 2022: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Eminem, Ben Affleck, Cameron Diaz, Maya…