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Miranda loves to write about the mysterious, the beautiful and the grotesque, and the supernatural. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The University of Tennessee.

Miranda is an East-Tennessee native who loves: food, high-end beer, baking, fireworks, back roads, good books, going to the movies, pickup trucks, expensive foreign cars, five-star hotels , candles, haunted places, Gothic and Greek Revival homes, Halloween, Carl Jung, expensive shoes, racing, all things weird and spooky, and men who can fix things.

 

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Below are a few of the published articles I have written.

8 Short Story-To-Movie Adaptations That Are Actually Good

  • The famous film “Stand By Me” was based on a short story by Stephen King titled “The Body.” (Image via Trapworld)
Countless movies have been adapted from novels, but what most people probably didn’t know was that some of the most critically-acclaimed films were adapted from short stories. Though they don’t receive the same level of recognition that novels do, short stories themselves are truly an art form.
https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/short-stories/

Femininity and Violence Collide in ‘Sharp Objects’

  • HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’ is based on Gillian Flynn’s 2006 novel about the reporter Camille Preaker (Image via HBO)
The upcoming HBO series “Sharp Objects” is based on Gillian Flynn’s 2006 novel of the same name. The book is a violent and dark mystery that mixes elements of mental issues, harrowing family dynamics and small-town secrecy in a marvelous way that only Flynn can pull off. https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/sharp-objects/

Jordan Peterson Questions Whether Men and Women Can Work Together

  • Jordan Peterson is a psychologist and best-selling author who knows how to get a rise out of the media (Image via VICE News)
In the current climate of sexual harassment accusations and the changing landscape of male-female relationships in the workplace, what is acceptable behavior, and how does society mandate these behaviors? Jordan Peterson says everyone needs to know the rules first. https://studybreaks.com/news-politics/jordan-peterson-2/

What We Know So Far About Season 2 of ‘Mindhunter’

  • Netflix’s ‘Mindhunter’ is based on true stories about FBI agents of the Investigative Support Unit (Image via Huffington Post)
The show is a wonderful blend of documentary-style storytelling and a fantasy world of compelling yet flawed characters. Based on the real-life FBI agents John E. Douglas (Holden Ford, played by Jonathon Groff) and Robert Ressler (Bill Tench, played by Holt McCallany), the series begins with the invention of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit, which is now known as the Investigative Support Unit. https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/mindhunter/