About me - Holly Huffstutler

Holly Huffstutler joined the ranks of Helium writers in January of '09. Prior to that she earned her Bachelor's Degree in English/Coummincations fronm Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and her Culinary Arts Certificate from Harper College. She wrote for

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Sex and the City: The Movie
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The point of "Sex and the City: The Movie" can be summed up by this quote between Big (sorry, not used to calling Mr. Big John yet) and Carrie: "I used to write about love now I want to write about what happens after you find it" "Interesting, so what happens?" "Stay tuned" But really the point of the movie could be summed u...

Food & Drink > Cooking with Spices & Herbs The difference between spices and herbs
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The addition of herbs and spices to the ingredients we cook with is practiced by anyone who knows how to get the most out of the meat they cook, the fruit they puree or the breads they bake. But what makes a spice and what makes an herb? According to Gisslen's "Professional Cooking," "Herbs are the leaves of certain plants t...

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Music and Lyrics
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Music and Lyrics is a musical disguised as a romantic comedy. That's right; Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore have given us a musical. Not a big musical, crowded with production numbers (though there are a couple of those, come to think of it) but a sweet, quiet, almost old-fashioned musical. It takes place mostly in one room wi...

Arts & Humanities > Writing at Helium The advantages of rating at Helium
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When we all first sign up for Helium, we soon realize that this writers' community that we've joined expects us to take our responsibility for reading and rating each other's work very seriously. Up in the top right hand corner next to the clickable "Write" is the word "Rate." They are side by side; and of equal prominence. ...

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: "W"
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Oliver Stone's "W" is nowhere near as hostile as one might expect from an in-depth biopic of our much-hated and much-beloved 43rd president. Nor does it approve of him. Rather it presents the image of a man who searched for a role in life and a way to please his father and made several progressions and mistakes along the way...

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Passion of the Christ
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It’s hard to watch Mel Gibson’s 2004 labor of evangelical love without thinking that “The Passion of the Christ” sums up his entire ethos. I.e. “I love our lord and savior Jesus Christ…oh, and torture….both equally, although seriously guys, you should consider torture, it is freaki...

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Transporter 3
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Frank Martin is surrounded by six evil minions. One of them grabs the lapel of his suit jacket. Frank deliberately looks down at the bad guy's hand, the audience lets out an anticipatory giggle when Frank looks back up at the minion and says with coolly restrained warning "You have five seconds to remove your hand." After tw...

Arts & Humanities > Children's Literature On rereading the books of your childhood
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"When you read a book as a child it becomes a part of you in a way that no other reading in your life ever will." That's a character defining line from "You've Got Mail's Kathleen Kelly, who owns a children's book store and firmly believes in reading to discover your identity. I'm not sure I buy that thesis that books we rea...

Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing How to be your own editor
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Those of us who write for Helium don't have the oversight that we might have in other writing based employment. Beyond the rating process, our work isn't checked by copy editors for grammatical errors, misused facts or overall style and readability. Even if one does write for a paper or magazine and has an editor, they are r...

Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Overcoming the intimidation factor in becoming a writer
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To sink my teeth right into the cliche, many of us who dedicate a portion of our lives to creating meaning with the written word really are our own worst enemy. I believe it's safe to say that self doubt is common to all people, and perhaps animals and plants as well. (hard to tell, leaves don't speak) Self doubt, fear of re...

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