I know, I haven't posted in a while (again). Argh! I will post soon about my lovely weekend with some fabulous writer ladies, but for now I wanted to share Harry Potter, Seriously by Philip Nel, in which he defends the study of Harry Potter. As someone who basically got her undergrad degree in Harry Potter (three large projects, at least two small ( Read more... )

Ten years ago I walked across a stage in a blue polyester gown and morterboard. Blue and "gold" cords were draped around my neck, I shook the "stealth principal"'s hand and graduated high school. There's a picture on my desk today of six of us from that morning ( Read more... )

Hi all! To kick off my summer blogging extravaganza*, I decided to have a contest! But what to do and what to give away... I have no book of my own to give away yet. I have no highly-anticipated ARCs lying around at the moment (in fact, I think every ARC I have now has a corresponding 'real book'). So I've been thinking long & hard (as much as ( Read more... )

1) I'm posting this between moving pavers with the hubby. Dad left this morning, so now I'm in charge of making sure hubby takes breaks & doesn't kill himself building the patio. We'll see how this goes ( Read more... )

I think it's time for another trip to Hogwarts. It's been far too long.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer is up online!

Sooo good. So, so good.

I hate to say it (okay, no, I don't), but just watching that makes me totally want to see it, even over Twilight.

Yup. Harry trumps Edward.

November is too far away.