I'm stressed out.

That's pretty much it. If you want to just skip the rest of this post, have at it. I won't blame you. I just need somewhere to vent.

So a bunch of teachers I thought were my friends stabbed me in the back (so awesome of them, I know) and pretty much doubled my teaching load this year. This not only pissed me off, it made my teaching ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? I went to Boston to attend LeakyCon and I lost my brain around a few authors and one rock star. Um.

2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't make resolutions, so a big fat whopping no to both of those.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth ( Read more... )

So, here's me with Neil Gaiman signing my Graveyard Book (that's the Newberry Winner for last year for those of you who haven't read Gaiman):


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Just a little update, since it's been a while...

First, some REALLY good news. I am writing again. I started last week on my young adult novel, Refuge, and *knocks on wood* it is just FLOWING. I'm not sure if it's the characters, the audience, or the writing style that make this feel as if the words are pouring out of my fingers or what. All I know ( Read more... )

mlwl and I are going to Easton to see Half-Blood Prince at midnight!!!

*shrieks and flails*

I won't even tell you how long I've been waiting to see the Tower Scene unfold onscreen, or the bathroom scene where Harry catches Draco crying and uses Sectumsempra on him and then Snape SINGS a healing incantation, or the Inferi in the cave, or the mother ( Read more... )

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