Thanks to the nice folks at Inkpop, I'm their featured author this week and am doing a live chat on the site today from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST. I'll be interacting with aspiring teen authors in the forum, answering their questions about publishing and the creative process. If you're interested in such things, come along and check it out, either ( Read more... )

No, not the light. The film!

( Mostly insignificant spoilers for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban )

Somebody new just paged me on IM, and I was in the middle of typing something in -- didn't even have a chance to see who it was or choose whether to accept the message or not before it disappeared. Whoever you were, I apologize for the inadvertent rudeness, and would you try again?

So as soon as I finished watching tonight's episode of Alias, I knew I had to page avarill...

( IM Reviews 'R' Us -- Cut for Mega-Spoilage )

From a rather one-sided IM conversation I had with firelocks tonight (she'd had to leave her computer to answer the phone):

synaesthete7: I have just ransacked Quick Quotes for everything JKR has said so far about Snape, and unless she is a Big Fat Liar, she doesn't like him. She may have a plan for him to play a significant role, even a heroic role, but ( Read more... )

( Obsessively Analytical, Frequently Silly Review of Last Night's ALIAS Here )

From tonight's chat:

synaesthete7: I realized this morning that I am in imminent need of professional help. I was suddenly possessed by the urge to write an angsty romance fic (very much tongue-in-cheek, I hasten to add!) of "Blue's Clues".

( Don't tell me you really want to know more... )

From tonight's chat log:

synaesthete7: Hey, I *finally* spent my nice $25 gift certificate to chapters.indigo.ca that a friend sent me for Christmas.
synaesthete7: You know what I spent it on?
hedda62: what?
lydaclunas7: What, RJ?
synaesthete7: A video called "Potty Time with Bear" and a copy of "Green Eggs and Ham".
synaesthete7: You know you're a ( Read more... )