For the first time, I wrote for the San Francisco Olympians Festival. "The Bow" was largely inspired by my backpack's being stolen last year, and it's the most personal, emotional play I've ever written, the first one where I am every single character. I toiled over it for months, and I ended up very proud of it. I got my top choices for the two ( Read more... )

It's been a month since my momentous last update, and, yes, I've been busy writing, but I can drop those thoughts into a later post. Tonight I thought I'd give a work update ( Read more... )

I came out of Worldcon this year with an epiphany: I have wanted to be a writer since I was a kid, and, goddammit, I am going to make that happen. From the time I wrote and illustrated The Disastrous Dino War, it's all I've ever wanted from my life. I had practically given up on the notion, assuming that I would never see my name in a bookstore. ( Read more... )

Good evening, readers. I am all caught up with Welcome to Night Vale, the most popular podcast in America, which has been described as "[insert your favorite public radio show] meets [insert your favorite horror author]," and you must listen to it IT IS WONDERFUL. Written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, it's a community news broadcast from the ( Read more... )

Lee Thompson Young, Disney Channel's "Jett Jackson," Dead At 29.

This is fucking horrible and so fucking sad, I'm almost crying. I loved him on The Famous Jett Jackson, and I was so happy to see him show up on FlashForward, and I don't know a thing about his personal life, but what the fuck ( Read more... )

Surely the five of you who still read LJ remember the Graduation Conspiracies, wherein I surprised my siblings and parents by flying down for graduations? Turnabout is fair play, it seems, as a couple weeks ago, my sister and parents surprised me! Of course, the only way they could get me to go down and see them without clueing me in was to imply ( Read more... )

I don't understand why people are stupid. Like, blatantly stupid in a professional environment. How does someone get to have to the same title as I do and demonstrate such a lack of comprehension/understanding of grammar, clinical trials, chronology, time, and reality? Why do they still have jobs? Why are they being paid for me to have to waste my ( Read more... )

Finally, two weeks later, I did not surprise my cousin for her college graduation! She knew I was coming. Everyone knew I was coming. Look, sometimes conspiracy is exhausting.


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Almost three weeks later, I also surprised my brother for his medical school graduation! Somehow they didn't see it coming this time.


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Last month, I surprised my little sister for her college graduation (I also surprised my mom, whose jaw dropped hilariously when she saw me). I repeatedly told them I was not able to fly down to Texas, and then I took a cheap red-eye for a day trip that was totally worth it.


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