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Also an excellent Coldplay song
Okay, so I am terrible at blogging. Obviously. I am still not convinced that I have anything to say, in blog form, that anyone else needs to read. So I don't do it. But since I am obsessed with books and reading and writing and talking about books and reading and writing, I read everyone else's blogs, and...I kind of just want to be part of the ( Read more... ) -
Metal Mania. Always!
One of my favorite memories of being alive happened when I was fourteen and spending the summer in Florida where it is so hot and sticky that you can’t fall asleep at night and when it rains you run outside hoping for relief but you only end up stickier. My mother was painting my grandmother’s house and needed to run to the store for something and ( Read more... ) -
For the Winning of Contests
I do sometimes win contests. I won a copy of PENELOPE once, before the movie came out, and was then surprised at the differences between them, but LOVED Christina Ricci's wardrobe in it, and then robinellen sent me a copy of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH before it came out, so that was rad.
And now I've heard such great things about sarahcross's debut DULL BOY that I ( Read more... ) -
How I Write Now
Sometimes people go to writing retreats where they learn stuff and also write a little, and sometimes they go to other writing retreats where they only write (and if this happens in a castle in the middle of Scotland, so much the better), and sometimes you commandeer a friend's place while they go out of town and you and your other friend spend the ( Read more... ) -
How the DMV is Awesome and Made My Birthday SWEET
So today is my birthday and here's what happened yesterday ( Read more... ) -
My New Tiger Woods Philosophy:
It's up to me.
How good my writing is, how well-plotted, compelling and satisfactorily concluded my story ends up, whether or not I get to the stage where I am ready to be published-it's all up to me.
I can sit around and daydream about having written several books, of being interviewed and congratulated (ego!) and not recognized at the grocery store ( Read more... ) -
Three things I learned from reading THE HUNGER GAMES
1. First, I wish I knew how to link to stuff...that's why I haven't posted, because I couldn't link to that sweet picture of Beck when I talked about Beck ( Read more... ) -
One time I met a guy who looked like Beck
And we were instantly attracted to each other. How often does that happen? And I was covered in fake mud at the time (I was an extra for a tv commercial, playing a cavewoman). My hair was dirty and messy and teased, I had on no makeup (because I was a cavewoman, and they wore dirt on their faces and no makeup)...maybe it was the tiny piece of ( Read more... ) -
Now playing...
(in my head) That 'do you hear what I hear' Christmas song. Is it called Little Drummer Boy or something? And how to show I'm referring to a song title? All caps? Quotes? Underlined? Italicized? Plus I don't know how to do those last two. Is that even possible on livejournal ( Read more... ) -
If I were to Twitter...
I would Twitter about what song is currently running through my head. That's the only update I would ever give ( Read more... )
