And now I would like to offer a few more movie recommendations for the uninitiated, from the only-recently initiated. I’ve never been one for plot summary. Instead, I’ll tell you a snippet about what struck me, while also trying to convey a little something about why Bollywood has captured my heart. (BTW — if you’re… Read more »
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A Few Things I Love
“So, I started hanging out with Rayanne Graff. Just for fun. Just because it seemed like if I didn’t I would — DIE, or something.” I love the way the TV show My So-Called Life begins. It’s a lesson in writing, actually: Angela is already breaking away from her best friend, Sharon; she’s already started… Read more »
This Week’s Monday Post Is Brought to You by (Voting) Tuesday…
… or something. Vote! Vote! Vote! So. I have things to blog about Chicago and South Bend, but I’m waiting for a photo, plus, I don’t have the brain space at the moment. The reason I don’t have the brain space is that, as always upon returning home after a trip, I am feeling a… Read more »
“It’s a barbarity that clarity is a rarity.”
News: the Fire paperback is coming out on January 25, 2011 and is available now for pre-order on Amazon and BN.com. I don’t have any timing information regarding Bitterblue, but I promise to post it here once I do. So, my subject heading is a line of dialogue I enjoyed from last week’s episode of… Read more »
Checking in with Some Monday Randutiae
Last week, while stuck in traffic on I-95 in preparation for being extremely late to my trapeze conditioning class, I noticed that the leaves are starting to change. Hooray! I’m reading a mystery by Ellis Peters called The House of Green Turf. I’ve been enjoying it from the first sentence: But for a five minute… Read more »
The Story of My Vacation (In Books and Music)
Here’s the story of my vacation: I went to Prince Edward Island. Now I’m back. la la la la la Hey, listen, I am not a travel writer, okay? Actually, I do expect to have some things to say about the trip, but I’m waiting for the pictures from my photographer, also known as my… Read more »
Input Versus Output: A Weekend off Leads to Monday Randutiae
Angel to the team: This may come out a little pretentious, but one of you will betray me.(Spike raises his hand to volunteer.)Angel (giving Spike a disgusted look, then turning to Wesley): Wes.Spike (disappointed): Aw! Can I deny you three times? As a writer who’s also a workaholic, sometimes I need a particular kind of… Read more »
“Angel’s just feeling a little off… and… he’s not in the mood to… you know… butcher a camel.”
So, I’ve still got those posts I want to write about writing, and I have a little time tonight… but I just don’t have the brainpower or the heart. Or, rather, I do have the heart, but it’s otherwise occupied. Brain, though: definitely absent. In the meantime, in the world of the Internets, books, and… Read more »
Frankie, Alpha, Matthew, Names, Power, and Squee
December 14, 2007 To: Headmaster Richmond and the Board of Directors, Alabaster Preparatory Academy I, Frankie Landau-Banks, hereby confess that I was the sole mastermind behind the mal-doings of the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds. So opens one of my favorite books of all time, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart…. Read more »
In Which I ♥ My Field (and My Friends)
1. The following is an email exchange between Becca, Amanda, Jess, and me. Me: Guys! I sprained my ass on the flying trapeze. Now I’m sitting on a cold compress.Becca: I read “cold compress” as “golden compass” and was considerably puzzled. Golden compass explanation. 2. The following is an email exchange between Mike and me…. Read more »
