“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 »
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“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 »
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 »
In Which the Author Is Tired
I like this post called Stop Telling People to Love Their Bodies, and some of the comments, too. H/t, R. Also, I’m totally enjoying the Buffy Fashion Roulette over at The Bitter Buffalo. On August 5, there’ll be an all-day reading of To Kill a Mockingbird at the main branch of the Cambridge Public Library,… Read more »
Randutiae, Get Your Randutiae Here
Cover of Fire, U.K. large print edition, published by Clipper Large Print —> So. Randomness today. Read what interests you, skip what doesn’t. Book Boyfriend Names. I got a kick out of Marie Rutkoski‘s short post about literary boyfriends and their names. Do you even have to read the L’Engle books to know that Adam… Read more »
Squares and Triangles Agree: Circles Are Pointless. (Plus, a Bitterblue Update)
Gollancz YA cover for Fire —–> So, the t-shirt on the left (by Pete Mitchell; buy it at Threadless) tickles me. Poor little pointless circle! But the t-shirt on the right (by Allan Faustino; buy it at Threadless) makes me sad. Aw, Mr. Rhino! You’re breaking my heart! Don’t you see how beautiful you are?… Read more »
Some Glee Links for a Thursday (Updated!)
Here’s a weekly routine in my household: I sit down to watch Glee. Maybe five minutes in, I start to cringe. Maybe ten minutes in, I start banging my head on the table, because I cannot believe the writers and producers of Glee have really, truly, actually decided to take the episode where they’ve taken… Read more »
The Author Is Dead. (Not Literally. Though I Do Have Sore Arms.)
Here’s something that happens to me all the time: someone expresses an opinion, and I have this feeling in my gut that I don’t agree, but I can’t figure out why not, or how to express it. This is only one of the reasons I’m happy to have smart and articulate friends. If you write… Read more »
Photos for a Thursday
In keeping with my blog break, here’s a link from “The Big Picture,” which tells news stories in photographs — but I’ll warn you that it might break your heart. It’s photos of what BP’s oil spill has done to the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are gorgeous and all of them are depressing…. Read more »
