Some Thursday Fun: Star Wars on the Subway

July 15, 2010 Twitter Files

I found this video from Improv Everywhere via Meg Cabot’s Twitter feed.  According to their site, Improv Everywhere “causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places.”  Isn’t that a great mission statement?
I’m still smiling – hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I would have loved to have been on that subway [...]

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Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (Or, Breaking One of My Rules of Reading)

July 12, 2010 Books and Reading
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On Friday night, I broke one of my rules of reading.
I started Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
I didn’t even realize I’d broken one of my rules until I finished the book on Saturday afternoon with a happy sigh, and immediately raced to my bookshelf and pulled out The Girl Who Played with [...]

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When It’s Hot Out …

July 7, 2010 Life

Yes, it’s the kind of day where I want to (a) stay inside, where it’s nice and cool and (b) drink a lot of A&W root beer.

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The Procrastination Queen Gives Herself a Pat on the Back

July 1, 2010 Blogging and Blog Events

Yes, I’m the Procrastination Queen. I wear the crown proudly!

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The Passage, by Justin Cronin

June 30, 2010 Books and Reading

I was hesitant about reading The Passage, by Justin Cronin; I loved the premise of the book (a secret government project to create super warriors ends up unleashing a deadly vampiric virus onto an unsuspecting world – I ask you, how could I resist?), but I was uncertain because of the dystopian nature of the [...]

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Alison Dare, “Live”: Alison Dare vs. The Halogen Light Monster

June 16, 2010 Books and Reading

Yes, Alison Dare was at our house, where she handily defeated the evil, many fanged, incredibly ferocious halogen light monster!

When Tundra Books asked if I’d like to take part in The Double Dare Blog Tour, I was definitely intrigued – what they proposed was a “photo post”, with all participating bloggers snapping a picture of [...]

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Talent!

June 8, 2010 Life

I’ve been following Britain’s Got Talent on YouTube, and just loving it.
I have always enjoyed talent shows, and one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time is the one of Paul Pott’s first audition.
It’s always those first auditions that really inspire me, the ones where people walk onto the stage, and bring with them [...]

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Where My WIP Went Wrong

June 6, 2010 Writing

I’m working on a new WIP right now, another children’s fantasy.
But some of you may have been wondering what happened with my NaNoWriMo novel, WAVERLEY.
I’d been wondering myself. To recap, I wrote 50,000 plus words of it during November, 2009.
Then I stopped writing. Something just wasn’t working.
In desperation, I even went as far as to [...]

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Reading The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown

May 31, 2010 Books and Reading

I’ve been reading Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol.
I found the book extremely exciting; it’s definitely a real page turner.
I really enjoyed all the research, too. I was very tempted several times while reading to stop for a moment and go to the computer to Google some of the things that Brown talks about in the [...]

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A Journaling Celebration

May 25, 2010 Writing

This morning, I picked up my journal and realized I was writing in the last signature.
That’s right. I am now an honest-to-goodness fully committed journaler!
Those of you who’ve known me here for a while now will know that one of my greatest desires has always been to journal every day.
All I ever ended up with, [...]

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