I am, like Virginia Woolf, trying to get a room of my own. Well, an attic. Well, half an attic…the other half is the kids’ playroom. Still, I’m pretty psyched, and when it’s done I’ll post photos so the world can see where I sit when the muse calls (or where I check twitter, or […]
As if The Graveyard Book and Coraline weren’t reason enough, YA author Veronica Schwab posted this video on her blog. He had me at “magic and dreams and good madness.” *swoons*
Seriously abridged. Like, six words. That makes a haiku feel verbose. But since brevity is not exactly my strong suit, I thought I would join the lovely YA Highway gang and try my hand at creating a six-word memoir. (For those of you who don’t know, every Wednesday they YA Highway blog hosts a road […]
There are too many things I am thankful for in this world for me to begin to count. They range from the important and obvious (my family), to the minor but critical (Swedish Fish). But books are a huge part of it. There are authors that have made me laugh out loud on airplanes, scaring […]
Remember when I used to blog? Yeah, I do too. No, I haven’t been trapped under a large piece of furniture, unable to reach the keyboard to share a snippet from Swim. It’s just that November has grasped me in it’s saliva-filled mandible and masticated the ever-loving crap out of me. I am chewed up […]
Those of us who had to study Robert Frost (or who grew up reading the fabulous S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders…”Do it for Johnny!”) know the famous poem that begins, “Nature’s first green is gold.” But lately, in this glorious blaze of fall colors, I’ve been feeling that nature’s last green is truly gold, as well. […]
I just wrote a great post about the rescued miner in Chile who copyrighted the note he wrote that let everyone know they were alive. Then WordPress went ahead and ate it. Whatev. So now you all get a consolation prize: look at the pretty leaves! You’re welcome. xoxo
