When I was a one-woman army…and some other stuff I was obsessed with as a teen
I got really nostalgic the other day listening to an Ani Difranco cassette tape in my car. I haven’t listened to her in years, but I still remember every single word, every inflection of her voice,...
View ArticleOh Lord. Time for New Year’s Resolutions.
It seems like I’ve been making slightly different versions of the same New Year’s resolutions every year for my whole life. The top one usually involves some kind of diet, which lasts for a week or...
View ArticleThe best books I read in 2009
2009 was a great year for reading. But as always, I bought way more books than I was actually able to get through. They’re still sitting on my shelves all shiny and unbent and beautiful. I stare at...
View ArticleAdvice To My Teenage Self
Some of you probably caught the #gimmeacall hashtag on Twitter yesterday and today, where folks tweeted messages of advice to their former high school selves (in honor of the release of Sarah...
View ArticleMy Top 10 Favorite YA Books (So Far…)
My Top 10 Favorite YA Books (So Far…) I’ll admit it. I was one of those people who was judgmental about the YA genre at first, even though I later realized it’s what I wanted to write all along. All I...
View Article15 Albums That Changed My Life
So I was tagged on that Facebook note that asks you to write down “15 albums in 15 minutes” with the following guidelines: “These are the rules if you want to play: Don’t take too long to think about...
View ArticleMy 2010 Writing & Reading in review…
Hello everyone! Happy Holidays and all that jazz. I know it’s been a long time since my last blog post. I was using every spare inch of my brain trying to finish the first draft of Book #3, so I had no...
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