Thursday, August 16, 2012, 7 p.m. Young at Heart Bookclub Bookman’s Mesa 1056 S. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85210 Thursday-Sunday, October 11-14 Sirens Conference Skamania Lodge Stevenson, WA (near Portland, OR) Sunday, October 14, 2 p.m. Powells YA Fantasy Signing with Cindy Pon, Malinda Lo, Mette Ivie Harrison, Janni Lee Simner, Sarah Rees Brennan […]
Where I’ll be the next few months: Arizona, Oregon, Nevada Read More »
“[We] don’t lift weights in order to look hot, especially for the likes of men like that. What makes them think that we even WANT them to find us attractive? If you do, thanks very much, we’re flattered. But if you don’t, why do you really need to voice this opinion in the first place,
“We move to grow and learn to know / what the world was always supposed to hear” Read More »
Dear Final Scene,This should be easy. There’s nothing new to set up. All you need to do is bring this thing home. You know that, right?So why, exactly, are you digging in your heels like a child throwing a tantrum and insisting on making every last paragraph feel like work?It’s not like you’re a young
“Cause I don’t wanna waste another moment / in saying things we never meant to say” Read More »
ETA: Correction: This chat is at 9 EDT/6 PDT! Coulda sworn I double-checked, but there it is.I’ll be joining a whole bunch of other writers for Eve Fan Garden’s annual summer author chat at 9 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. PDT (also 6 p.m. Arizona time) today. Participants include Holly Cupala, Elizabeth Eulberg, Jennifer R. Hubbard, Nina
Patty Griffin’s No Bad News is on the playlist for one of the mixes that’s been getting high play for this book–though not on the specifically book-themed mix–and it’s become my latest go-to feel-good songs. (lnhammer has, of course, rightly been telling me I need to pay more attention to this song for some years
“And though the darkness may come our way / We won’t be afraid to be alive anymore” Read More »
When people post an image to facebook of a pound of raw fat — taken at their gym, where it was presumably deliberately made as disgusting as possible — as weight loss encouragement, and others are applauding said picture because it’s all about trying to live a healthier lifestyle … when it’s okay to publicly
“Women who start out as ugly ducklings don’t become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.”–Maeve Binchy (via Annette Curtis Klause)I love this, because the ugly duckling narrative feels more flawed to me the older I get. Longing for transformation doesn’t seem half so powerful as owning
Now that you mention it, the idea of moisture farming is pretty suspect. Why did I never realize this? XKCD’s new “what if?” feature looks at just how much force power Yoda can output. With numbers. Awesome. Also from XKCD, what would happen if you gathered a mole of moles? Come on, you know you’ve
Tuesday afternoon linky, Star Wars edition Read More »
So if you briefly saw a whole lot of last decade’s old posts here? Department of bad feedback loops. I tried to pull all my old lj posts over to my new
I’ll be one of a bunch of YA authors hanging out with the folks at Eve’s Fan Garden for this year’s Camp Eve. Come join us for guest posts throughout the week and a group chat on Thursday.Other participating authors include Holly Cupala, Elizabeth Eulberg, Jennifer R. Hubbard, Nina Malkin, Elana Johnson, Eileen Cook, Joelle
Did leg warmers ever actually make our legs any warmer? Read More »