Best of June: The Dark and The Light

/ June 29, 2011

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s topic: What’s the best book you’ve read this month? For the record, I’m excited that this topic has come back. Like, wicked

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New Feature: Things that Amuse Me

/ June 28, 2011

We all have those little things on the internet that crack us up; I’m no different. There’s a lot out there that gets me into a giggle fit. Things that Amuse Me will be an irregular feature where I’ll share these things with you.I love new features. What can we expect?A hodge podge of things. One day it might a

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Summer Excitement

/ June 27, 2011

As the dreary, winterish months are my most busy, the sunshiney, summery months are my most productive. The warmth energizes me and the sun stays out way past it’s bedtime. There’s color and sound and overall awesome*.I’ll admit it: I like the Daystar. I also like the color yellow**. Today’s post isn’t about confessions. It’s all about what exciting things

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Kick Start Your Creative Slump!

/ June 24, 2011

We all have those moments where the ideas/words/brilliance don’t come. If you’re like me, these times when nothing ends up on the page mean a lot of bitchy behavior until the block passes. If you’re also like me, you like to expedite that process. The question is how? I’ve talked about this before, but that was more geared to when

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Start Summer with a Good Fauxmance

/ June 23, 2011

During Weekend of Awesome, Erinn arranged a Skype chat with YA author Brendan Halpin. As I said in my WOA recap post, he was totally funny and smart. Our chat with him gave us insight on the industry we’re all pushing our way into*. Talking with Brendan cemented the fact I need to read all his books. Now. Turns out

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