And the Best Use of an 80s Metal Band Goes To…

/ September 28, 2010

Norton Antivirus, of course. And if you deny Dokken? And welcome to all of you who de-lurked yesterday. It’s great to get to know the Lurkdom. ____Last.fm hit of the day: Thunderkiss ’65 by White Zombie

Greatest Hits

/ July 21, 2010

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question for you to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you leave your link in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: Give us the link to the best blog you ever posted. The best. Admittedly, I can’t even choose a best

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Latte Love

/ June 25, 2010

Thanks to the girls at YA Highway yesterday, I got a five minute time waster. Alicia’s Result: Triple Grande Vanilla Lattes and . . . other drinks on quiz: What Kind of Writerly Snack Are You? Who: Night Owls and Daredevils When: Morning, noon and night. It’s a writers’ life, yo. Why: Because all the greats were alcoholics. Because seven

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When the World’s Most Opinionated Zip Code and Mine Collide

/ May 18, 2010

Like most writers, I’m a bibliophile. And like most bibliophiles, I spend a lot of free time where all things books lie. The place I haunted with the highest frequency was the now-defunct B Dalton in the mall with the Dunkin. The bookstore wasn’t large. It was the size of a shoe store, actually. But it carried most new releases

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Kicking It Old School

/ January 8, 2010

Wednesday was the throwback to the teens day it seems. First, Nathan Bransford’s You Tell Me and then YA Highway does their road trip back to teen writing. So while digging out the photos Thursday night, I also unearthed the journals. The thing you should know about me and journaling is that I’ve never done it right. I usually did

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