The Importance of Unplugging

/ April 2, 2012/ damn you internet, dating myself, musings/ 11 comments

Writers today have a lot more challenges than just what is on the television. In an age where you can be connected to the internet through your computer, phone, e-reader, and probably a hundred more things I’m forgetting, it’s difficult to remember a time when this wasn’t the case*. With the exception of a few hours a week, all of

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The Question of Knowing Our Future and The Future of Us

/ January 30, 2012/ books, dating myself, facebook, high school alicia, life, musings, questions, reluctant townie/ 5 comments

It’s pretty safe to say that at some point in our life, we would give our baby toes to glimpse into our future or hop into the DeLorean to change some instance in our past. Hell, Bestie Danielle and I usually play the “I should’ve” game once a season. So when I read the premise of THE FUTURE OF US

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Bring on the Bad Boys

/ November 10, 2010/ characters, dating myself, Road Trip Wednesday, writing/ 10 comments

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 question: What are your favorite literary cliches? The 9-5 job is (again) kicking my ass, so I only had time to think

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Four For Friday

/ October 8, 2010/ awesomeness, dating myself, Four For Friday, music/ 5 comments

Saying this week sucked hard would be an understatement. I had repeat technology fails, waking nightmares at the 9 to 5 job, and three days of cold rain. There were only two highlights to the week: my 3 year anniversary to Hubby and 90s music references on the Twitters and IRL. With that and the disturbing mashup of Baby Got

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