Writing Crutches I Can’t Live Without

/ May 20, 2011

What writer doesn’t have some sort of ritual to get into the groove of things? I know, I know. The robot kind. Guess what? We’re not talking about robots today. It’s all about me answering Paper Hangover’s Friday Five. I’m forgoing the obvious things here like laptop, notes, and manuscript since it’s kinda hard to write or revise without these.

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Friday Fives: Advice Link Up

/ May 6, 2011

Go to Paper Hangover. Go! When I saw this topic last week, I huffed and sighed. There’s no way I received five pieces of advice as an aspiring writer. I normally don’t talk about my craft with people*. Imagine my surprise when I discovered I’ve blogged about this not once but twice in the past year. Read a lot of

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Friday Fives: Cover Envy

/ April 29, 2011

I say this with all genuinosity, Lurkdom: THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY. It’s been a high-class craptastic week for yours truly and this weekend couldn’t come fast enough*. That my weekend starts in about three hours emphasizes the hooray factor. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned my process for buying music is to go by the title. With books, 98% of the

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Friday Fives: Show More S

/ April 22, 2011

Yours truly is working on a shortened week with way too many plot bunnies jamming up the brain space*. So hooray for Friday, Paper Hangover, and lists. You should know that I’m pretty rigid in my literary tastes**. I like non-sparkling, non-emo vampires. I prefer my preternatural beings to literally have bite. I’m not a fan of “classic literature” nor

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Friday Fives: Freaky Friday

/ April 15, 2011

Freaky Friday was a book and multiple movies where a daughter and mom swap places. Hilarity and Hijinks ensure. This was one of my favorite books as a kid. So when Paper Hangover dropped this week’s Friday Fives topic, all I could think was “I’m titling this bitch as ‘Freaky Friday’.” This is kind of hard for me since I

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