You Can Write That Again

/ September 14, 2011/ lists, musings, Road Trip Wednesday, wip, writing/ 14 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 Topic: What themes, settings, motifs, scenes, or other elements do you find recurring in your work? I’d love to say that I’m

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Summer Literary Recap

/ September 9, 2011/ books, Friday Fives, lists/ 11 comments

Lurkdom, you’re officially reading post 500! *throws confetti and glitter* Because of this and the fact that math has broken my brain*, today’s post will be short. I read some fantastically awesome published books this summer**. After having such a reading slump at the start of the year, it’s amazing to see how my reading picked up. Pam raves about

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Hidden Gems Blogfest: The Tower

/ September 6, 2011/ blogfest, books, Dark Tower reference, fangirl, lists/ 6 comments

So yesterday was Labor Day in the US, which meant somebody wasn’t chained to her computer. (Shocking, I know.) What sucked about that was I couldn’t post my entry for AJ Mullarky’s blogfest right away. But Alicia, you could’ve scheduled it ahead of time.I know, but I’m kinda weird in that I don’t like doing that. What if I changed

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What’s in a Name?

/ September 2, 2011/ books, Friday Fives, lists, titles/ 14 comments

First apologies for the rather lame title. It’s been established that titling is beyond my realm of success*, not to mention it’s Friday before a long weekend in the US meaning Weekend Brain has already arrived. Thank goodness Paper Hangover’s topic is easy peasy. Back when the topic was book covers, I mentioned that with books the cover catches my

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Top 5 Applications for Writers

/ August 19, 2011/ evernote, Friday Fives, lists, scrivener, things i like, write or die, writing/ 9 comments

It’s Friday. That means it’s time for Paper Hangover’s Friday Fives. Today’s topic? Oh, apps. You little things that can become such a time sink for yours truly*. I don’t really have an addictive personality, but there are certain things that make me forget outside things exist. Take this example: back in dial up only days, The Lou had an

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