Let It Snow! Undead Style

Ag2218/ January 12, 2012/ hypothermia, musings, science, winter, zombies/ 2 comments

Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. It’s Thursday again, so that means it is time for zombies! I’ve been checking out the responses to the Pie survey, and it seems as if people want to hear about some zombie science, but also just some zombie musings in general. So

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On Unemployment… and Writing

/ December 20, 2011/ life, musings, writing/ 10 comments

Six weeks ago, I was laid off from the day job. The same day job that should’ve only lasted three weeks in 2007. This fact hasn’t softened the blow and I’ve been staving off a major bout of emo-ness for weeks. This totally explains why I still haven’t cleaned the basement. Unless you’ve been laid off or are very close

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About Co-Starring with a Co-Star*

/ October 5, 2011/ books, life, musings, Road Trip Wednesday/ 12 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 supporting character from a YA book would you most like to see star in their own novel? Blame it on

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Sex, Swears, and Aggression

/ September 27, 2011/ banned books week, books, education, musings, my non-professional opinion/ 4 comments

Credit If you’re a book person, you already know that this week is Banned Books Week. As a writer and book lover, this is an extremely important week because yours truly believes that censorship is crap. Even High School Alicia and College Alicia didn’t like the concept. It’s one thing if you personally disagree/dislike/outwardly hate something, but it’s totally different

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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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