Month: November 2008

  • Paying it forward

    Recently two of my favorite bloggers, Twenty Four At Heart and Pseudonymous High School Teacher, held giveaways on their birthdays. TFAH actually did a whole week of contests, one of which I won! So, in the spirit of spreading the love, I’ll be holding my own contest/giveaway this Thursday, with the winner announced on Friday,…

  • Foto Friday: Valencia

    Andy took my camera to Ireland this week — yeah, my camera, but NOT ME! — so I figured, what better excuse for a throwback Foto Friday? I also decided to go all the way back to Spain 2006, because (a) Spain is the shit, and (b) it’s a lot closer to Ireland than I…

  • Note to self: BREATHE

    Sweet baby Jesus, I have 3 2* months to whip my manuscript into shape. On Feb 2, 2009, Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Contest returns for a second year This time I’m going to enter. *Edit: Uh, yeah, I can totally do math.

  • me: i could never diet i try for like, half a day and give up as soon as someone asks me if i want to join them for lunch or dinner haha i tried in college after i gained freshman fifteen but then i realized stress, work, and (recently) puppies are really the only diets…

  • Yesterday I had a brief conversation with the master himself, Kurt Vonnegut. … i.e., I read “How to Write with Style” by Kurt Vonnegut and thought about what he had to say. The highlights of our “discussion” are as follows: The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know…