Month: January 2009

  • What's in a name?

    From birth until kindergarten I was Maggie — Maggie being the closest real name to Mei+Gil, my parents’ names, and deemed more appropriate for a baby than Kristan. (Thank you for not naming me Magel!) When I started elementary school, I decided a big girl needed a big girl name, so I politely requested (read:…

  • Note: This is a thinly veiled link dump. :P I’ll be honest, I have no idea who Polly Frost is, but her tongue-in-cheek piece at the Atlantic made me laugh. From “Reblock Yourself the Polly Frost Way!”: Everywhere on the web I found writers expressing themselves. I was swept up in the exhilaration. I ran…

  • Me: Do you think it matters if I use your shampoo and body wash for a while? Andy: No. Well, you’ll smell like a boy. Me: True, but no one smells me. Andy: I smell you! Me: So? I’ll still smell like a nice, clean boy. Andy: I don’t want to smell a boy in…

  • UPDATE: HARMONY WAS ADOPTED! Thanks, everyone! And if you were the one who adopted her, just know that I’d love to reunite Riley and Harmony for a playdate or something. Leave a comment or contact me via the form. # # # Okay, I’m gonna tell you a little secret, but you have to promise not…

  • This post by fellow aspiring writer Jill Wheeler CRACKS. ME. UP! (And also makes me cry a little bit on the inside, because it’s so, so true.) It just kills me when I tell people about my novel and the first thing they ask is, “Are you going to get it published?” Pshah! Yeah, I’m…