Month: November 2011
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Oh man, SUPER related to yesterday’s post, check out this recent episode of the Simpsons: “The Book Job.” (Psst, Neil Gaiman guest stars!) Homer: “I just hope we put in enough steampunk. Whatever that is.” LOL! Big thanks to Sonje for telling me about it.
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Whoops! Didn’t mean to go incommunicado there, but sometimes that’s just how the kibbles roll, you know? Anyway, I’m back from the holiday, and I’ve been thinking a lot. About family. About hard work. About writing, of course. And last night in the shower, I realized something. It’s very important to me that I write…
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Dear Me, So, it’s your birthday. You’re 26 today. Congratulations. Me, Age Adorable. What, you wanted more? Sorry, dude. This isn’t a milestone. You can already smoke (didn’t want to anyway), can already drink (didn’t want to anyway), can already rent a car without paying a premium, and already had your insurance rates reduced (25…
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Hey, remember the time Maureen Johnson broke my blog? Oh right, it was yesterday. Me in the afternoon vs. me in the evening. (Credit: Sailor Moon screencaps.) In fairness, it wasn’t JUST Maureen. A staggering number of authors/writers/bloggers linked to my post “A reminder about what really matters” — like the INTERN, Stephanie Perkins, Myra McEntire, Malinda Lo, Kate…
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A few days ago, my dad forwarded me an email titled “the Charles Schulz philosophy.” Now, snopes.com has informed me that Charles Schulz did not in fact come up with this little exercise, but it’s still a good one. So I decided to adapt it for us writers. (Big thanks to Disney for all the…