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we're not kids anymore.
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Discard Playlist
Oh come on! All the cool kids are doing it! /pouts
;)
This list came about because I heard the song by coincidence/accident/radio/whatever and it inspired me to write a specific scene to match it.
Discards by RMurphy on Grooveshark
The Grid by Tino_ZR
More FIRSTS.. YESSSSSSSSSSssssssss
As one who is also wasting time until the Like a Virgin Contest actually gets underway, I'm going to take CaronWrites questions and answer her additional firsts! And those of you who don't know, Like a Virgin is a YA/NA competition for writers NEW to writing contests.
Here we go! I'm answering these for my current MS submitted into the contest.
1: Who was the first character you came up with? My MC, Hudson. I'm a visual person and I just saw him standing there (in my head of course) looking all sorts of teenager-pitiful. His name came right after.
2: Who was the first person to read your book? My husband. Of course. Because at the time, I had zero writerly friends to share it with. It's a good thing I found some after. He's definitely not the MOST HONEST of critics. I'm willing to bet it had more to do with that "sleeping on the couch" threat I made over and over.
3: How long did your first draft take? Three to four months of complete and total obsession, not long after MONTHS of planning and thinking. At the time, I was a teacher by day and sometimes... the word 'day' means lots of things, like evenings, nights and weekends.
4: What was the first thing you changed when you started revisions? Besides my horrible grammar? My CPs all stressed about getting more in the head of my MC, so that really came first. Never mind it destroyed my word count ;)
5: Who was your first celebrity crush? Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 9 years old. Despite it being Kevin Costner, it totally turned me on to the brave, manly-looking male bad-asses.
6: What are the first TWO WORDS of your book? "I only"
7: What was the first book that made you cry? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I should also admit, I was an adult when it came out and pregnant, which equals weepy.
An Iowa dentist did not discriminate against a female assistant he fired for being "too attractive," the Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday in its second decision in the case.
This makes me so sad. I can't even. Ugh!
Whatever puberty did to Hiccup it sure did it well
This is .. umm. welll.. err.. awkward. /blush How to Train Your Dragon remains one of my favorite movies ever. This just means I'll have to throw out free candy in the theater lobby to beat all those other kids to a good seat.
LOTR & My 5yr old
I maaayyyyyy have trained my 5 yo old to think that our old home (in Texas) was Mordor.....
and our new home (in the pacific northwest) is Rivendell......
Like a Virgin Blog Hop!
Eeks! I'm entering my very FIRST writing contest, called Like a Virgin. It's organized by two very awesome ladies, Kristina Perez and Rhiann Wynn-Nolet. Isn't it perfect? I mean, you know, considering.. I'm a writing contest virgin. Get it? First time? Popping cherries?
..... moving on...
So, this is a blog hop to share a little about ourselves and meet new, unagented writers. Fun! I'm a nerd on every level. Book, Gaming, addictive television series -- if it has a cult-following, I'm there. Creepy cloak and all.
They had a series of first questions to get us started, so let's try them on.
How do you remember your first kiss? Utterly crap. Isn't that the way? No romantic moment, no building up to it, no anticipation, or eagerness. We dated.. MAYBE 2 weeks in high school (he was my first boyfriend because I'm COOL like that). We stood on the sidewalk outside of his house after I dropped him off (Yes, read: I had a car, this guy didn't). He grabbed me, tipped me over dramatically (but really scared the SHIT out of me), and shoved his tongue in. Ugh! So totally lackluster.
What was your first favorite love song? I was a fan of Boyz II Men. Gimme a break! They were AWESOMELY romantic for a guy group, and actually had MANLY voices. Win/Win. Pick one, nearly all of them were love songs.
What's the first thing you do when you begin writing for the day? You mean after I lock the kid in the closet with froot loops and a couple of jugs of water? Okay. No. Seriously. In the evening, when the family has been fed, the kid has been bathed and read to and sent to bed with water for the 10th time, I curl up with my laptop in front of an open window, and re-read the previous chapter and my notes from the last writing. Then I start typing whatever I see in my head.
Who's the first writer who truly inspired you to become a writer? When I was younger, I wrote ALL THE FREAKING time. I even had a poem published in a contest. WOOT. I was the nerd passing romantic stories about her friends with their crushes, instead of gossip notes. In high school, I developed a love for literature with Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World. It was dark and deep and upsetting and challenged everything I thought about what writing could do. As an adult, I decided to look at writing seriously after reading Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. I realized I wanted to do what both of these authors achieve-- get people to think differently.
Did the final revision of your first book have the same first chapter it started with? Ugh! Yes! Which is why it was terrible. The MS I'm submitting to the contest, I can honestly say -- no! :) Hopefully, it's more exciting. *crosses fingers*
For your first book, which came first: major characters, plot or setting? Oh god! I love these questions. Characters ALWAYS come first, but simultaneously with a setting. Then I work through what problem this person has. Plot is always last for me ;(
What's the first word you want to roll off the tip of someone's tongue when they think of your writing? Depends on the MS. The one I'm submitting to this contest: Exciting! Overall: Inspiring.
This has been fun! I'm going to hop around to the other blogs, read their answers and comment :) Nice to meet all of you! :)
//please forgive typos -- the kid ran out of froot loops.
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I hope you all know that I’ve been practicing packing lunches for years…
Visitors stare in awe at the stained glass windows of Sainte Chapelle in Paris, May 1968. Photograph by Bruce Dale, National Geographic
This looks like it could have inspired the dining hall in HP.
Some starscapes for Bianca.
lovely things→ stars
GASP. Stealing these for fantasies authory type stuffs.
“In one recent study, more than 100 university psychologists were asked to rate the CVs of Dr. Karen Miller or Dr. Brian Miller, fictitious applicants for an academic tenure-track job. The CVs were identical, apart from the name. Yet strangely, the male Dr. Miller was perceived (by both male and female reviewers) to have better research, teaching, and service experience than the luckless female Dr. Miller. Overall, about three-quarters of the psychologists thought that Dr. Brian was hirable, while only just under half had the same confidence in Dr. Karen. The same researchers also sent out applications for the position of tenured professor, again identical but for the male and female name at the top. This time, the application was so strong that most of the raters thought that tenure was deserved, regardless of sex. However, the endorsement of Karen’s application was four times more likely to be accompanied by cautionary caveats scrawled in the margins of the questionnaire: such as, ‘I would need to see evidence that she had gotten these grants and publications on her own’ and ‘We would have to see her job talk.’”
Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference (via cockchomp)
Working on my query letter. again.
Me. Today. It has not been pretty.
Do you ever think about the fact that the US has created and legitimized a system of institutionalized inequality by funding schools through property taxes? That basically a child’s education is only as good as the value of the property in their neighborhood. Funny how education is so often viewed as an equalizing factor when there is nothing equal about it.
An administrator for over 10 years for public schools in Texas explained this isn't true. In Texas, the state collects the property taxes and THEY redistribute it across school districts according to need. Therefore, administrators in lower-income schools have a lot more money for programs. Schools in higher-income schools get less support from the state.
All shall love me and despair
This is the 2nd reason why I'm moving. no really.
