Pictures: More From NYC
I promised to post more pictures from my NYC trip a while ago, but never got around to it. Well, here they are! A few of my favorites, anyway. There […]
Reviews: Snapshot By Angie Stanton
Adam finally spoke. “I’m sorry. I didn’t realize. My family isn’t like that at all.” “No one ever does see that side of the story. They just think about the […]
Productivity: An Epic Fail
Because of an IT catastrophe at my office, I’ve been working from home this whole week. I hoped this would give me more time to work on creative things like […]
Storytime: More Inspired by Rory’s Storycubes
A note: This is a first draft and unedited except to look for typos. The inspiration came from four Story Cubes, which are pictured here. What took shape surprised me […]
Books: Why Isn’t YA Okay?
I had this conversation with customers many times when I still worked at Borders. One day the line shall disappear completely between YA and “adult” literature and people will realize […]
Life: The Ups And Downs
Today started off a good day. I’ve gotten some fantastic news in the past few days (and I will hopefully share it sometime next week) and I even managed to […]
Food: Where To Go In NYC
My recent trip to NYC kinda revolved around eating, and I was totally okay with that! The funniest thing was that some of my favorite places were the ones we […]
Debuts: Why Publishing Your First Novel Is Like Running For Student Body President
Because this is a topic much on my mind lately, I found this post on Writers Digest extraordinarily timely! I also loved the comparisons and the fresh way of looking […]
Bookstores: Not Much Has Changed
Like books themselves, bookstores haven’t changed much in essentials in a very long time. Sure most bookstores don’t act as libraries anymore (cause we have actual libraries for that now), […]
Recap: BEA 2012
The first sight of the Javits Center (I’m not gonna lie) made me a little scared. How in the world was I going to see everything they stuffed inside a […]