New Year WIP Updates
My writing and my parenting seem to be taking over my ability to churn out blog posts. Huh. Didn’t see that one coming. So I thought I’d...
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Jan 17, 20113 min read
Book Review: Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce (spoilers!)
This book is about a girl named Aly who wants to be a spy. Her parents (Alanna and George from The Song of the Lioness Quartet What I...
Dec 27, 20101 min read
Monkey See Monkey Read
I’m taking another vacation from my blog. So here’s a cute picture from flickr (photo by SimonWhitaker) to tide you over. #monkeys...
Dec 20, 20101 min read
Biased Review of a Fabulous Essay: From Words to Brain by Livia Blackburne
What happens when you read? How does your brain derive meaning from words on a page? My writing buddy Livia, attempts to answer these...
Dec 8, 20101 min read
My Favorite New-to-Me Children’s Books for 2010
Here are my favorite new-to-me children’s books this year, in order by author. Last year, I used Indiebound for this list, but for some...
Nov 30, 20101 min read
What I learned from #NaNoWriMo
And even though I didn’t get around to the full 50k, I got a lot done. Writing a novel takes a lot more effort than just writing words on...
Nov 22, 20101 min read
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
A weird, wacky ode to Don Quixote (free Kindle version). I might go so far as to call it a modern retelling, but I haven’t read Don...
Nov 15, 20102 min read
How to Form Your Own Critique Group: Step #3
Now that you’ve planned out your group and advertised for members, what’s next? Step #3: Selecting Members Once you have a bunch of...
Nov 8, 20101 min read
Blog vacation (and baby monkey pic)
I’m off celebrating my birthday someplace warm. I’ll be back next week with another exciting blog post. Till then, here’s a picture of a...
Nov 2, 20102 min read
My goals for NaNoWriMo
I’m participating in NaNoWriMo this year! The point of National Novel Writing Month is basically to take one month to write one new full...
Nov 1, 20102 min read
How to Form Your Own Critique Group: Step #2
Now that you’ve planned out your group, what’s next? Step #2: Finding Members If you are already part of a large writing group, it may...
Oct 25, 20102 min read
How to Form Your Own Critique Group: Step #1
Step #1: Planning When I was starting up our group (or rather when we were starting our group since I started it with another writer who...
Oct 18, 20104 min read
Medical Fiction Question #2: Labor Pains
Q: From writer DH (question edited for clarity): If you don’t mind, I’m having a hard time writing a scene for childbirth, and I can’t...
Oct 12, 20101 min read
Cute animal photo: Red Panda (oh, and a list of Red Panda books)
I recently went to the Central Park Zoo (which isn’t nearly as impressive as the Bronx Zoo, but still pretty nice) and was thrilled to...
Oct 4, 20103 min read
My epiphany: it’s about the writing, stupid
After almost two and a half years of writing full time, I’ve finally realized that I need to write. It’s not about being published for...
Sep 27, 20101 min read
Ancient Astronomy and Other Fine Careers
When I was little, I knew I wanted to be was a scientist or a mathematician. After going to college and finding out more about the fields...
Sep 20, 20101 min read
10 Reasons Why Books are Better than TV
I blog a lot about books and a lot about TV. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good TV show as much (or maybe more) than the next girl, but...
Sep 13, 20102 min read
Book Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry
An amazing book. I thought I’d read it already in the sixth grade and had hated it, but in fact I’d read The Wish Giver and was too...
Sep 7, 20102 min read
Book review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (spoiler free)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games was one of my favorite books and this last book in the trilogy did not disappoint. Full of...
Aug 30, 20102 min read
The Great Balancing Act: Part-time Writer, Full-Time Mom
I miss the good old days before the baby (writing-wise, at least). I’d roll out of bed, eat breakfast, and then write until I was...
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