Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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is there anything better than getting a box from amazon?

There's something about new books that just appear on your doorstep. I love libraries, but I also like to keep my books. I like to dog-ear the pages and write in them. The ones I love are like a favorite pair of sneakers – worn in. When I read Caster Girl 25's post yesterday, it […]

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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the relationship between writing and pizza

Margie loves to work in the library and eat chocolate cake and drink lattes. I don't mind the library, but I'll trade it any day for the comfy chair in Margie's office or the leather one in Ashly's library. For me, this is the perfect storm: 1) The comfy chair (during the day) or my […]

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Friday, March 13, 2009

digging in the dirt

I'm waist deep in my old journals now, and three things are clear: 1. I was a little dark. (Maybe more than a little.) 2. I spent way too much time in my head. 3. I should've learned to play the guitar, or dated a guy who played the guitar, so I could write incredibly […]

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Friday, March 13, 2009

icarus was not failing as he fell

Photo: Eddie Major "Icarus Fall" <www.eddiemajor.com>      Failing and Flying  Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It's the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people say they knew it was a mistake, that everybody  said it would never work. That she was  old enough to know better. But […]

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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Meet the Caster Girls

You may have already read this on the BC blog, but in case you didn't, it's too good to miss… It's a lot easier to write when you know who you're writing for. Beautiful Creatures was written over three months for a few particular teens - Casters & Outcasters - who demanded pages at the end of every […]

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