Monday, March 1, 2010
This morning @BNBooksClubs tweeted this: Songs as Short Stories – What Songs Do You Think Tell a Great Story? It got me thinking. Doesn't every song tell a story? I'm not talking about the story the songwriter is telling… I'm talking about the story YOU hear when you listen to it. The memories, the […]
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
I don't really believe in New Year's resolutions. But I read Maggie Stiefvater's resolutions, and I was so inspired that I decided I should have some of my own. I think mine fall into the category of un-resolutions, considering they will likely remain unresloved. Nonetheless, I want them in writing. I'm the kind of person […]
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I'm in the cave of revisions & it's a dark place. I woke up with song in my head. Does that ever happen to you? It happens to me all the time. Songs are like poetry – the kind of thinking I do best. This song is from Ethan's Playlist, but today it's on mine. […]
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
My hardcover is finally here! How gorgeous is it?? I can't believe it! The Reading Group Guide…
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
This is the Cave of Revisions. Every writer's cave looks a little different, but this is mine. And it's where I've been all summer. But this week was different – this week, I barely came out. What is it like in the cave? That's what my friends want do know. What do you do in […]
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
1. Diet Coke not coffee.2. Baskin Robbins not Ben & Jerry's.3. Gelato is not ice cream.4. The left lane is the FAST lane people.5. Chiggers are parasites, but I prefer them to the human variety.6. I won't give a book more than 20 pages. I don't care if it won a prize.7. Buffy was the […]
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