I'm doing Nanowrimo again this year! I'm already over 21,000 words, and I think I'm on my way to winning. As I've been working on my novel, I've made an observation. The internet is an *invaluable* tool for writers! I know I'm saying anything earth shattering here. I'm sure most writers use the internet a lot. However, this just occurred to ( Read more... )

I just finished reading J.K. Rowling's first book for adults, "The Casual Vacancy". Honestly, I wasn't thrilled with it. I'm not sure if this is because the book isn't great or because I'm generally not big fan of general fiction. I think most of the people who read this know I prefer sci-fi and fantasy. I probably would never have picked up ( Read more... )

More precisely, thoughts on the season 7 fall finale. ( Cut for those who haven't seen it yet. )

I just found out Neil Armstrong died at age 82. This is so sad. Armstrong has always been kind of a hero of mine. When I was in kindergarten I wanted to become and astronaut, and I thought I was going to be the first person to land on Pluto. I used to read astronomy books for fun, and I thought it was amazing that Neil Armstrong got to walk on ( Read more... )

For anyone I don't know on Facebook who wants to see my photos of Chris Colfer at ALA here's a link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100946692357815.2731171.9425247&type=3&l=fdaabeb0d2Read more... )

I saw Chris Colfer (Kurt on Glee) speak at ALA yesterday. I have photos, but they'll be posted later. I didn't bring the cord to transfer photos from my camera to my computer, so I won't be able to post photos until I'm back in PA. However I want to write about Chris Colfer's talk while it's still fresh in my mind. I was a very good talk, both ( Read more... )

I've been in California since June 10th. I started out in Fresno to visit my aunt and uncle. My cousin and her children Sam (almost 3) and Nora (3 months) were there too. It was my first time meeting Nora. She's very cute, and so strong! She can't crawl yet or anything, but she loves being held so she's standing. As she's doing that she'll ( Read more... )

My dad is coming home from the hospital tomorrow! He'll still be on antibiotics when he gets home, and the neurosurgeon wants a follow up, but over all he's doing much, much better. Thanks to everyone for all the good thoughts and support you gave me while dad was in the hospital. I really appreciate it.

I was in Knoxville, TN this past weekend. I left Thursday and came back on Monday. This was my first trip back since moving to PA. I had a lot fun. On Friday I wandered around the UT campus a bit and visited the botanical gardens. I also went to McKay's. For those who don't know it's an awesome used book store. I love McKay's so much! I ( Read more... )

I saw this article about a Katniss Barbie doll on Yahoo earlier today. I don't have any huge objections to Barbie; I played with Barbie dolls a lot as a kid. I know their proportions are all off, and all the other complaints, but it doesn't bother me too much. Maybe it should, but it doesn't. However the Katniss doll does disturb me. For one ( Read more... )