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Books by the Banks this weekend in Cinci?
I know some of us discussed it, but who else is going to be at Books by the Banks this weekend in Cincinnati? I will! Anyone else going to the cocktail party? I hope so, so I'll have someone to talk to! -
Blog has moved!
Doot-doot-doo-doo!
I now have an author website and a matching blog.. So goodbye, LiveJournal. I can't say I liked you much, and now I get to cruise to sparklier surfaces.
I hope to see you at www.jessicaleader.com/blog. Or at the webpage and accompanying poll: www.jessicaleader.com/stuff.html
Bon voyage!
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As you can tell, maybe, I have a new user photo! I'm creating a website now, and according to my fellow Tenners, I needed a professional photo taken, so I found an acquaintance to do it, and voila. You like? I think I like. I think it's right. It's just ( Read more... ) -
Good Things About Today, Even Though it is a Scary Day
1) Today was a scary day. It was my first day back working on The Book of the Dead knowing that I'd have to be able to keep going on it, since there were no interruptions imminent. This means I have to decide, what will I do with the first 120ish pages I've written? Keep forging ahead, or go back and unwind the tangles? I'm still not sure, and ( Read more... ) -
In Which Jess Does In-Person Research for her Work-in-Progress
I have just returned from the wilds of Michigan, where I was embedded (I still think that is a neat word) with six teenagers and two counselors on a trail-maintenance crew, as research for the young adult book I'm working on, currently titled The Book of the Dead.
It was so fun! I learned so much about living in the back-country on a long-term ( Read more... ) -
Ask the Experts, Part II
My next draft of NICE AND MEAN is due July 8th (!!), and for this draft, I'm hunting down every last thing I'm unsure about, trying to make sure it's all accurate. So I did something I haven't done since the early stages: asked the experts.
In case you don't remember intimately the details of NICE AND MEAN, it tells the story of Sachi, a truly ( Read more... ) -
Hi again
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A slippery spiral
Actually, all spirals are slippery, aren't they?
I know I need to update this blog more frequently. I don't because:
* I still sort of post on my private blog on blogger and know I'll have to give it up because the domain name has nothing to do with me or my book. And I think the blog needs to be all about the book
* Sorry, LiveJournal, but I don't ( Read more... ) -
The Art of Making Art
Do you recognize that quotation? It's from one of my all-time favorite pieces of literature, Sunday in the Park with George. It's a Sondheim musical, and it details the process of Georges Seurat as he creates his masterpiece, "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (think I got that right.) In the second act, we see the struggles of ( Read more... ) -
Back from the B'Ded
I call this entry, "Back from the B'Ded" because I'm not back from being anywhere close to dead (just a bad case of the flu), so really where I'm back from is Bed, but that sounds a little salacious for an activity that involved something like 20 hours of sleep in a 28-hour period. It was a real flu--I'll spare you the details--but I think my body ( Read more... )