Book Title: Words on Paper

One-sentence summary: A girl is reading a book, where the characters realize that they are alive and attempt to find the girl before she finishes the book.

First part:

It was winter and Abigail was very cold, but not in the way that makes someone tremble. She was cold in the way that makes a person numb. It had little to do ( Read more... )

First things first... I might, keyword might, have some really exciting news to post re: my writing in the coming weeks. I won't say more about it because I don't want to jinx things, but things are definitely looking promising!

This summer, I'll be spending at least two weeks in London. Possibly I'll extend my trip into other parts of the UK, or ( Read more... )

Alright, I've decided to start entering some screenwriting competitions. It'll be a while before I go to New York, so this is a good way to keep myself busy while I'm staying in the suburbs of MN.

My main objective is the Nicholls Fellowship. I'm polishing up a script I wrote a couple years ago called "The Villains of Salamanca." It's a historical ( Read more... )

... and then I have to write 1,000 words of my novel, in keeping with my 2011 goals.

Life has been very exciting for me. Getting to meet up with my friends in Tucson was a revelation: even though a lot had happened since I saw everybody, it was as if no time had passed at all. The connections were all still there.

Have not stopped thinking about ( Read more... )

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In general I'm feeling really good today. There's going to be a lot to keep my mind busy. I had some scary news from my mother: when she went in for her last checkup, the doctor found what appeared to be a lump in her breast. She's going in for a mammogram today and will have the results in another three days. I'm praying for her that the doctor ( Read more... )

12 Stories of Animals Saving People:
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( under the cut to save my friendslist from wangst )

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After taking a huge step forward yesterday, I had a bit of a relapse today. I attempted to write, and immediately became filled with fear and self-loathing. So I went out to the park and read for a while on my Kindle (which I love, btw. If you do a lot of reading, it's well worth the price) and ate some organic food ( Read more... )

In 2009 in Britain, a four-year-old boy tried to give a week-old Cocker Spaniel puppy a bath... in the toilet. He flushed the puppy down as his mother came running in and told her what he'd done. The mom, assuming the poor thing was dead, ran out to the manhole in the street. Now this is where what, in all likelihood, would have ended an extremely ( Read more... )