April 2012
Friend: On a scale of 1 to 10, how obsessed are you with Harry Potter.
Me: Nine and three quarters
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March 2012
themaisinator asked: The tweets about Rue broke my heart. I feel like there's this new wave of racism rearing it's ugly head and it's absolutely terrifying... How are we not above this yet? ):
lostkeyproductions asked: I completely agree with you about the whole Rue debacle. It really mks me sick at heart what people have been saying and considering my fairly protected upbringing it surprises me just how much hate there is out there for such an amazing little girl. She did such an amazing job and I cried so hard I dont think they could have made a better choice for the role. I hope she knows there are more...
leeloo359 asked: I feel your pain about Rue. I couldn't sleep last night. Literally, I got to bed around 3. I was so bothered and annoyed and kept tossing. I kept waking my boyfriend up and asking for a hug. He and I talked for a long time on racism as we are a mixed race couple. and the entire thing just left me feeling sick and hunted.
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Guys... the Rue thing is still really bugging me.
I hate to be the angry black woman. In fact, I spend most of my life trying really hard NOT to be the angry black woman just because the stereotype of “The Angry Black Woman” exists. But it literally pains me, hurts my heart to the core, all the bullshit people said about Rue being black in The Hunger Games. I mean, let’s not even address the fact that it says explicitly in the...
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The Dos and Don'ts of Novel Endings →
In learning how to end your novel with a punch, it’s important to know what you can and can’t do to write success novel endings that attract agents, publishers and, most important, readers. Here are the dos and don’ts of writing a strong closer.
Source: http://www.writersdigest.com
nickmiller:
“I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.” —Hemingway (The Paris Review)
I didn't write anything today.
And I’m going to bed.
I’m off my game… But I’ll try again tomorrow.
How to Get Your Book Banned in Arizona
fishingboatproceeds:
Step 1: Write about people who aren’t white.
Step 2: THERE IS NO STEP TWO.
You will very rarely see me curse, tumblypoos, but…but…I mean, what the fuck? How is this even possible? This reads like an Onion article.
To be clear, it is now ILLEGAL to teach de la Pena’s novel (which I’ve read and which is excellent) in schools, not because the book contains violence or drug...
Why Libraries Are Different From Piracy
fishingboatproceeds:
Yesterday on twitter, I expressed annoyance with the hundreds of people who send me emails or tumblr messages or whatever to let me know that they illegally downloaded one of my books, as if they expect me to reply with my hearty congratulations that they are technologically sophisticated enough to use google or whatever. (I dislike it when people pirate my books. I know...
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methadonegritty asked: if you don't mind me asking, what's your total wordcount on your novel? :3
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Is it bad that I'm excited to get into bed before...
I’m such a nerd.
even-angels-fall-down asked: How many words do you write a day or whenever you do write? You mentioned somethig about how you owe yourself 4,000 words so is that how much? I want to make myself have a certain amount I write every weekend so I can keep writing always.
are you ever just reading a book and you come...
teachingliteracy:
siriuslysalvatore
“you are my sun,my moon,and all my stars”
– e. e. cummings
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I've been slacking the last 4 days.
And by slacking I mean, my boyfriend was in town, so I did absolutely nothing. So I owe myself 4,000 words. Don’t mind me, I’ll just be here.
At Panera.
Writing forever.
Anonymous asked: what is the meaning of it is the halve of halve in the poem
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“It does help, to be a writer, to have the sort of crazed ego that doesn’t allow...”
– Neil Gaiman, On Writing
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I really, really like the first half of my novel.
But the second half is giving me hell.
