DER HELD!
This morning, a lovely person from Dülmen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, visited my website, where (s)he translated THE HERO page into German. (Side note: statcounter is a little creepy, don’t you think?) In...
View ArticleYA Highway: fear itself
Road Trip Wednesday is a “Blog Carnival,” where YA Highway’s contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question and answer it on our own blogs. You can hop from destination to...
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Have you ever taken a personal day to write in your favorite coffee shop, found yourself surrounded by children, and Google searched for an inspirational image to add to your WIP concept board—only to...
View ArticleFriday Angst: SEXISM
September 13, 1994 (Age 13) For many years I have been teased, torn, and filled with anger about something I have tried to change. It exists everywhere, no one’s anger alone can quench it. Sexism. One...
View ArticleYA Highway: doe, a deer
Road Trip Wednesday is a “Blog Carnival,” where YA Highway’s contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question and answer it on our own blogs. You can hop from destination to destination...
View Article“You with the Joyce, you with the Nabokov, you with the Woolf”
…the girl who reads knows the importance of plot. She can trace out the demarcations of a prologue and the sharp ridges of a climax. She feels them in her skin. The girl who reads will be patient with...
View ArticleFriday Angst: IT’S THE LITTLE PEOPLE!
A special Friday Angst just for my little sister. Summer 1995 during a family trip to Wyoming (Age 14): Today we had a picnic. We were walking to our table with our hamburgers when it suddenly started...
View ArticleFriday Angst: the sacrifice
Sunday, December 10, 1995 6:30 am (Age 14) I can’t sleep for worry and pain. Today I have decided to talk to Melissa about Kevin. She always says that she hates him, which makes me angry and jealous....
View ArticleBlog Tour
My friend and agent-sister Maya Rock tagged me for a blog tour spotlighting the writing process, and I procrastinated. I procrastinated when responding to her invitation. I procrastinated when sending...
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