Monthly Archives: September 2008

saturday night me me!

i was tagged by the lovelyelise…it doesn’t matter whatyou do, i know i’ll never reallyget inside of you, to make thoseeyes catch fire the way they should…
what can i say?i’m a cure fan!
i TAG natalie, kiersten, maggie, david band juliette d! i’d tag neil gaiman too,but let’s be real here. ha!1. What are your nicknames?some [...]

closer

it’s difficult for me to believethat ivy is a common garden spider.she looks anything but to me.for all of you i scare with my spideyfotos–you’ll be glad to know thativy is gone. =( i’m hoping she moved.she didn’t last more than a week or soin her little spot amongst the ivy leaves.i don’t know why, [...]

mounting excitement *

so i think i said that visitingextraordinary desserts is a raretreat. then i go just about everyweek. haha! it’s been abusy summer with lots of friendsvisiting, birthdays thrown in, thereforeall the tasty treats.
i was so happy to see my favoritedessert displayed! the mini appletart. powdered sugar is my friend.i was tempted to buy for the [...]

east coast west

i spent over five hours yesterdayat starbucks revising. i’m excitedby these changes–not only do theyhelp to increase tension, but i’mdoing some foreshadowing for thesequel, too.
when i began writing my novel,i didn’t know the ending (tho iknew my climax almost fromthe start). i think deep down,i always suspected there wasa sequel. but i’m strange withmy writing [...]

have nots

i’d like to think of myself as apretty open-minded person. buti finally have to acknowledge adeep-rooted prejudice. at first,when i noticed, i dismissed it.but now, i can’t lie to myself any longer.
i don’t like “had”.i’m not quite sure how manyhads virginia has had (ha!) toinsert into my manuscript. in myodd writerly mind, had really isn’tnecessary. [...]