Now that so many TV shows are back on, I’ve been struggling to not allow TV to suck up too much of my time. Here’s a sampler of what I’ve been watching. Project Runway All-Stars It’s oddly comforting to see familiar faces back on the show, and it’s always fun to see what wacky challenges [...]
Since I’ve been jumping from one thing to the next this week, a Friday Five seemed appropriate. Here’s what’s been occupying my brain: 1. My website redesign is almost done! I’m hoping to launch the new site early next week, so stay tuned. 2. My informal ARC tour for My Very UnFairy Tale Life has begun! [...]
Over the weekend I watched The Proposal, mostly because I love Sandra Bullock and I was in the mood for something light and fluffy. As far as rom coms go, it was pretty typical. But as I was watching (and thinking about my WIP revision) I realized there were two very important lessons to be [...]
Ugh, my website is being temperamental today. I had to delete this post and start over, without pictures this time. Hopefully it will work. Okay, here we go: I love recommending good books and movies to people, and it just so happens I’ve come across two of them in the past couple days. On Saturday, [...]
So did you watch “Lost” last night? I’m still processing it, but it did make me want to talk about endings. While I was watching the incredibly long finale, I thought back to what Marla Frazee said at the SCBWI conference: “Endings should disarm us. They should be satisfying and mysterious at the same time.” [...]
Yesterday I was reading an article by Jon Scieszka about his two years as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. It was interesting to hear about his experiences and to get a breakdown of some of the advice he’s been giving people about children and reading over the past two years. Overall the advice [...]
Last night I watched the pilot of the new ABC series “V.” After some initial skepticism, I must say I was rather impressed. The writing was generally strong and the amount of information revealed in the first episode was refreshing. After one hour, we already know why the aliens are there and what their intentions [...]
