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On Flying | Hot Pink Underwear
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Little secrets. My stories. Wanna see? This entry was posted on November 13, 2014, in Musings. A show about planes aired on PBS last night. Images of early wood-and-canvas aircrafts flashed on the screen. A black-and-white still of a World War I general. The narrator’s deep voice captured the general’s sentiment without irony:. These flimsy flying contraptions have no place in battle! One hundred years later, the general seems so distant. I can’t stop thinking about her. I bought her book,. She was diagn...
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Author Interviews | Hot Pink Underwear
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Little secrets. My stories. Wanna see? In the 1980s I wanted to be Phil Donahue because 1.) he got to meet smart people, 2.) he could ask them whatever he wanted, and 3.) he was on TV holding a microphone. Eventually, I may hold a microphone on TV, but ta-da! I can interview smart people without a microphone. Selene Castrovilla on her YA novel. Missy Anne Peterson on her debut novel. Christa Desir on her debut YA novel. Erica Lorraine Scheidt on her debut YA novel. On the shelf. It is more explicit a...
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Delirium Delirium | Hot Pink Underwear
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Little secrets. My stories. Wanna see? This entry was posted on June 30, 2013, in Musings. And tagged about writing. Girls on Fire members (and future Casting Directors), Kiley and Cassie. NEWSFLASH: The hottest book club in America–the Girls on Fire Summer Book Club–has started meeting again. True to form, the girls were on fire Friday to rant about the non-ending ending of Requiem. Lauren Oliver’s conclusion to the Delirium. To caffeinate/dish about books/characters we loved/hated. Under the Never Sky.
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Ivy Book Bindings: Review: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Review: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh. The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1). Though I have long been a fan of the Arabian Nights,. Re-tellings of this classic have often fallen short of the sheer magic contained within the original. Whether it be Disney's re-imagining of Aladdin. Or even the numerous references to Ali Baba, Sinbad, and other stories that litter modern literature, there remains a uniqueness to the original Arabian Nights. And I prefer my re-...
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Ivy Book Bindings: March 2015
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Monday, March 30, 2015. In Which I Meet My Favorite Author OF ALL TIME. Yes, you read that right. I went to a book event. And I met my favorite author EVER. If you don't already know who that is, it's Kristin Cashore, writer of Graceling, Fire,. The Seven Kingdoms trilogy is a fantasy trilogy with Fire. Kristin on The Winner's Crime. I guess what I love about Marie's books and these ones in particular is that it's just got a certain emotional intelligence. They're very plot driven, they're definitely...
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Ivy Book Bindings: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Review: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh. The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1). Though I have long been a fan of the Arabian Nights,. Re-tellings of this classic have often fallen short of the sheer magic contained within the original. Whether it be Disney's re-imagining of Aladdin. Or even the numerous references to Ali Baba, Sinbad, and other stories that litter modern literature, there remains a uniqueness to the original Arabian Nights. And I prefer my re-...
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Writer Girls Who Make Me Scream | Hot Pink Underwear
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Little secrets. My stories. Wanna see? Writer Girls Who Make Me Scream. This entry was posted on October 15, 2013, in Musings. And tagged 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. Me with writer gal pals Sydney (left) and Carrie (right). Today I wanna celebrate. Partly because I’m sick of my own Sad Sackery. But mostly because there are so many amazing writer girls in my world and I WANNA SCREAM ABOUT THEM! So I’m gonna. And her wisdom about being a writer. And about being a human. Carrie MADE that hat. You don...
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The foulest of today | Hot Pink Underwear
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Little secrets. My stories. Wanna see? The foulest of today. This entry was posted on September 24, 2014, in Musings. I’m in a real temper. Little things have piled up–solicitors and criminals and things that need fixing–such that I’m completely hair-pulling-unable-to-cope-with-life mega angry AAAAAAAAAH! But I don’t need to punch or overpower or behead anybody, right? I can just slump over, make my ugly face, and tell you. Today’s List of Foul Stuff. The broken string on my daughter’s cello. The call I ...
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God Thoughts | Hot Pink Underwear
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Little secrets. My stories. Wanna see? This entry was posted on December 13, 2012, in Musings. I’ve been thinking about God lately. I imagine a guy enamored with model trains, spending all his time in the basement painting tiny evergreen trees and rail cars carrying fake coal and those yellow and black striped crossing signs. The Big Engineer knows every detail of the goings on in Train Town. He loves the town and is sad when something breaks or when a townsperson falls off the table. The Train Town me.
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Finding a way back | Hot Pink Underwear
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Little secrets. My stories. Wanna see? Finding a way back. This entry was posted on October 8, 2013, in Musings. And tagged Brene Brown. Last night I was telling my husband why I’ve been such a bitch lately. I get lost, see. I get sad and lonely and feel unworthy. Then I do bad things. Anyway, I’m at McDonald’s trying to ignore the big TVs (and the feeling of shame for eating at McDonald’s) by watching Brené Brown’s Ted Talk on vulnerability. I’m not a fragile flower or anything, it’s just th...I was sel...
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