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Why Austenland is (possibly) a better movie than a book 26 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
I loved Shannon Hale's Austenland as a book. And I know, it seems weird for an author to say she liked the movie better, but there are a few cases where a movie that is done very, very well (and usual...
How Walking Makes You Go Faster 26 Aug 2013 | 11:39 pm
At my race this weekend, one of the things I planned to do was walk through every aid station and beyond, until I felt ready to run again. This race (a half Iron) hadn't been a planned part of my sche...
Utah Half 2013 Race Report 26 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
I had a great time on this race, and also PR'd (at least for the full distance, since my other two faster times had a short bike or a short swim). Last year I did 5:25. This year I did 5:16. This year...
Being Shakespeare 23 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
I had an English professor when I was an undergrad who liked to say that Shakespeare should have written less. Well, let’s think about that a bit. Shakespeare should have written less. Now, I will ad...
Feminism in Romance #1: Notting Hill 22 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm
I was watching Notting Hill this weekend for the umpteenth time. Yeah, I know it’s fluff. Yeah, I know romantic comedy. Rich movie star girl falls for everyday guy. Hugh Grant with the floppy hair. Fu...
Being Broken 20 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
I get uncomfortable when people ask me for my “advice” about how to deal with grief. This is because I feel that there is a cultural imperative that grief must be “dealt” with. It must be silenced. Yo...
Monday Book Recs--Death iof a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis 19 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
If you are not reading this series (beginning with The Boy in the Suitcase), you are really missing out on the best female-centered crime fiction I've ever read. I liked The Girl with the Dragon Tatto...
That Writer Can Really Only Write One Kind of Story 15 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
Why is it that some writers seem to be able to write anything, any genre, to any age, with any voice they choose? And other writers who try to move from one genre to another fail miserably? I bet you ...
Let's Get You Stronger 14 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
This was what one of my therapists said to me on my first visit. She wasn’t wrong, but I was not ready to hear what she had to say, and it was another couple of years before I tried another therapist....
What you do when your book has lost its soul 13 Aug 2013 | 05:09 am
Sadly, this happens all too often to us writers. We work on a book for too long and then we forget all the reasons that we liked the book in the first place. We begin to wonder if we should just move ...
