Song of the Day: It’s Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World) by The Ramoneshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s2HY1PRSFA Hello all! How was Father’s Day weekend? We shouldn’t celebrate our fathers only one day out of the year (and trust me,…
Archives for 2011
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- June 13, 2011
Song of the Day: We are the Champions by Queenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogKUx_q7ig Hello all! How was the weekend? I must admit, this weekend wasn’t as productive as it should have been. I think I needed a little bit of a break….
Friday Five- Summer Reads! (via Paper Hangover)
Song of the Day: Summertime by Will Smithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtDseXwpJ0U Hello all! Friday Again! You know what that means…Friday Fives! (And well, the weekend!) The blog Paper Hangover hosts its weekly Friday Fives. This week’s question: What are…
Response to V.S. Naipaul’s Comments at his Interview with the Royal Geographic Society
Song of the Day: Where is the Love by The Black Eyed Peaswww.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc Hello all! As I stated on Monday, I have a response to V.S. Naipaul’s comments about women in his interview with the Royal Geographic Society. I…
Time to Party- 150 Follower Contest!
Song of the Day: The Party Song by Blink 182www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-56hf6O80 Hello all! Yesterday I blogged about the Wall Street Journal article on YA being too dark and tomorrow I’ll be blogging about the V.S. Naipaul’s comments about women. I thought…
Wall Street Journal Article on YA- My Views
Song of the Day: Wake up Everybody by John Legend and The Roots feat. Melanie Fiona and Commonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgxJ6JrPkc Hello all! Hope everyone is having a great week so far. As I stated in my post yesterday, I have a…
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- June 6, 2011
Song of the Day: Heart of a Champion by Nellywww.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwZBqGPgVE Hello all! What was the weekend like this time? I had another productive one. I revised 60 pages of my novel, and also got a lot of other things…
Friday Fives- “But I don’t Wanna…” Excuses Writers Should Nix (via Paper Hanover)
Song of the Day: Excuses by Alanis Morisettewww.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Dy9YmMPUw The blog Paper Hangover hosts its weekly Friday Fives! This week’s question is: What are FIVE excuses you have to be ready to give up in order to be a better writer? …
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- June 1, 2011
Song of the Day: Dreams by Van Halenwww.youtube.com/watch?v=3Snf9oQ_ErM Hello all! This post is ridiculously late, but I got swamped yesterday and I didn’t get a free moment. I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. I usually discuss something writing…
Friday Fives- Top Internet Distractions (via Paper Hangover)
Song of the Day: Distractions by Paul McCartneywww.youtube.com/watch?v=HcSR3u_uQLQ The blog Paper Hangover hosts its weekly Friday Fives! This week’s question is: What are FIVE of your most distracting (procrastination-worthy) things (habits, websites, etc.) on the Internet? 1. Twitter This site is the…
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- May 23, 2011
Song of the Day: Success by Duran Duranwww.youtube.com/watch?v=lHmT3Pq6xaI Hello all! Hope the weekend was phenomenal! It’s safe for me to say that I had a rather literary kind of weekend. On Saturday I went to a spoken word event, and…
Friday Fives- What I Can’t Live Without When I Write (via Paper Hangover)
Song of the Day: Can’t Live Without You by Charlie Wilsonwww.youtube.com/watch?v=th7QEjbB1qM Hello all! It’s time for Friday Fives again. This week the blog, Paper Hangover poses the question: What are five things you can’t live without when you’re writing…