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Eating Good in the Neighborhood (or not) |
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The Bio of Staggering Importantness. Eating Good in the Neighborhood (or not). Published May 3, 2012. Ah, the cult. Ivation of food. What would we be without it? I don’t even want to think about it. Please don’t make me. Whimpers in corner, clutching coffee*. My Preciousss. It is minesss. Mines by rightses! Ahem Right. Where was I? Agriculture is a huge part of society, because you know, it deals with food and how we get it. In fact, I would say it is the most important part of civilization. Is it in abo...
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Romance is yucky | Leanne D. Baldwin's Blog
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Leanne D. Baldwin's Blog. Posted by Leanne D Baldwin. August 26, 2011. Yesterday, writer-blogger Jen Burke of Jen’s Bookshelf. Wrote a post about how she hates to write battle scenes. At the end of it, she asked readers to talk about what scenes. So there’s no category of scene that I hate writing, apparently. But. Well, that’s a whole ‘nother thing. Went on to place seventh in the competition, the second honorable mention. And none of it would have happened if I had allowed my aversion to romance to sto...
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Book Recommendations: Fantasy Edition |
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The Bio of Staggering Importantness. Book Recommendations: Fantasy Edition. Published July 24, 2012. This post is for those of you struggling through the fantasy challenge, or just looking for a good recommendation. All excerpts taken from Goodreads. Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit i...
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Pages and Stardust: July 2011
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The musings of an agent intern and astrophysicist. Friday, July 29, 2011. Friday Fives: First Lines. Today's Friday Fives from Paper Hangover. Are particularly awesome: What are your top five favorite first lines? 1 First, enjoy this time! By Ron Currie, Jr. 2 I am dead, but it's not so bad. - Warm Bodies. 3 Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aurelio Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. - One Hundred Years of Solitude. The goal of t...
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I’m Back |
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The Bio of Staggering Importantness. Published July 17, 2012. But not in black. It’s too hot to wear black. Seriously, I feel like I’m swimming in an active volcano. On Mercury. So, on that note, has anyone read any good books lately? What is everyone listening to at the moment? I’ve been listening to a lot of K-pop. I know,. K-pop But a lot of it is really quite good, better than most American pop. I fell in love with it like you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once*. July 17, 2012 at 10:35 PM.
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One Writer’s Harrowing Journey (With Pictures!): April 2011
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One Writer’s Harrowing Journey (With Pictures! Friday, April 29, 2011. Festival of Books: Go In With A Plan. I remember the first time I attended the L.A. Times Festival of Books three years ago. It was overwhelming. UCLA is a big campus and there was something calling for my attention in every nook and cranky of it. I didn’t know where to begin and by the time I realized I wanted to attend a panel it had already taken place either earlier that day, or the day before. Look at the schedule ahead of time:.
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