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Young Adultish: October 2013
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Wednesday, October 16, 2013. No Crying Over Broken Mugs. So this happened. And I can. T help but wonder if it. S wildly symbolic. I. Ve been struggling with writing a tough chapter. That happens when you. Re a writer. Sometimes I put off dealing with tough chapters by distracting myself with making character playlists on Spotify, doing laundry and dishes or making repetitious runs to the Goodwill. But eventually, finally, I force my ass in the chair and write. Los Angeles, CA.
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Young Adultish: June 2013
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Thursday, June 27, 2013. Nine Smells That Take Me Back to High School. My sense of smell is as good as my memory. Hence, the following list. Oh, the allure of a boy drenched in The Drak and sporting a Cliff Huxtable-inspired sweater. Please, oh, please let him ask me to dance to Spandau Ballet’s “True.”. The smell of coconut suntan oil takes me back to every lazy high school day I spent on the beach, which was every lazy high school day I ever had. My mom’s perfume was t...
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Young Adultish: January 2014
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Sunday, January 19, 2014. Book Club: This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales. Remember me, and the way I like to tell you about books I love? Well, I’m here to tell you that THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE by Leila Sales pretty much rocked my weekend. Because I loved it. I loved this book so much I should marry it. 8220;Let’s go down to the pier,” husband said. 8220;One more chapter,” I said, snuggling deeper into the sheets of my cozy bed. Sorry, husband.). Los Angeles, CA.
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Young Adultish: April 2014
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. So Here's 2014 So Far. Whoa, 2014 has been crazy exciting. Crazy. Exciting. I’ve been wanting to share the details of this journey with you all, but it’s gone so fast that when I couldn’t talk about it, I didn’t blog. There’s a lot to cover, so this post is going to be a long one. You’ve been warned. So, in October 2013, I finished the first draft on my third young adult contemporary novel, Shut-In. I sent off my email queries and prepared to wait.
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Young Adultish: December 2013
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Thursday, December 5, 2013. The Truth About Ordering the Cheesecake. I like dessert. I like to order dessert. I like See’s Candies and cake. I don’t understand people who say, “Nobody really cares about the cake at weddings.” First of all, I had a kickass cake at my wedding. Secondly, I’m someone my husband can coerce into attending less-than-exciting events simply by telling me there might be cake there. Here’s what I like best: Dessert after an awesome meal. Hell yeah, I wan...
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Young Adultish: August 2013
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Los Angeles, CA. Author of the contemporary Young Adult novel, UNDERWATER, debuting 1/12/16 from Macmillan/FSG and Macmillan Children's UK. Represented by Kate Testerman of KT Literary. View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. Sixteen To Read YA and MG books debuting in 2016. Are You There Youth? It's Me, Nikki. Funny Strange is Lori Culwell's blog. 2015 YA and MG Debut Authors.
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Young Adultish: May 2013
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Thursday, May 30, 2013. What I Read and What I Saw Last Weekend. It’s not often that I have a three-day weekend where I can truly commit to reading books, watching movies, sitting on the sand and eating freshly made ice-cream cookie sandwiches from a local street fair, but that’s exactly the Memorial Day Weekend I had. And you know what? It rocked. You know why it rocked? You can sometimes have high expectations that end up disappointing big time. Maybe Quinn and Torrin are mo...
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Young Adultish: March 2013
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Thursday, March 28, 2013. The Truth About That Song at the Junior High Dance. Another song came on the radio today. And once again I was instantly transported somewhere. The song today was “Cool Change”. By The Little River Band. Have I even heard this song in the last 20 years? Probably not. Do I wish a cooler song had brought on the flood of this memory? I’m not sure of anything but this moment that I’m in on this dance floor. So I do kiss him. Later. We are outside by the p...
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Young Adultish: March 2014
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The Truth About Poems in the Park. I spent one summer of college working in a delicatessen. There was a boy who came in every day. He sat at a table in the corner with a guitar and a notebook filled with words. One day, when I brought his sandwich out to him, I asked him if he was writing poems. 8220;Sometimes,” he said. “But I mostly write songs.”. While our black coffee went cold on the cement table in front of us. Until it wasn’t. And when he asked,...
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Young Adultish: So Long, 2014
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Stories, Stuff, and Things. Tuesday, December 30, 2014. So Long, 2014. It’s been quite a year, you guys. So I spent ten months in 2013 putting it together. And in October, I had a first draft of SHUT-IN (now UNDERWATER). I had a really strong feeling this book could be THE ONE while I accepted the fact that my other two full manuscripts would only sit safely on a thumb drive, never to be heard from again. Because I am a realist cloaked in a cape of pessimism. And then I’ll take on 2015. December 30, 2014...
