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My 21 Most Influential Books

June 24, 2009
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My BFF Casey recently tagged me on a Facebook meme, listing her "15 most influential books." I was intrigued. Bands get asked who their influences are all the time. What about authors? Think for a minute…which books were your most influential books? And I don’t just mean ones that you enjoyed, but ones that resonated with you so deeply…

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Bosom Companions

June 3, 2009
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"Oh, I’m so glad she’s pretty. Next to being beautiful oneself–and that’s impossible in my case–it would be best to have a beautiful bosom friend." ~Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery Blush and Bashful, a.k.a "Pink & Pink" Sunday, May 31, 2009 My feet were killing me. I lost a ridiculous amount of sleep because my left ankle…

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The Friendly Skies

June 2, 2009
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(Due to the sheer awesomeness that was "Alethea’s Adventures at BEA 2009, andWhat She Found There", I will begin at the end and go on until I come to the beginning. Because I am the princess and I said so.) ********************************************** The Friendly SkiesMonday June 1, 2009 It’s been said — and I’ve mentioned it before myself — that…

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Tomorrow’s Fair Game

May 20, 2009
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For those of you not following along on Twitter & Facebook, I got hit with a pretty serious bout of food poisoning Monday night (thank you Wing Stop, Murfreesboro). I lost about 36 hours to vomiting and blinding fever so I’m now behind on everything: work, laundry, packing for the next trip, posting the pictures of Mo*Con, charging my…

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On the Horizon

April 23, 2009
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In the next few weeks I’m redoing my website in WordPress, so I’m putting up a bunch of blog posts I’ll be able to refer back to. I figured I’d repost them to LJ, ’cause…why the heck not? But I’ll save you pain & suffering by putting them behind a cut. If I can figure out how to do…

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A Rat a Day Keeps the Perky People Away

April 22, 2009
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Pearls Before Swine PLUSH FIGURES. SQUEEE!!! I’ve seen them first hand. They look really, really nice.  I am a huge PBS fan. I interviewed creator Stephan Pastis for the Genre Chicks a while back. Completely fell in love with the man.You should too. You can get Zebra, Croc, Pig, and Rat for only about $6 apiece, and shipping’s pretty decent…especially…

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Susan Boyle: It Takes One to Know One

April 15, 2009
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I was all set to write an Apex essay about introverts and tornadoes, but–as happens to writers from time to time–recent events compelled me to take my thoughts in another direction. Not about the huge lot of repairs my car suddenly needs, or the Unabomber squirrel who’s taken up residence in my attic, or the convention season I’m about…

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