Archive for January, 2010

Um…Er..Is it wrong to have a crush on my own character?

Hi. My name is Danielle and I have a crush on Grim.
Huh?
What do you mean he’s not real?
He talks to me all day long. He brings me coffee. He tells me stories. He’s real-ish. I guess the part I’m neglecting is the one where I admit he’s my main character in my WIP. So. What? [...]

Friday Featuring…The Hunger Games

Catching the Fire of the Hunger Games
I visit the bookstore a lot. It’s my second home. I like browsing the shelves and seeing what’s out there. I often make lists of books that sound interesting so I can buy them later.
One book I kept coming back to was Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games.  The cover [...]

Friday Featuring…Josh Ritter

I Locked Myself In With The Band, But The Music’s Never Loud Enough
Josh Ritter is a singer/songwriter who stretches the boundaries of folk, country, rock and Americana. His songs are tender, unnerving, sad, haunting, powerful, magical and fun. They tell stories of wolves and trains, of silent movie stars and hopes and dreams of everyday [...]

When Death offers you coffee….*

A few weeks ago, an idea popped into my head. No. Not an idea. A name. I liked it. It was kind of cute. I scribbled some ideas and put it aside for a rainy day.  I had Finn. I had Kenzi.  I didn’t need someone else right now.  Later. Definitely later.
Later turned out to [...]