October 2011
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I hate the stigma about going to a coffee...
I always overhear people talking about how they think it’s so fake and pretentious… Things like “People with laptops in Barnes and Noble aren’t fooling anyone” or “The only reason they write in public so people will know they’re writers,” it’s become sort of a joke.
From Family Guy: -Hey getting some writing done there buddy? -Yep, setting up...
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Trying to write a description of this novel...
The synopsis part for my NaNo page, but everything I write sounds so lame! lol. I just cannot make this concept sound as cool as it is in my head… I might need to explain it to someone who is not invested and see if they can describe it, because when I try to summarize and be vague I just get all tangled up in run-on sentences and cliches.
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Ahhh! I need to find a macbook charger before...
I was prepping for NaNo in October, doing some research and taking notes so in November I could just get busy. But my laptop charger has been on the fritz. It’d been charging, but intermittently, for a few weeks I’d have to plug and unplug it a few times to get it to a full charge or to keep it running on AC rather than battery. The other day though, I was at like 10% when I opened it...
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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via oatsandsparkle)
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I am absolutely incapable of writing in the...
Every once in a while I try, but it just feels so strange to be narrating things as they happen. I have read some great novels that are written in the present tense, and I didn’t think twice about it feeling strange or forced. But when I try to do it in my own work it just feels so foreign to me. To say “I go over to the refrigerator and make myself a sandwich” instead of...
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About me:
• I am in my mid 20s. • I attended Simmons College in Boston to study Communications (Media). • But I graduated from UNC Charlotte with a Bachelors in English Literature and a minor in Film Studies. • I like nerdy things; Comics, Computers, Video Games, Table-top/Board Games, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. • I also like artsy things; Museums, Film, Pop Culture, Old Literature, and Creative Writing. • One of my...
