Monthly Archives: March 2010

Eco-dystopic books

I am working on a new novel and wanted to find out about the current market for my book proposal. My book could be classified as an “eco-dystopia” according to my writing group buddy Peta, which I took to basically … Continue reading

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Idolmania!!!! (or not)– The female contestants

Getting bored of Idol. Bubbly, hilarious Ellen hasn’t saved it. Maybe next week will be better? Anyway here are my notes on the female contestants (in order of last week’s performance): Katie Stevens–Her voice is so big that she ends … Continue reading

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Ray Bradbury on Writing and Rejection

In junior high (aka middle school to some) I did a project on Ray Bradbury and ended up reading all of his short stories that we had in our school library. I was a big fan, but somehow I haven’t … Continue reading

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Informal Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I was going to wait until after my writing group meeting to talk about this, but I really loved loved loved this book. Even though I read this book way back in December, I chose to read it again this … Continue reading

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Writing Tips from BSG

Check out my old blog post on my writing blog called “3 Writing Lessons from Battlestar Galactica“. Here’s an excerpt: So my husband and I loved Battlestar Galactica, and listed to many of the writer/developer/producer Ronald D. Moore’s commentary on … Continue reading

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Making a Book Cover

(via @bookninja

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Lost: In the end you still come back to the island

So does anyone have any theories about how the two parallel story lines are going to come together? I seem to remember someone in the last episode saying something about “the island still got you in the end” (Linus to … Continue reading

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Caprica — Not the same as BSG but also good

I asked BSG fans following #Caprica on twitter what they thought about the show and here is what two people said: @Johnny_Croxford said: “It started as ‘good’, moved into ‘great’ and now has the potential to be ‘awesome’. Time will … Continue reading

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Tips from TV: 3 Writing Lessons from the Olympics

This year’s winter olympics was fun to watch, wasn’t it? The drama, the excitement, the heartbreak.  Hearing the athletes’ stories was inspiring and compelling. And while I was watching, I couldn’t help but think that as a writer, I could … Continue reading

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Mary (who had a little lamb) was from Somerville!

Apparently Mary was from Somerville! According to the article, Mary’s family owned a farm in Sterling, MA and one of the ewe’s had twin lambs. The ewe wouldn’t feed one of the lambs, so Mary took it in and cared … Continue reading

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