Real Life Adventures Category

The Babbling Paradigm

Recently, at a book signing, an author told at story about meeting Sue Grafton. This author was at a major publishing event, one of those ALA’s or RT’s or RWA conferences where authors at different stages of their careers hobnob with the other members of their profession. You all know who Sue Grafton is, right? […]

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True Neutral

I’ve been taking this blog far too seriously. Okay, I really believe in the importance of philosophy in modern society, and I love writing stuff, and all the crap, but let’s face it that stuff is boring. Here’s a less serious blog post. Pottermore, you lost me at Slytherin. Yep. I entered Pottermore beta almost […]

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Defending The Hunger Games

Just because we like something does not mean that we shouldn’t be critical of it. In general, I like the United States Government. I reap the benefits of centralized government. This does not mean I should just sit back and let them do what they want because I generally agree. I need to remain critical […]

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Reality Sets In

I’m moving to Los Angeles. I’m moving to Los Angeles! Oh, my God, I’m moving to Los Angeles. Well, not until later in the year, but reality is setting in and it’s setting in hard. The other day, my dad told me we needed to talk about when we wanted to head out there. To […]

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The Obligatory Post on Self-Doubt

I write this now so I can refer to it in the future. You know, because a time will come when I don’t feel this awesome. Every author struggles with self-doubt. Does this sentence work? This might be the most terrible thing ever written. Am I ever going to be published? What if I don’t […]

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Resolute: We Are Strong

That’s right. Two weeks in, I’m giving you a New Year’s Resolution Post featuring (gratuitous capitalization)! Let’s dive right in. Start/Join a band Don’t talk about “The-Book-That-Will-Not-Be-Named” or, more commonly, “You-Know-What”. Save up $10,000 to move to LA Punch anyone who says “You’re so young!” Be more Internet social Read 100 books. Let’s go in […]

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