Tag Archives: DEXTER

Fast Five…

1. I read this morning thatJennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall are getting divorced. The news makes me way more sad than it should, seeing as how I don’t know them at all. But I love me some DEXTER and I love both of them as actors. And they are freakin’ cute together! And, and…I [...]

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Road Trip Wednesday: The Hunger Games

In case you haven’t heard (and if you haven’t, where have you been the last…uh…forever?), a little book called Mockingjay was released yesterday. And in celebration, YA Highway wants to know: How would YOU impress (or not impress) the Hunger Games judges? Um, right. I can’t answer this question, because I – gasp! – have [...]

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I am not my characters

If you have ever watched DEXTER*, you know that Deb has a filthy mouth. Seriously–you know the phrase “swear like a sailor”? Well, Debra Morgan makes sailors blush. Her vocabulary is just that dirty. All the cussing probably bothers some people when they watch the show, but it doesn’t really phase me. But, at the [...]

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Outlining: a timeline

Phase 1: I am so excited. Ohmygoodness! This is going to be the best book ever. I can’t, can’t, CAN’T wait to start writing it. This book is going to make my wildest dreams come true! Phase 2: My characters ROCK! I love them so much, and so will everyone else. This is going to [...]

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Road Trip Wednesday: reactions

For Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway wants to know: “What’s everyone’s reaction when they find out you’re writing a book?” I talked ranted about one of the most common things I hear last week, so I won’t talk about that one again. Aside from that, the number one response I get when I tell people [...]

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My, that’s a mighty fine 5 chapters you’ve got there…

Happy National Punctuation day! Posts in honor of National Punctuation Day have been popping up all over the interwebs today. Some of my favorites are: At Barnes&Noble.com, you can learn (finally!) how to correctly use the hyphen. Seriously, incorrectly used hyphens grate at me. There is a difference between a hyphen, an em dash, and [...]

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Personality Toolkit: Sacrifice

As per usual….before the real post: Carrie Harris is getting published! The world needs more Zombies, and No Pain, No Brain sounds awesome. Head on over to Carrie’s blog and congratulate her. Also, Kiersten White has a great post on her blog today about the harm caused by hurtful words. Words like Lashes reminds us [...]

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