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Guillermo del Toro: Pinocchio
Like probably a lot of people, my first exposure to Pinocchio was via Disney’s 1940 animated film. I watched it as a child and didn’t particularly care for it––even as a little girl I had a strong dislike for characters that made obviously poor decisions. I also remember it being terribly sad. So when I…
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One Image Every Day
Back in 2009 I did a 365 photography project. In a project like this, you commit to making one image every day for the year. It can be a pretty serious undertaking, especially if you’re a busy person or have a very routine life, and especially if both of these things are true. Both of…
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Back to the Bloggin’ Life
Hello internet! Welcome (back) to my blog! I remember back when I first heard of blogging, in 2004. It was a new thing, this writing and posting and interacting on the internet, in your own space that didn’t belong to some big company, where you could talk about whatever you wanted for as long as…
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The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever
Last summer while perusing Pinterest I came across this cookie recipe from the blog For Me, For You. The title and notes in the pins caught my eye – Was this cookie really so good that I’d never want another chocolate chip cookie recipe? Was this really the be-all-end-all recipe for my absolute favorite cookie?…
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2012 Project: Sky Scarf
I learned to knit a few years ago and loved it, but between work, writing and life I hardly ever have any time to do it. So I’ve decided to ease back into knitting with a 365 knitting project. Yes, I know how ridiculous that sounds, but this is project that should be fairly easy…
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Hello 2012, or What I Was Up To In 2011
Hello, internet, I’ve missed you. Last winter I started off the year with the belief that I was going to blog regularly. I thought that if I expanded my blog topics to include, well, everything, that I’d never run out of things to blog about. What I didn’t realize was that it wasn’t a shortage…
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Molly Harper: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf
Title: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf Author: Molly Harper Genre: Paranormal Chick-Lit Publisher: Simon and Schuster Pocket Books Back Cover Copy: Even in Grundy, Alaska, it’s unusual to find a naked guy with a bear trap clamped to his ankle on your porch. But when said guy turns into a wolf, recent southern…
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Coming Out of the Writing Closet
I have a confession. It’s a deep, dark secret that I haven’t really talked about here before. I am writing a book. Yes, you heard me right. I’m just over 30,000 words into my first draft of a young adult novel about a girl who doesn’t know she’s a witch. Please don’t laugh too hard,…
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
I first saw the trailer for the Fantastic Mr. Fox in the theater in 2009. I fell in love with the look and feel of the animation, but when the movie actually released I was in the midst of preparing to move across the country. The story of Mr. Fox fell off my personal radar…
