Joëlle Anthony
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writing and soup
I'm not going to update for a few days because I'm getting great comments on the post about roles in writing/life (below) so I want to keep it near the top. However, I'm having fun over at my other blog, Sunday Soup.
Roles in life, roles in writing
When my husband and I first moved in together, we had each lived alone and were pretty pleased to find out that now there was someone else to do some of the household chores! We sort of felt our way along, dividing up chores figuring it out as we went. For example, I...
Candy
An important announcement about candy is here on Need To Read.
Candy
Imagine that you had plenty of candy growing up. You had it when you wanted it, but because of its availability, you enjoyed it but didn't think about it much. Then imagine that you were an adult and you moved to a small town. While you could still have some candy,...
Why I Don’t Buy Books
Yes, I see the irony here. I hope to have a book out someday that lots of people buy, but I rarely buy books myself. Here's why: Clutter - I really don't like having stuff around me. I have one bookshelf with the books that would be hard to get if I didn't own them...
Eat Your Veggies
I generally don't stray too far from the writing path on this blog. If I want to write about something my cat did, I try to turn it into a humorous essay so it's a writing exercise. However, I'm going to have to stretch a bit to connect today's topic with writing, so...
Bookworm on a break
For no reason that I have been able to come up with, other than I just don't feel like it, I have not read a book in five days! This might be the longest I've gone in years without reading. I have a stack of both library books and books I bought...and yet, there they...
My Blog Reader Appreciation Day!
Generally when I'm writing, I think about my book a lot. You know, what happens next, who does my character crush on, what kind of shoes does she wear and how can I get a pair...those kinds of things. But as many of you know, I finished my manuscript five weeks ago...
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One True Love
Recently on agent, Kristin Nelson's blog, there has been a discussion about what you, as a writer, can learn from best selling books, regardless of what one might call "the quality of the writing". Now I think Ms. Nelson makes some interesting points, and while I...
First Friday Five continued
1. I'm not really sure what a Friday Five is, but from all the blogs I'm reading these days, I'm starting to see a pattern. Lots of writers do lists of five random things on Fridays and share with the world. I guess I missed the memo. Better late to the party than...
Sunday Lunch continued
Any of you who have hung out here for a while, or perused the rest of my site, know that my all time favorite books are from the Betsy-Tacy series. Starting when Betsy is in high school, they have a thing called Sunday Lunch. Every Sunday evening (I know? Lunch in the...
Friday Five continued
1. Yesterday, while out walking, my new character told me her story...well, the beginning anyway. I am in a quandary now though because I don't want to start messing with a new book if my agent is going to get back to me next week and ask for more revisions... 2. On...
Mr. Darcy’s got nothing on Jesse – THE MEDIATOR SERIES
I know...as a hotblooded female, I'm supposed to think that Mr. Darcy is the all-time winner in the literary dreamboat, perfect-man category, but I'm here to say, I've fallen for another. In Meg Cabot's THE MEDIATOR series, our fair heroine (okay, butt-kicking...
Missing Miss Snark
Missing Miss Snark! and her little dog too... It's been one year since the scintillating Miss Snark hung up her stilettos and got back to the real work at hand...gin and reading thrillers. Thank you Miss Snark for all you taught me (and everyone else). While I know...
Patience, Grasshopper…Let’s hear it for the agents!
If you want a literary agent, or if you have a literary agent, and you've ever thought to yourself, "Sheesh...why does it take so friggin' long?" ** Well, then this is something you should not miss. Agent, Janet Reid, lays her weekend out for you in one succinct post....
Tagged continued…
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. 2. Each player answers the questions about themselves. 3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve...
SPANKING SHAKESPEARE by Jake Wizner
Really, really funny. And touching and all the good stuff. Quirky too. And while I think I now know more about seventeen year old boys' personal habits than maybe I need to know, it was definitely a great read!