Joëlle Anthony
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Missing me? I’ve been packed for shipping.
I don't really know what day it is, so I guess it doesn't matter what topic I post about. Probably all my readers have disappeared because I've been such a slacker lately anyway...so I guess it's time to confess...the reason I have not been blogging is because we are...
It’s A Cake Walk by Joëlle Anthony
My fiancé stared at me in disbelief and then his face broke into an encouraging smile. “What? You don’t think I can make our wedding cake?” I asked, miffed at his lack of confidence. Maybe I wasn’t a trained chef but it’s not like I was self-taught or anything. Jamie...
Children of the River by Linda Crew
If the first five pages of your manuscript are not as good as the first five pages of this book, you better get back to them. This is the first chapter I am going to hold my writing up against from now on. P.S. I know the whole book is great, even though I had to stop...
Remodel vs. My Writing – Guess who’s winning?
I usually don't write about my personal life too much, but I'm hating that my website isn't updated all the time like I want it to be, so today I'm going to give you my excuse. We are in the middle of a remodel/overhaul of our house/possessions. We are remodeling,...
Growin’ Pains by Mary Blount Christian
I got this book about fifteen years ago when I took a course from The Institute of Children's Literature (great course). I've hung onto it because I remembered liking it so much. I'm paring down, getting rid of books (if anyone wants this one, drop me a line), so I...
Totally off-topic – Victor and the Ragtops at The Bluebird Cafe
I know Tuesday is Teen Topic day, but today we're taking a little detour to music. As anyone who's perused my website knows, I am married to a singer/songwriter/musician/actor. While he leans towards old-time music now, once upon a time, he made his living as a...
A day behind! Today is humor day…
So, I was all set to write about My Writing/Your Writing, but that's on Wednesdays. Yesterday I did a Teen Topic which is usually on Tuesdays! As you can see, I'm obviously a day behind. I confess, this is because I was partying. On Sunday we went to a big music party...
Fifteen Things You Didn’t Know About Mosquitoes by Joëlle Anthony
You’re just getting comfortable with your sweetie on the glider, the sun is setting, and the air is finally cooling off. But instead of sweet nothings being whispered in you ear, it’s the unmistakable whiny buzz of your not-so-friendly neighborhood mosquito. Take...
Need To Read update
As usual, I'm not blogging on the weekend, but I did update Need To Read. It's worth checking out.
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
I forayed into adult nonfiction for a change. I think this might be called a memoir. Yeah...that's where it would be shelved. This is the description on the title page: Julie and Julia 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage,...
Thursday Humor
Because of the Red Hair article, I have a lot more people stopping by my website these days. I find that kind of ironic since when I first began my website, I came up with all these gorilla marketing techniques and ideas to get people to come by and see what I was...
Laughing Gas
I am dating myself when I say that I remember my mother dropping me off at grade school and then getting in line for rationed gas. The line stretched all the way back to the school, which was about seven or eight blocks from the station, and it wasn’t even open yet....
Teen Topic – Police in the schools
Sooooo....it appears I've been leaving out a character in my YA books. The school police officer. Call me totally uninformed, but I didn't know that schools had real police officers in their hallways. I mean, I knew that some inner-city schools had turned to that (a...
Writing without a desk…(scroll down for Red Hair article if that’s what you came here for)
A few months ago, we bought me a writing studio on ebay. This is a picture of it. Unfortunately, it is in Idaho Falls, ID and we're not. We had to put it in storage until we could go and get it, and I'm happy to say that the day is coming soon. Next month we will go...
Strike Two
(this guy is supposed to be shrugging his shoulders like, "huh?" but I guess it's not going to work. Use your imagination!) I hate it when I get a string of books I don't like because then not only am I wasting my reading time, but I have nothing to blog about. So,...
Offended
I just read a young adult book that offended me. I'm not easily offended at all and while there are plenty of books out there I don't like because of the topic or the graphic detail, I generally don't pass judgment on them based on an author's choice of language. This...
Thusday Humor – Moonlighting
Pre-haircut - Mr. Fatboy with the Fatman Well, it turns out that if this writing thing doesn't work for me, I can get a job as a cat hair stylist. As long as you don't mind if your cat looks like it's been attacked by a drunk sheep shearer. I have a lovely manx cat...
A countdown of the twenty-five most overused things in MG & YA fiction
Copyright notice: This article is copyrighted Joelle Anthony 2007. If you like this and you want to share, I am thrilled. However, I would prefer that you link to this post or my website as opposed to cutting and pasting it to your blog. If you feel like you really...