With the smell of pumpkin cookies in the oven, I'm doing my best to get in the mood for the upcoming week. Aside from the 12 hour drive I'm...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Finish Line
I can see it. Really, it's two days away. Granted, the ending is always the worst part--hot, sweaty, exhausting, with piles of paperwork. Well,...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving
Is it bad that I really just want this holiday to be over?Yeah, probably.Now, it's not that I'm not grateful. I love my family, my husband,...
Monday, November 16, 2009
And She's Out...
Twitter account has been deleted.Blog will now be focused on anthropological stuff, and grad school related fun.All manuscript files have been...
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday Five
Today's Friday Five brought to you by the fact I'm too lazy to go look over my lesson plan for later today.(Wait, I have to come up with five...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
In which I will not rant
I'm really not a ranting kind of chica, despite my earlier post. I don't particularly like it, unless it's done with a fair amount of humor,...
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Some days I think I just attract jerk-wads
Honestly, like how many can I honestly meet in one day, month, year, lifetime? Because I really think I am hitting my quota. Especially the...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
New Mexico
I've managed to survive my trip to New Mexico, and now if I can make it through the next three days without looking like a total idiot, I will...
Saturday, October 24, 2009
I'm not dead yet...
Although that might be hard to tell from the general lack of postage around here. I keep coming up with good post ideas and then totally forgetting...
Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The death of a book
Every writer knows what this is like, well unless you're one of those people who got their first draft of their first manuscript published...
Monday, September 14, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Mexico City
So, I finally made it down here. Ostensibly, to pick up some samples, but also to help out a colleague and friend, and do the tourist thing....
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Goat Drama, or why I have kids and not children
(ever come up with a title and just have to write a post about it? Maybe it's just me...)Have you ever noticed how much a family's profession...
Friday, August 14, 2009
Friday Five
Somehow or another it's gotten to be Friday. Friday night, no less! What am I doing? Playing on the net. Because I'm a total nerd. At any rate,...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Back to the Big Bad World
Of queries. Yep, folks, today it's back to the agentless world of awesome. I sent out an email earlier and now it's back to the agent-hunt....
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Harry Potter and other awesome things
I honestly feel like I should be five years old at the moment, waiting for Christmas morning or my birthday. I can't wait for the movie tonight!...
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Things I wish someone had told me before I started grad school:
Considering I'm going to be starting my fifth year of grad school, maybe this is a little late, but as I fight my way through my first quarter...
Monday, June 22, 2009
New Chapters
I wish I were writing about a new book I'm starting, or something writing related, but I'm not. Still, it's pretty big: I started teaching...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Some days would be better in bed
(no, not in the dirty way--get your mind out of the gutter!) I was really feeling an angsty and whiny post until I started reading reading...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
CATCHING FIRE
I really, really must rave about this book. I've read a lot of stuff that I meant to blog about, but this one I'm going to actually do it (instead...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday Five
Somehow or another I ended up with a couple of extra minutes before the talk I'm going to. How did that happen? Hmm, must be forgetting to...
Friday, May 22, 2009
Bad blogger!
Somehow the month of May has whizzed passed and I'm honestly not quite sure where it went. My to-do list is still too long, and as the quarter...
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Davis SCBWI
This past Saturday I headed over to the Davis SCBWI conference, looking forward to a day of writerly advice and inspiration, both of which...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
After Reading
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare (Warning, there are some Spoilers below--nothing huge, but just as a heads up!)Holy moly,...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Amusing things of late
I'm too tired to really think about a constructive post here, but here are a few things that have amused me lately:The giant cardboard sign...
Friday, April 10, 2009
After Reading
Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen by Tamora PierceIn the past, I read most of the Wild Magic quartet and totally adored it. The remainder...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Doncha love it when
You go back and read a WIP that was left by the wayside and realize it's not total crap? Last night I did some back reading on the WIP that...
Monday, April 6, 2009
In Which I Attempt to Remain Positive...
I'm feeling quite blah at the moment, which is probably a good sign that I should step away from the computer, but I'm really needing...
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Birthdayness
I've been a bad blogger. Too much going on, and all that--you know how it is :-). Today hasn't been much of an exception, but I feel kinda...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Spring Break...
And what am I doing? Working at the lab, of course! Not that I can really complain. Campus is nice and empty, the lab is quiet, and I can get...
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
"I hate the living..."
Though I totally love MIB. Yes, this is a quote from the movie, though I regularly employ it to describe why I work with dead people. Not fresh-dead...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Whoever thought I was qualified...
To write a book? To teach a class? They were honestly full of crap. Well, that's what I'm thinking right now. I just heard that I will be teaching...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The naked nightmare
I'm never had one--you know where you show up to class, or other important locale, and realize you've forgotten to get dressed (or some other...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
crossing over to the dark side
Oh dear, I've officially signed up for Twitter. Another awesome way to waste time. Still, it's quite fun! Now, if only I could get back to...
Character comparisons
I finished off Pride and Prejudice last night after deciding that it just had to be read. I enjoyed it a lot, though still found it to be a...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
10 minutes...
Until my last lecture of the week. And then I have two hours (technically they're office hours where my students can come by and see me, but...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Comfort Books
You know you have one, maybe even more than one. It's like dark chocolate, or maybe Ben and Jerry's ice-cream when you really need it (cue...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
After Reading
Midnight Never Come by Marie BrennanNope, haven't been slacking on these, just haven't been reading as much as normal. I'll admit, this book...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tuesday Blahs
While in The Land of the Old, hubby, grandparents, and I headed out to the links for a round of golf. Actually, I got to watch and drive the...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
It's always an adventure
Hubby and I decided to make the trek to visit my grandparents this weekend. They currently are staying in Palm Springs, which is, as my grandfather...
Monday, February 16, 2009
Rainy Days
Today and yesterday have been really stormy here in NorCal. I love the rain, so it's been quite nice. And I've managed to find the time to...
Friday, February 13, 2009
How do you spell it? (Meradeth, that is :-)
Meradeth, that is. I'm sitting here, brainstorming with hubby, trying to decide the most "normal" way to spell my name. Because I...
Thursday, February 12, 2009
What is in a name?
How does one go about picking a pen name? I've thought about this before, but brushed it off as one of those things I'd think about when it...
One Year Out
I've been thinking a lot lately about the fact that it's been a year since I took my Qualifying Exams. Pretty crazy, really. I can't believe...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
After Reading
A Long Way Down by Nick HornbySo one of the fundamental problems I have with multi-POV books is that I always love one or some of the characters...
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Going crazy
I honestly don't think I've checked my email this much, EVER. I can't stop staring at it, willing the little icon to switch from "0" to "1."...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
After Reading
The pranks. They were awesome. Coming from a family of pranksters (and never being the best one at it) I totally loved them and had a good...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Super amazing awesome good news
This will be posted here soon, but let's just say that I can hardly sit still, and I don't know what to do with myself! Two long years of working...
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