Oct 31st, 2008 | 11 Comments
RIP pumpkin
My pumpkin exploded. LAME. I was like, "You couldn't have at least exploded in front of or at/on Trick-or-Treaters?" And it was like, "[exploded]." It is too late to buy a replacement pumkin, which is LAMER. Luckily, I am ... READ MORE ›
Oct 28th, 2008 | 25 Comments
adventures in pumpkin carving
Yesterday was a nice day. My sister and I carved our pumpkins, which was fun. This is the first time we have carved pumpkins together since she got back from China. The last time we carved pumpkins together, ... READ MORE ›
Oct 27th, 2008 | 16 Comments
a good little guy
It's a hard thing to lose a pet. Yesterday, Runny, our eldest degu, passed away. He was almost six years old. In those six years, that small little guy became a big part of our family. We've been ... READ MORE ›
Sep 24th, 2008 | 22 Comments
seven things
You guys. I have discovered J-Horror. The last two weeks have been amongst the best of my life in terms of watching scary movies and actually being scared by them. It started with One Missed Call, which gave me ... READ MORE ›
Sep 19th, 2008 | 46 Comments
a year ago, the first sale. a year later–the second!
A year ago today, Cracked Up to Be sold. I can barely believe that it will be out in a few months (!), so you can imagine how much I believe this... YOUR MOM SOLD!!!!!! Er, I mean, the book formerly known as ... READ MORE ›
Aug 13th, 2008 | 10 Comments
oh my god, it’s kind of serious
Man, I am so lethargic lately. I think I'm STILL decompressing from the first draft of Your Mom. I was going to say that I have never had a novel kick my butt as hard as that one has, but ... READ MORE ›
Jul 28th, 2008 | 14 Comments
these are those moments
While I was not blogging: The Winter 2009 Griffin Catalog came out online! Cracked Up to Be is on page 21. Or 22. I'm not sure. It's 22 for me, but then a friend told me it was 21. ... READ MORE ›
Jul 20th, 2008 | 11 Comments
sigh
I'm getting a little tired of publicly declaring the failure to reach my writing goals. I'm just sayin'. So this is me NOT telling you that I'm going into fake radio silence for yet another week. Anyway, I'm making progress ... READ MORE ›
Jul 6th, 2008 | 12 Comments
the eye of the tigger
I attempted to finish a book this weekend. Now I am attempting to finish a book this week. I have been chronicling my writing progress on twitter (at all times, you can trust that I am somewhere on the internet). ... READ MORE ›
Jun 30th, 2008 | 23 Comments
put your anticipation hats on
I have made an introductory vlog post and uploaded it to youtube as incentive to like, you know, eventually make an ACTUAL vlog. So now I'm committed. So this is the teaser about how I don't know what I'm doing ... READ MORE ›