18 October 2012

Stuff I've Been Consuming 9

BOOKS READ: Golden Girls #16 (Camp Confidential), Melissa J. Morgan MOVIES WATCHED: Premium Rush, David Koepp Sleepwalk With Me, Mike Birbiglia & Seth Barrish Bad News Bears, Michael Ritchie Looper, Rian Johnson [fiftyfifty.me | Pinterest | Google Doc] So this is what it feels like to be in a slump. Last month I read one book. This month I read one book. I'm so behind I'm even behind on my blogging about being behind. It's mid-October...

05 October 2012

Five O'Clock

A sorta weekly feature of things I co-sign: (1) McSweeney's Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do. There's a reference to Balki Bartokomous. That is all. (2) The Klein Pyramid of Literary Quality. I like when people try to structure things. Also, I'm totally into Cheryl's podcast, Narrative Breakdown. (3) Bad Little Children's Books. These are just wonderful aren't they? "A Good Place to Hide the Body Parts." (4) CBC List of Recognized Publishers. I found it of interest to see how many books...

03 October 2012

It's a Small World After All

Managed to get out to KidLitCon this past weekend. KidLitCon is for bloggers, by bloggers, and it's on its sixth year. Seeing as the conference was in New York, and so am I at the moment, I just had to go. It wasn't easy, mind you, as getting up before the crack of 3PM is not easy for me. Not to mention staying awake and paying attention for a full twelve hours. How do you people do it? On Friday, I had the chance to attend a publisher preview...