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Picture Imperfect
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I Write Less Often Now That I'm Published (this started in one direction but went in another)
When I was in high school, I wrote nearly every day during any moment not taken up by school or studying. I threw myself into writing communities, where I learned to take feedback and figured out several ways to give it. By the time I graduated high school, I had already written one million words of fiction. That number still astounds me.
College itself wasn't to blame for the slow decline I pre... Read more of this blog post »
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| The individual sentences of this book were very good. Each of the characters stubbornness regarding their secrets and their pasts and how they treat people was both frustrating yet realistic so it's hard to say what my feelings are about that. Howeve ...more | |
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| I enjoyed reading the story backwards and thought the author made a good choice. However I felt that the scenes from the earlier stages of Ann and Connor's relationship lacked that possessiveness that she was talking about. The book does not really e ...more | |
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4.5 stars The ending was a little too neat and there wasn't enough conflict at the end in my opinion. I enjoyed reading more about Nicole and it was fun to see the other characters reappear. Personally I found it frustrating when characters "tell" each ...more |
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4.5 stars Storyline was great, characters were great, and I'm really glad I have the next book sitting next to me so I can dive into it after this one. There are moments when the author said "getting angry" or other descriptions along that line and it ...more |
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As someone who functions very similarly as Rose I was a little nervous about reading this and hoping that her character portrayal would be realistic. I was not disappointed. (view spoiler) ...more |
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A quick read, but there are some things I'll be thinking about for a while. I did get pretty frustrated with Sam for not telling the truth, and it was a bit frustrating as well that it would have been my first guess for the plot (that she wouldn't tel ...more |
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| I have two siblings myself so I understand that siblings fight and don't get along sometimes and are mean to each other, but I felt like Kendra was overly selfish in nearly all her interactions with Grayson. I also felt that the writing style was lac ...more | |
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| I liked this book a lot more than its previous one. The reason it's not five stars is because some of the world building was a bit confusing, especially regarding how the suicide epidemic spread in the first place. However I definitely do want to rea ...more | |
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“Fear of what other people think should never dictate whether or not you do something.”
― Flash Burnout
― Flash Burnout
“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
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“Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her.
I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’
‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’
What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.”
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I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’
‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’
What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.”
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Swoon Romance
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Romance for those who like to swoon.
