Sommer Marsden's Blog, page 49
March 23, 2013
DON'T GO! YOU'RE NOT IN THE WRONG PLACE!
So what do you think? A little revamping. A new color, a smoking hot new banner courtesy of one amazing magician of a graphic designer Willsin Rowe.
It's 2013 and 13 is my lucky number! I was ready for a sprucing up. I want to fill that bookshelf (see blog two down), slap some paint on this blog and embrace all things good and awesome.
Sounds like a plan, right?
Now that I've said that, I noticed two goofy typos in my blog below from yesterday so I better get on the ball and get some more coffee. I was lacking coffee and I slipped. Coffee is needed.
Happy Saturday!
XOXO
Sommer photo credit: Dusty J via photopin cc
March 22, 2013
A wolf and a human lightning rod walk into a bar...
So they must be in Divination Falls!It's a happy, happy Friday because I get to announce that my book Beast in Me, which his book two in the Divination Falls trilogy, is out-out-out today!
Weather worker Cameron Bale rolls into Divination Falls after being prompted by Spirit and Brother Lighting. He discovers that the small, hidden town full of shifters and magical types is suffering a series of unsettling events. There’s speculation from the town seers that he could be the answer they’ve been looking for. Cameron’s willing to try and help: he’s got nowhere to go and nothing to lose. His life is simply about loneliness and it turns out that Trace, a grumpy wolf with stunning eyes, knows just what that feels like. Cam finds himself wishing maybe they could be alone … together. Oh yeah, and battle whatever evil it is that still lurks in Divination Falls.
US can purchase HERE and UK can purchase HERE. And everyone is free to sit and start at the cover. Yurm. BiM will be coming later this year to other vendors.
I'd say more but I'm not fully awake and have only had a half cup of coffee. That is not nearly enough, y'all. Happy Friday.
XOXO
Sommer
March 21, 2013
This might be my year...
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This is the view for me when I sit on my yoga mat when my practice is done. When I'm grateful. I rarely allow myself (some bizarre character flaw, I guess) to feel proud. Sometimes when I look at this, I feel proud.
This is my grandmother's shelf. Top left corner begins with a book printed on December 16, 2005 (so technically I count from 2006 to present).The bottom shelf, farthest right book arrived last week. The only space left is where that 'bookend' is. It is not really a bookend. It's a vintage Avon cologne decanter that was my grandfather's LOL. But that is all the room left on this shelf I have used to track my publications from the time I decided to try to get into print.
Of those books 19 are mine!
Like I said, I rarely let myself feel proud, but once in a while when I look at this I feel a tiny glimmer of pride. I think this might be my year to fill the shelf up. I have no idea what I'll do with copies then. Guess I'll have to get a new shelf. Because I plan to keep going ;)
XOXOSommer
March 20, 2013
20 Questions with Aisling Weaver: "Bring on hermithood!"
Good morning, good morning. This week's 20 questions is with Aisling Weaver. Now [spoiler] she says down below that she likes white wine but I happen to know for a fact she's capable of making red wine that will make you forget your name. Quite a talent!
XOXO
Sommer
1. Favorite YA book?
YA? Oy. Well, mine would be from before YA was actually a genre. A book that is generally found in every library for children but that has some simply beautiful writing and grave topics in it. The Black Stallion.
2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat…
Hmm. well, let's see here.
I put some music on and dance in the kitchen while I saute up some chopped onions and minced garlic. Pop open a nice bottle of white wine, let it breathe but share the first half cup with Dionysus and a cup or two of that arborio rice I add to the pan. Switch up the music to something that allows for dancing in place while I stir in yummy broth until that rice is alllll creamy and smooth. Now it's time to add in some grated pecorino romano and stir in up until my mouth is watering and my sweetheart is sneaking in to dance with me and steal spoonfuls of risotto over my shoulder.
Now while I'm stirring and dancing there's more than enough time halve Brussels sprouts, saute 'em up in butter then glaze those bright green gems with just a bit of honey. And, if I'm really hungry and I thought ahead I'll have slid a few sweet potatoes into the oven. Now's the time to slide those papery-skinned babies out of the oven, squeeze them onto our plates, fork-tine them flat and butter them too. Mmm. Yummy. Is it dinner time?
3. Football or baseball?
Football. Though I'd rather hockey, or even better hurling, curling, or archery ;)
4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating!
ARGH! I don't have one right now! I'm between residences(literally living between two residences). On my kindle the first few titles are The Artist's Way and the entire Game of Thrones Series that I'm currently not allowing myself to read.
5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
Ummm....Leftovers. Which could be from eating in, eating out, or takeout. ;)
6. Favorite meal to cook?
Breakfast. Or rather, paleo-hash - pineapple-bacon chicken sausage, onions, sweet potatoes, summer squash and zucchini. Yum! Damn. Now I know what I'm making for lunch.
7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
Looney Tunes!! Bring on the anvils, the ACME boxes, the running out into thin air! Ahhh....the soundtrack of my childhood. I spent Saturday mornings watching Looney Tunes before I went out and wrought havoc on the world.
8. Favorite TV show now?
Game of Thrones. I've become one of those people that doesn't have cable...so I watch things when they hit netflix. I like not being ruled by the networks' airing schedules and just watching things when I'm inclined. It also means I'm desperately out of touch with "popular" references. Ah well, I always was the eccentric. Bring on hermithood!
9. Best teacher you ever had…
Hm. I was going to say Mrs. Pfaff-Pratt, my high school art teacher who bent rules to make sure I took art when I did what I thought I should do instead of what I wanted.
Then I though Mr. Monroe, my high school math teacher, who nurtured an enjoyment of math and recognized my ability to not only excel but carry other students along with me.
But I think I'll have to say Mr. Cook, my ninth grade English teacher. It wasn't so much what he did in ninth grade that was important, but that he offered up his office as an oasis of quiet and safety to myself and many other creatives that felt they didn't belong anywhere else in the school. Even much later(almost ten years after I graduated) when I sent him twenty thousand words of a novel his response was gentle, kind, and went straight to the heart. "You've got a great story going here, but why are you sidestepping the intimacy between your main characters?"
Cue my first foray into erotic writing. ;)
10. What did they teach you?
Oops....I think I may have answered that already. I think all three of them taught me to allow myself to do what I enjoy, and what I'm good at. Of course, it's taking about twenty years for me to come back around to those lessons, but at least they're there for me to rediscover!
11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about.
I stole money from my stepfather when I was seventeen. Almost a hundred dollars, if I remember correctly. It wasn't exactly on purpose...he has this coffee can of change...I'd just take four quarters here and there...but it all adds up, and I didn't realize he counted it regularly. I paid it back working it off for him and at my summer job. It took me a while and I felt terrible about it.
12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about.
I started a business with my partner :)
13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
Jeans. A comfy pair of jeans.
14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Weres. Rawr. Of course, my preference is for a different species of were....;)
15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to?
A lesbian romance novel. The one that I searched for when I came out, that just leaves you believing that the sort of warm, comfortable love is possible no matter who you love. That isn't about bucking the system, coming out, about family dramas, or all of that. I guess a little bit fluffy, but deep in characters and emotions.
A love story. Just....a love story. Well, and a sexy one.
16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
Oh god. Well, yes, but thankfully it never got published ;)
17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down?
Oh most definitely put it down. I used to be the person who stuck with it through the end. Now, I don't have all that much time to read, so if I'm going to read it'd better be something I'm going to enjoy. I've encountered many books that just aren't for me, so I've learned the lesson that I should just put them aside rather than force myself to devote hours to something that's going to leave me resentful.
18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all?
I generally won't say anything when I don't like a book. There are bound to be books I don't like. I mean, I don't like artichokes, venison, or humid heat. That doesn't mean others don't like those things. And when there are things wrong with a book - editorial issues and so forth, if a company has put that book out, I understand that there's more at fault than the author - the company itself has a responsibility for quality as well. I'd be more likely to write a review on a company for bad editorial work than to leave a review on a book that would ding the author.
19. Do you read reviews of your work?
I generally try not to.
20. Red wine or white wine?
White. Mmmm. Especially the Sardinian Vermintinos. Yummmmy.
Chasing knowledge, life, and love, Aisling Weaver has lived up and down the interior of the Eastern United States. She can read your tarot cards but won’t, will sail any month of the year, hasn’t walked a mile in your shoes but has lived her own life barefoot. She writes by the seat of her pants following the strings of her heart. Her books can be found in anthologies and through her publisher http://www.BurningBookPress.com
http://www.aislingweaver.com
XOXO
Sommer
1. Favorite YA book?
YA? Oy. Well, mine would be from before YA was actually a genre. A book that is generally found in every library for children but that has some simply beautiful writing and grave topics in it. The Black Stallion.
2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat…
Hmm. well, let's see here.
I put some music on and dance in the kitchen while I saute up some chopped onions and minced garlic. Pop open a nice bottle of white wine, let it breathe but share the first half cup with Dionysus and a cup or two of that arborio rice I add to the pan. Switch up the music to something that allows for dancing in place while I stir in yummy broth until that rice is alllll creamy and smooth. Now it's time to add in some grated pecorino romano and stir in up until my mouth is watering and my sweetheart is sneaking in to dance with me and steal spoonfuls of risotto over my shoulder.
Now while I'm stirring and dancing there's more than enough time halve Brussels sprouts, saute 'em up in butter then glaze those bright green gems with just a bit of honey. And, if I'm really hungry and I thought ahead I'll have slid a few sweet potatoes into the oven. Now's the time to slide those papery-skinned babies out of the oven, squeeze them onto our plates, fork-tine them flat and butter them too. Mmm. Yummy. Is it dinner time?
3. Football or baseball?
Football. Though I'd rather hockey, or even better hurling, curling, or archery ;)
4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating!
ARGH! I don't have one right now! I'm between residences(literally living between two residences). On my kindle the first few titles are The Artist's Way and the entire Game of Thrones Series that I'm currently not allowing myself to read.
5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
Ummm....Leftovers. Which could be from eating in, eating out, or takeout. ;)
6. Favorite meal to cook?
Breakfast. Or rather, paleo-hash - pineapple-bacon chicken sausage, onions, sweet potatoes, summer squash and zucchini. Yum! Damn. Now I know what I'm making for lunch.
7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
Looney Tunes!! Bring on the anvils, the ACME boxes, the running out into thin air! Ahhh....the soundtrack of my childhood. I spent Saturday mornings watching Looney Tunes before I went out and wrought havoc on the world.
8. Favorite TV show now?
Game of Thrones. I've become one of those people that doesn't have cable...so I watch things when they hit netflix. I like not being ruled by the networks' airing schedules and just watching things when I'm inclined. It also means I'm desperately out of touch with "popular" references. Ah well, I always was the eccentric. Bring on hermithood!
9. Best teacher you ever had…
Hm. I was going to say Mrs. Pfaff-Pratt, my high school art teacher who bent rules to make sure I took art when I did what I thought I should do instead of what I wanted.
Then I though Mr. Monroe, my high school math teacher, who nurtured an enjoyment of math and recognized my ability to not only excel but carry other students along with me.
But I think I'll have to say Mr. Cook, my ninth grade English teacher. It wasn't so much what he did in ninth grade that was important, but that he offered up his office as an oasis of quiet and safety to myself and many other creatives that felt they didn't belong anywhere else in the school. Even much later(almost ten years after I graduated) when I sent him twenty thousand words of a novel his response was gentle, kind, and went straight to the heart. "You've got a great story going here, but why are you sidestepping the intimacy between your main characters?"
Cue my first foray into erotic writing. ;)
10. What did they teach you?
Oops....I think I may have answered that already. I think all three of them taught me to allow myself to do what I enjoy, and what I'm good at. Of course, it's taking about twenty years for me to come back around to those lessons, but at least they're there for me to rediscover!
11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about.
I stole money from my stepfather when I was seventeen. Almost a hundred dollars, if I remember correctly. It wasn't exactly on purpose...he has this coffee can of change...I'd just take four quarters here and there...but it all adds up, and I didn't realize he counted it regularly. I paid it back working it off for him and at my summer job. It took me a while and I felt terrible about it.
12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about.
I started a business with my partner :)
13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
Jeans. A comfy pair of jeans.
14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Weres. Rawr. Of course, my preference is for a different species of were....;)
15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to?
A lesbian romance novel. The one that I searched for when I came out, that just leaves you believing that the sort of warm, comfortable love is possible no matter who you love. That isn't about bucking the system, coming out, about family dramas, or all of that. I guess a little bit fluffy, but deep in characters and emotions.
A love story. Just....a love story. Well, and a sexy one.
16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
Oh god. Well, yes, but thankfully it never got published ;)
17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down?
Oh most definitely put it down. I used to be the person who stuck with it through the end. Now, I don't have all that much time to read, so if I'm going to read it'd better be something I'm going to enjoy. I've encountered many books that just aren't for me, so I've learned the lesson that I should just put them aside rather than force myself to devote hours to something that's going to leave me resentful.
18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all?
I generally won't say anything when I don't like a book. There are bound to be books I don't like. I mean, I don't like artichokes, venison, or humid heat. That doesn't mean others don't like those things. And when there are things wrong with a book - editorial issues and so forth, if a company has put that book out, I understand that there's more at fault than the author - the company itself has a responsibility for quality as well. I'd be more likely to write a review on a company for bad editorial work than to leave a review on a book that would ding the author.
19. Do you read reviews of your work?
I generally try not to.
20. Red wine or white wine?
White. Mmmm. Especially the Sardinian Vermintinos. Yummmmy.
Chasing knowledge, life, and love, Aisling Weaver has lived up and down the interior of the Eastern United States. She can read your tarot cards but won’t, will sail any month of the year, hasn’t walked a mile in your shoes but has lived her own life barefoot. She writes by the seat of her pants following the strings of her heart. Her books can be found in anthologies and through her publisher http://www.BurningBookPress.com
http://www.aislingweaver.com
March 19, 2013
This is the kind of stuff that makes my day...
When I'm up to my neck in writing one novel and proofreading another. Oh, and submitting a short etc, etc, etc...
One of my favorite stories I've written in years, Clement, was reviewed by Giselle Renarde for Alison Tyler's brilliant version of book reviews. To check out the review Giselle mentions in her tweet visit her at Donuts and Desires and to see some of these mini reviews visit Alison Tyler's site. And buy Sudden Sex while you're at it! The stories are the perfect length to steal a few minutes to read something naughty and fun and because they're brief the book is literally packed full of great authors!
XOXO
Sommer
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One of my favorite stories I've written in years, Clement, was reviewed by Giselle Renarde for Alison Tyler's brilliant version of book reviews. To check out the review Giselle mentions in her tweet visit her at Donuts and Desires and to see some of these mini reviews visit Alison Tyler's site. And buy Sudden Sex while you're at it! The stories are the perfect length to steal a few minutes to read something naughty and fun and because they're brief the book is literally packed full of great authors!
XOXO
Sommer
March 17, 2013
Happy St. Paddy's Day, Friends!
I brought you a smiling Leprechaun to celebrate. Oh wait, no I didn't. But I did bring you a picture of a gentleman I could see myself writing a story about.Have fun! Party down. Enjoy the wearing of the green and the luck o' the Irish, but please be safe. I have a date with my favorite striped socks and maybe a green tinted gluten free beer (or cider).
Me and my sister partied so much with my parents back in the day and visited so many packed downtown bars full of drunken folks eating corned beef and cabbage, I now tend to stay home on SPD and watch the streets for the stumbling patrons of the local bars. They're usually quite happy...and colorful.
XOXO
Sommer
photo credit: San Diego Shooter via photopin cc
March 14, 2013
Add one part Maxim Jakubowski and one part Sommer Marsden...shake and serve
Possibly the most interesting interview outcome ever. I was interviewed by E.A. Aymar, Maxim Jakubowski was interviewed by E.A. Aymar and then we were smooshed together and voila! Here you go:
Interview Sommer Marsden and Maxim Jakubowski About Erotica
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About the interviewer, E.A. Aymar, I "met" him while ago. We talked online, is what I mean. And when I say 'a while' it feels like days. But I think it's actually been years! Anyway, his book Goodbye, Beautiful is coming out soon and I for one am dying to read it. E.A.'s short work is something to pay attention to. I can't wait to see what he can do with a whole book full of words.
Check out the interview and then check out Mr. Aymar. Okay, you can go. I think I'm done ordering you around now ;)
XOXO
S
March 13, 2013
20 Questions with Lucy Felthouse "Give me a vodka and coke any day..."
In her bio down below, it says "Lucy Felthouse is a very busy woman". That is no lie. I've witnessed this first hand. Sometimes I wonder if she's actually twins like in the soap operas. Either way, one Lucy or two, she gets a lot done. Just see for yourself...
XOXO
Sommer
1. Favorite YA book?
The Vampire Academy Series.
2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat… not much –
I’m not a fan of vegetables. Probably chips, or a jacket potato, scrambled egg or something.
3. Football or baseball?
Neither – I don’t like sports.
4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating!
An Executive Decision by Grace Marshall, Thief by Lily Harlem, In the Flesh by Portia Da Costa, The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead and Making Him Wait by Kay Jaybee.
5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
Eat in.
6. Favorite meal to cook?
None, I hate cooking!
7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
It’s a toss up between Postman Pat and Fireman Sam.
8. Favorite TV show now?
Supernatural!
9. Best teacher you ever had…
Mr. Cunningham, my English teacher in high school. He was very encouraging. If only he knew what I was writing now... LOL.
10. What did they teach you?
Oops, already answered this question. He was my English and English Literature teacher.
11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about.
I use to hate going outside, and always preferred to stay in with a book or my Nintendo Game Boy. I completed Tetris before I was ten.
12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about.
I submitted my first novel to a publisher I’ve dreamed of being with for years.
13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
My t-shirts. I have some seriously cool t-shirts, including Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory and Scott Pilgrim.
14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Vampires.
15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to? Yes, I really want to write an erotic spy thriller. I’m sure I’ll do it one day, it’s just finding the time!
16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
No, not really. I cringe when I read a lot of my early work, but if I don’t regret it because the more I’ve written, the more I’ve learned and improved.
17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down?
It depends just how terrible. I am one of those people that tries hard to finish a bad book to see if it has any redeeming features, but I have been known to ditch crap books.
18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all?
I pass on saying anything at all. Good karma and all that...
19. Do you read reviews of your work?
Yes, even the bad ones, but I always hope there’s something constructive in there that I can use to improve my work.
20. Red wine or white wine?
Neither, I hate wine. Give me a vodka and coke any day.
Lucy Felthouse is a very busy woman! She writes erotica and erotic romance in a variety of subgenres and pairings, and has over seventy publications to her name, with many more in the pipeline. These include Best Bondage Erotica 2012 and 2013, and Best Women's Erotica 2013. Another string to her bow is editing, and she has edited and co-edited a number of anthologies. She owns Erotica For All, and is book editor for Cliterati. Find out more at http://www.lucyfelthouse.co.uk. Join her on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to her newsletter at: http://eepurl.com/gMQb9
XOXO
Sommer
1. Favorite YA book?
The Vampire Academy Series.
2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat… not much –
I’m not a fan of vegetables. Probably chips, or a jacket potato, scrambled egg or something.
3. Football or baseball?
Neither – I don’t like sports.
4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating!
An Executive Decision by Grace Marshall, Thief by Lily Harlem, In the Flesh by Portia Da Costa, The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead and Making Him Wait by Kay Jaybee.
5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
Eat in.
6. Favorite meal to cook?
None, I hate cooking!
7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
It’s a toss up between Postman Pat and Fireman Sam.
8. Favorite TV show now?
Supernatural!
9. Best teacher you ever had…
Mr. Cunningham, my English teacher in high school. He was very encouraging. If only he knew what I was writing now... LOL.
10. What did they teach you?
Oops, already answered this question. He was my English and English Literature teacher.
11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about.
I use to hate going outside, and always preferred to stay in with a book or my Nintendo Game Boy. I completed Tetris before I was ten.
12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about.
I submitted my first novel to a publisher I’ve dreamed of being with for years.
13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
My t-shirts. I have some seriously cool t-shirts, including Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory and Scott Pilgrim.
14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Vampires.
15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to? Yes, I really want to write an erotic spy thriller. I’m sure I’ll do it one day, it’s just finding the time!
16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
No, not really. I cringe when I read a lot of my early work, but if I don’t regret it because the more I’ve written, the more I’ve learned and improved.
17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down?
It depends just how terrible. I am one of those people that tries hard to finish a bad book to see if it has any redeeming features, but I have been known to ditch crap books.
18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all?
I pass on saying anything at all. Good karma and all that...
19. Do you read reviews of your work?Yes, even the bad ones, but I always hope there’s something constructive in there that I can use to improve my work.
20. Red wine or white wine?
Neither, I hate wine. Give me a vodka and coke any day.
Lucy Felthouse is a very busy woman! She writes erotica and erotic romance in a variety of subgenres and pairings, and has over seventy publications to her name, with many more in the pipeline. These include Best Bondage Erotica 2012 and 2013, and Best Women's Erotica 2013. Another string to her bow is editing, and she has edited and co-edited a number of anthologies. She owns Erotica For All, and is book editor for Cliterati. Find out more at http://www.lucyfelthouse.co.uk. Join her on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to her newsletter at: http://eepurl.com/gMQb9
March 11, 2013
Attack of the videos...
So I was about to post this when my son came down to show me something. This is a talk by Elizabeth Gilbert I watched ages ago after reading her book Eat, Pray, Love. Someone had posted it and I'd stumbled over it. It was so powerful to me that I posted it on my blog back them (at the time my blog was Smutgirl). I'm posting it again for a whole new wave of readers after seeing it posted the other day on FB. If you saw it on SG back in the day forgive me my repeat but some things bear repeating ;)
Ole to you, fellow writers! Ole!
Then like I sad, boy child came down to show me something. I balked and bitched that I was busy but he said, "Ma, I think you're gonna want to see this." Then I was crying and he was crying because my son is attached to my heart by a string that makes us damn near the same person and he can't watch me cry without getting choked up. I have amazing kids. This is what he knew I'd want to see...
Then to get me to stop crying he put this on. Of course I agree this song one hundred percent. Plus the fantastic thrift store fashion makes me think of Alison Tyler.
There you go. Big old attack of the videos. Happy Monday!
XOXO
Sommer
Ole to you, fellow writers! Ole!
Then like I sad, boy child came down to show me something. I balked and bitched that I was busy but he said, "Ma, I think you're gonna want to see this." Then I was crying and he was crying because my son is attached to my heart by a string that makes us damn near the same person and he can't watch me cry without getting choked up. I have amazing kids. This is what he knew I'd want to see...
Then to get me to stop crying he put this on. Of course I agree this song one hundred percent. Plus the fantastic thrift store fashion makes me think of Alison Tyler.
There you go. Big old attack of the videos. Happy Monday!
XOXO
Sommer
March 10, 2013
I've oxymoroned myself...
I am currently working on a dystopian novel and I am...so happy. I think there is something wrong with me how happy this book is making me as I write it. Happy is the arch nemesis of dystopian. And yet, here I am, grinning like an idiot as I bang away on the computer (I almost wrote typewriter. I must have had a flash back. And not enough coffee.) and take this very unpleasant ride with my characters.
dystopia: an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives
happy: enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment
I've gone and oxymoroned myself now haven't I?
Happy Sunday. I have things to clean, errands to run and hopefully later some writing time.
XOXO
Sommer
