Sara Raasch's Blog, page 491
March 4, 2014
I would save so much time if I stopped mathing* myself into a corner whilst plotting.
*Mathing: To complicate the ages of characters vis-à-vis past story events due to incorrect calculations (SHE WAS 6 WHEN HER MOM DIED AND HER MOM WAS 19 WHEN SHE HAD HER SO HER MOM WAS 24 WHEN SHE DIED wait no thats wrong but WAIT NO SHE NEEDS TO BE 25 WHICH MEANS SHE WAS 7 WHEN SHE DIED AND 18 WHEN SHE HAD HER AND AND AND WHAT) until you’re just sitting at your desk surrounded by numbers and calculators and tears.
What you're certain happens when you're waiting for your box of ARCs, just because the Universe hates you.

Interview with Rosamund Hodge, author of Cruel Beauty
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Today, Game of Tomes is hosting Rosamund Hodge, whose fabulous fantasy debut Cruel Beauty came out last month. Here’s the summary:
Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our…
March 3, 2014
To the person in my pottery class who took ALL (not just some, ALL) of my pots out of the kiln so...
To the person in my pottery class who took ALL (not just some, ALL) of my pots out of the kiln so they could fire theirs instead:
You are an ass and I hope every single one of your glazes was mixed wrong.
Giveaway winners!
Thank you, all, for participating in our epic launch giveaways! Here are your winners. You should be contacted soon via email!
Winner for MarcyKate’s giveaway of The Dark is Rising sequence: Hufsa Tahir
Winner for Skylar’s giveaway of Behind the Attic Wall: Hannah Robinson
Winner for…
LOOK AT ALL THIS LOVELINESS.
March 2, 2014
aelfethart:
Jelsa, Grease AU by Aelfeth - Part 1 of 2
Since...

Jelsa, Grease AU by Aelfeth - Part 1 of 2
Since I can’t seem to finish both scenes before I loose my patience, I’ll just upload this first [a very bad attemp at a sorta-graphic-thingy too]. foreverdelighted and the-guy-with-the-pants guessed it right btw!
So yeah, suddenly Grease OST played the other day and this came to me like a greased lightnin’ *grins*. Kept their hairstyles to make them recognizable. Elsa wears her coronation dress colors but a more pastel version.
Now if any of you want to imagine which characters form the rest of the gang fell free to tell me because I have too many AUs to think of that now ( ̄ω ̄;)
[Do not repost or upload anywhere else please! Thank you]
SO CUTE!!
nataliewhipple:
zukosfireprincess:
I can’t be the only person...

I can’t be the only person who wants this
This one is for Sara Raasch:)
Aaaaaand this is the next t-shirt I need to buy.
March 1, 2014
sadladybug:
Volatile - by Nulshine
<3
"I won’t let anything control me, not magic or fear or even a beautiful boy."
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HOUSE OF IVY AND SORROW by Natalie Whipple (via weheartya)
(It’s totally weird to see someone else quoting your book that is about 6 weeks out from release. Eep!)
February 28, 2014
yumedarling:
Day 10. Legend
*snickers*
Thank you everyone for...

Day 10. Legend
*snickers*
Thank you everyone for a beautiful Zutara month. ;) That’s probably the last piece I have for Zutara month this year… until next time!
WHY ISN’T THIS A REAL MOVIE. WHY.