Author Liesel K. Hill's Musings on Fantasia...
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Thoughts for Thursday--Spring
Just have fun, collect awesome sayings by awesome people, and try to be inspired!
This week's theme is spring.
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.--Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard's Egg
"Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine..."--Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.--Virgil Kraft
Can words describe the fragrance of every breath of spring?--Neltje Blanchan
The deep roots never doubt spring will come.--Marty Rubin
April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.--William Shakespeare, Sonnet 98
Which is your favorite quote about spring? Do you have one to contribute?
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Review Day! Silver Linings Play Book Film Review + Abundance Book Review
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And I'm happy to say it was fabulous! I laughed a lot! Jennifer Lawrence does her usual awesomesauce job with the character she's given. But the real treat is Bradley Cooper. I'm not always his biggest fan, but this case, he's fantastic!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Teaser Tuesday--Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Today's teasers come from Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi.
What are you reading this week?
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"Aria pushed herself to her knees, gritting her teeth at the piercing shriek that erupted in her ears. She couldn't see. she swiped at her eyes to clear the murkiness, her legs quaking as she rose to her feet. Framed against the roaring blaze, she saw a stranger step into the clearing. He was shirtless, but there was no mistaking him for Bane or Echo.
He was a real Savage."
What are you reading this week?
Monday, May 6, 2013
Write for the Heights + Game of Thrones, Episode 3.6 + Mermaid Reminder
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It went really well. Not a huge crowd, but that was probably a good thing for me. I totally felt like I was sweating like a pig--I sweat when I'm nervous--but I don't think I had any massive blunders. Anyway, I thought I'd do a recap today of what I spoke about.
Do's When Creating Your Big Opening:
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The Dragon Reborn Read-Along, Week 3
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I really don't see the point of not giving Egwene any and all information there is on the World of Dreams. Even if they were just Corianin's theories and not absolute fact, it might still be helpful or help Egwene expand anything she's thinking about and learn more. Especially with the apparent danger Dreaming poses, and the fact that this is a teacher-pupil relationship, I can't help but think perhaps Verin's motives for keeping certain things hidden.
2. In her testing for becoming Accepted, we see Egwene as Amyrlin. Can you accept this as a possible future for her or is it too improbable?
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Write for the Heights Literary Fair
Just a quick note for your Saturday morning! I'm presenting at a literary fair today! I'll be putting on a workshop at 10:30 am. I really should have started telling people about this a week ago, but what can I say? I'm terrible about telling people about my own events in advance.
So, if anyone's in the South Salt Lake area today, drop by! It's a free event at the Whitmore Library. My topic is, "The Big Opening." As in, the first scene of your story as well as keeping the reader turning pages until the end.
Wish me luck! And happy Saturday! :D
So, if anyone's in the South Salt Lake area today, drop by! It's a free event at the Whitmore Library. My topic is, "The Big Opening." As in, the first scene of your story as well as keeping the reader turning pages until the end.
Wish me luck! And happy Saturday! :D
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Follow Friday--Current Read Sneak Peeks
The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!
How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools -- keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!
Give us a sneak! What are you reading? Tell us about a fun or fail scene in your current read.
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