I find it hard to hold on. Some people can’t let go, but I can’t seem to hold on.
You Can’t Go Home Again
Posted in: Personal
Sumer is Icumen In
May 1st means that I have about 6 weeks left in New York City. Put that way, it doesn’t seem like nearly enough time. Enough time to wrap everything up on my end, enough time to pack, enough time to say goodbye to New York.
Posted in: Personal
Spring is Finally Coming
I spent the past couple of days in North Carolina looking at houses with Bear (and we’ve bought one, huzzah!). Down south, all the trees were already in bloom, but NYC is still a little behind the times in terms of spring. Nevertheless, the peach tree outside my fire escape is optimistic. Look! A bud is about to bloom!
Posted in: Photography
Now That the Hour Hand Has Landed at the End
In which I have some news: I am leaving New York City and am relocating to North Carolina. The short of it: Bear got Matched for his urology residency at Wake Forest. The long of it…
Posted in: Personal
Spring is Taking Its Sweet Ass Time to Get Here
The buds on the peach tree (formerly The Tree of Indeterminate Stone Fruit) outside my fire escape are trying so hard to bloom. I feel ya, Peach Tree. I feel ya. It’s hard to remember spring is coming when it’s 35 degrees.
Posted in: Photography
Best Reads of 2012
Holy moly, it has been…a shamefully long time since I’ve last updated my blog. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which has been how busy I’ve been this past year. Still, I would be remiss in my duties if I didn’t include at least one “best of” list. Most of my reading was for work, but I managed to squeeze in a few for pleasure. Not many, but a few.
Posted in: Books
Super Exciting Announcement
September 4, 2012
Children’s: Young Adult
Adi Rule’s debut, SING, about a young soprano who enrolls in a remote music academy where nothing and no one, not even her mysterious young vocal coach, are as they seem; and a second novel, REDWING, a dark modern fairy tale, to Sarah Jae-Jones at St. Martin’s, in a two-book deal, by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency (world).
So…yeah. I bought my first two books. :) I AM SO EXCITE, PEOPLE.
Posted in: Publishing
Scenes from the House of Publishing Professionals
- SARAH LAPOLLA: What are you watching?
- JJ: A documentary about the history of the English language.
- SARAH: …of course you are.
What? This is what I like to watch as entertainment.
Posted in: Personal
On Writing Diversity
I’ve written another post at Pub(lishing) Crawl about writing diverse characters in fiction, and touch a little bit on cultural appropriation. Stop by and comment!
Posted in: Writing
Alanna Workout
Listening to the audiobooks of the Alanna novels by Tamora Pierce is very inspiring at the gym.
Posted in: Art
