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This video is astonishing. So beautiful.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-53885454894053942152012-01-30T08:07:00.000-08:002012-01-30T08:07:37.770-08:00The Purple BottleI've long been admiring manicures like this <a href="http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/mermaid-nails/" target="_blank">one</a> at Cupcakes and Cashmere. On Saturday night, I finally sat down and did one of my own.<br />
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Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Lacey Lilac <br />
OPI Servin' Up Sparkle<br />
Sally Hansen Hard as Wraps Topcoat<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-64481228982974960292011-12-19T11:40:00.001-08:002011-12-19T19:33:29.396-08:00Pre-Fall 2012 RoundupI finally took the time this morning to go through all of the pre-fall collections. My favorites are pictured below. There was an awful lot of black and grey-some collections looked completely appropriate for a funeral. All photos from <a href="http://elle.com/">elle.com</a> .<br />
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Alice by Temperley<br />
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Bagdley Mischka<br />
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Nicole Miller<br />
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I'm so excited for the new Snow Patrol album dropping on November 14th. I've been listening to the few songs I've been able to scrounge up on the internet, this being one. Then I clicked over to their page and found this: <a href="http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=36798&aid=410&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_medium=News&utm_content=nid_36798">The Fallen Empires Fan Video Project</a>. I wish I had more time/ had known about this sooner. We'll see... Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-67639221210951573232011-10-09T09:09:00.000-07:002011-10-09T09:09:51.916-07:00Wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1vl224MyMY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wood-Rostam Batmangli</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>This song is amazing. I guarantee you will not be able to stop listening. If you are fans of Vampire Weekend, this song is by Rostam Batmangli, one of their members.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-41856360437370337832011-10-06T12:05:00.000-07:002011-10-06T12:05:15.057-07:00A Dress for a Princess<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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If you know me, you know I've been horseback riding for the past twelve years. I love it and wouldn't consider my life without it. One thing I don't love, though, is that it's given me some monster calves that don't quite fit into the standard knee boot. My calves are a comfortable 15.5" around-making them about an inch or inch and a half too big for most boots. General calf sizes range from 13-15". From there, if you search for wide widths on a site like <a href="http://www.zappos.com/">Zappos</a>, you're pretty much going to be faced with boots with extremely wide widths. It can be hard to find to find the middle-range sizes.<br />
If you're a girl who falls just slightly outside of the normal range, boot shopping can be about as embarrassing as bikini shopping. Luckily, I've found a few sites and brands that make attractive and high-quality boots with slightly wider than average calf circumferences.<br />
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In my own closet, I own pairs of Naturalizer, Restricted, and Steve Madden boots. The Steve Maddens were a lucky find. Most of them don't manage to fit me at all. But I've found Naturalizer and Restricted to be great for the above-average girl. <br />
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DSW: Their <a href="http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/search/search.jsp?searchTerm=wide+boots+womens&">wide boots section</a> features boots at those lovely DSW prices with shaft circumferences up to 16". <br />
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Shop Ruche: There are many things to love about this site, from the clothes to the jewelry to the bags. I own two pairs of boots from Shop Ruche and I love them both. I ordered both online and they fit like a dream. While these boots (below) don't list a calf circumference, they are lace up so I imagine the fit is pretty adjustable. Plus, aren't they just adorable?<br />
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</tbody></table>Blowfish: I was browsing their website this morning and came across a beautiful pair of grey boots (the next on my shopping list!) that were not only gorgeous, but featured a 15.5" circumference. They have a slight heel that, while I normally only buy flat boots, seems manageable. These beautiful <a href="http://www.blowfishshoes.com/ItemServlet?op=LKP&id=1983&op=SEL&cat=66&subcat=75">Beams</a> come in lots of different colors. Most of the Blowfish boots seem to have a calf circumference of 15.5". <br />
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Do any of you have other problems finding shoes and/or boots? I also have a bunion on one of my feet that pinches the nerve on that foot. While I've been living with it for several years (5-6 at this point), at this stage I'm not considering surgery. It would take too much time away from the things I love (read: I could not possibly sit in bed for six weeks). Maybe I'll make another post about my shoe shopping challenges with that. There are so many shoes that seemed to have been designed without the foot in mind, which is a tragedy.<br />
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It's pouring today. I'm inside with brownies, a soon-to-be cup of tea, and my homework. And listening to this song. I don't really know much about/listen to Duran Duran, but I really enjoy this song. The video I posted is in itself not very interesting. The actual music video of this song is so ridiculous I kind of can't handle it. It sort of kills the song for me. So, now I have given you a nice boring video by which you can listen to the song in piece without having 80's horror flashbacks. If you don't believe me, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA&ob=av2e">see for yourself</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-11560330146305267672011-09-22T18:11:00.000-07:002011-09-22T18:11:56.854-07:00Be Brave, Be Kind<span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;">I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. ~William Penn</span><br />
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</tbody></table>This evening I got on the bus to head home after my first day of class. A girl sat down next to me, talking on her cellphone. I didn't pay much attention to her, thinking about how hungry I was and how my head kind of hurt. Then I heard her say a string of words that caught my attention. <br />
"Do you have any advice about picking a psychologist?"<br />
Boy do I, I thought. But she was still speaking on the phone. I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but really, we were right next to each other on a boring bus ride. I listened to her talk to her friend/mom/whoever and wished that I could talk to her as well. I pulled out my notebook and wrote her a note, offering her my number if she wanted to talk. At my stop, I handed it to her and got off. <br />
I made myself a snack at home and came back to see a new voice mail on my phone. I hadn't heard my phone ring so I thought it was an old message that was popping up because my phone wanted to delete it. But it was her. When she said it was the nicest thing anyone had done for her in awhile, I felt so indescribably happy.<br />
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I'd almost not said anything to her. It seemed awkward. We were complete strangers and I was listening in on her conversation. But I did it and I'm so glad. I hope she finds what she's looking for.<br />
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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson<br />
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While New York Fashion week has come and gone, the rest of the world is gearing up for their own runway shows. Below are some of my favorite looks:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oscar de la Renta</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jenny Packham</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TSE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel Zoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luca Luca</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zac Posen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pamela Love</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carolina Herrera</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ADAM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vivienne Tam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel Zoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zac Posen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tadashi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wes Gordon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carolina Herrera</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Betsey Johnson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donna Karan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suno<br />
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I could write a love letter to Marchesa, Anna Sui, and Naeem Khan.<br />
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Below: Marchesa <br />
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Below: Anna Sui<br />
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Below: Naeem Khan<br />
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And because I've had autumn on the brain, it's made its way into my Etsy store:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-42323011198022847792011-09-01T08:42:00.000-07:002011-09-01T08:42:52.113-07:00And Now For Some Regularly Scheduled ProgrammingI've been working on making some smaller sized bow. These little ones can go right into your hair.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This size isn't available in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/WhiteFoxDesigns117">Etsy Store</a> just yet, but I will be putting them up soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw a cute tutorial over on <a href="http://sweet-verbena.blogspot.com/2011/08/reverse-applique-tutorial.html">Sweet Verbena</a>, but my attempt at it turned into a complete disaster. Maybe if I actually had a sewing machine it would be a different story. So after a failed attempt to make her <a href="http://sweet-verbena.blogspot.com/2011/08/reverse-applique-tutorial.html">Reverse Applique State Shirt</a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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No sewing involved with this one. <br />
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Currently Reading: <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot</i><br />
Listening to: Red Hot Chili Peppers' newest album: <i>I'm With You </i><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-12485705071992797802011-08-30T17:02:00.000-07:002011-08-30T17:02:19.196-07:00What it Feels Like to Be in Your Twenties (otherwise known as TODAY DID NOT GO AS EXPECTED)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnvn8ibx2K1qjm1zlo1_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnvn8ibx2K1qjm1zlo1_400.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnzymipmQb1qjm1zlo1_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnzymipmQb1qjm1zlo1_400.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>So I totally planned to put a post today. I really did. Then, I started feeling a little sick. And a lot sad. And if your parents would not be comfortable with you reading questionable content, just put the brakes on there. I will not be responsible for any fractured familial relationships/ unintended consequences that my ensue. And then I found <a href="http://fuckiminmy20s.tumblr.com/">a new Tumblr to follow</a> so I will just leave you with these gems (and may I just say that I this Tumblr so completely encapsulated all of my feelings that it's absolutely mind-blowing?) :<br />
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Though she begins her book taking the middle path between commercial success (e.g. the sell-out) and literary reputation (e.g. the novelist with five unpublished manuscripts), Blackwell ultimately takes a side. Commercial success becomes the victor in this streamlined book. <br />
Most students of writing are taught, however subtly, to value quality over quantity, literary acclaim over popularity, personal success over money. At the conclusion of this rendition of <i>Grub</i> (a modern retelling of Gissing's <i>New Grub Street</i>), I'm left to wonder whether one is necessarily the antithesis of the other.<br />
The characters that pursue commercial success, writing for the masses and the market, end up wealthy, successful, and happy. The characters that pursue a sort of "writing of integrity" are not so lucky, yet are nonetheless happy. One gives up fiction writing entirely, in favor of poetry (yet another subject for analysis) and the other lives dirt poor, the epitome of the starving artist. This latter character also ends up risking his life to save his unpublished manuscript which ultimately becomes a flop. And finally, the last of the central characters, burned by writing what was apparently considered "too literary of a novel", ends up in rural Illinois, teaching.<br />
When painted in such stark terms, is it any wonder two of the characters "sell-out" and choose commerical success? Wouldn't you, if you could be successful AND a writer?<br />
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Less and less people are reading these days. Even less bother to pick up physical books at the bookstore, downloading instead onto Kindle or Nook or simply just reading online. Even audio books are gaining in popularity. So what does that mean for today's writer?<br />
In a world of increasing instant gratification and technological gluttony, if you want someone to read your book you've got to really hook them. Hard. Gone are the days where people spend hours browsing local bookstores or used book havens. With the folding of Borders and Barnes & Nobles' own rumored financial worries, the aisles of chain bookstores bear a closer resemblance to a sort of tomb, a remembrance of the glory days of print publishing. If someone is reading a book, it's usually because they picked it up on the bestseller stand at some airport, someone recommended it to them, or the movie came out last week. <br />
Is print publishing dead? I hope not. But it's not the same as it once was. Every market has to grow up and the book market is no different. People have greater choice than they ever did before. If you want to sell your product, you've really got to sell it. You need to convince them that your product is infinitely better than the hundred other similar products available. When people buy your product, it's because they're confident in you, in it, and in their future enjoyment. This is commercial writing.<br />
Does that mean that we should give up writing books for their literary merit? Of course not. But writers and their values need to evolve. Your novel may be as great as a Tolstoy masterpiece, but few people are reading anything at all, let alone anything that takes a real literary appreciation and determination to plow through. I've read <i>War & Peace</i>; how about you? No? Congratulations, you've just landed squarely in the vast majority.<br />
When I tell people I'm a writer, that I study literature, that I read a lot, that I'm writing a novel, they invariably ask: what do you like to read? As if my opinions should matter more than theirs. But for all my education for all my reading, what it really comes down to is: Everything. I have no standards, no snobbish tendencies. I liked the whole <i>Twilight</i> series. I also like <i>Harry Potter</i>. Jane Austen was a fabulous writer. Ripping into a new Jodi Picoult novel is like sinking your teeth into the first baked goods of fall. The adventure series' of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child enrapture me. I also like the <i>Gossip Girl</i> series. And the <i>Pretty Little Liars</i> series. In the whole of my life of readership, I can maybe point at a handful of books I didn't like. In some cases, that displeasure I felt can surely be attributed to not being of the right age and/or state of mind to enjoy the book properly.<br />
Novels are good, bad, great, excellent, or simply mediocre. But what do they all have in common? They have a target audience. And that's who you've got to write to. Today, writing is less a noble art and more a direct plea to the human population not to give up on reading, not to give up on novels, and their authors. To convince people to keep reading, you have to offer something better than constant tweeting, Facebook updates, or online television streaming. You have to remind them why books are worth it. Even if you have to slug them over the head with one.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-89798250902683035092011-08-26T11:12:00.000-07:002011-08-26T11:12:27.931-07:00Lacey Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-faVL03J8wqE/TlfgHtWNFXI/AAAAAAAAAR8/kIsBvyi9eU8/s1600/IMG_3272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-faVL03J8wqE/TlfgHtWNFXI/AAAAAAAAAR8/kIsBvyi9eU8/s320/IMG_3272.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</a></div>New lace headbands available: choose from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/80439139/lace-headband-red">Deep Red</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/80457325/lace-headband-purple?ref=v1_other_1">Pale Purple</a>, or <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/80534004/lace-headband-green?ref=v1_other_1">Light Olive</a>.<br />
Many thanks to the lovely Sadie Small for her assistance with these photographs. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-38211065202511424012011-08-25T21:12:00.000-07:002011-08-25T21:12:45.912-07:00Fall PerfectionI am in love with the <a href="http://www.clubmonaco.com/082011/lookbook/">Club Monaco</a> Fall lookbook. The colors! The fit! The hats!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-17769575255724770692011-08-24T12:54:00.000-07:002011-08-24T12:54:28.481-07:00New Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GFSsdfUGWaw/TlVWWmE4dcI/AAAAAAAAARg/j4IrctEio5U/s1600/CIMG0459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GFSsdfUGWaw/TlVWWmE4dcI/AAAAAAAAARg/j4IrctEio5U/s320/CIMG0459.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I actually picked up these fabrics a few weeks ago, but I haven't had time to post them. But I can't wait to make more pretty things. I think I'll take a trip to the thrift store this week or next and pick out some things for some DIY projects!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-30401917907471135352011-08-17T10:03:00.000-07:002011-08-17T10:05:33.409-07:00The Merits (Or lack thereof) of Writing What You Know Yesterday I had a conversation with someone. I told her I was writing a play about a prison psychologist who is counseling an inmate. She asked if I had any experience with any of that. Of course I had to say no-I have never been a prison psychologist, a student of psychology, a prisoner, or a murderer.<br />
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One of the great tenets of writing has always been to write what you know. But, if we all wrote about what we knew we wouldn't have half the books that we do. I'm sure there's someone out there who knows what it's like to fight the greatest dark wizard of all time or fall in love with a vampire. But that person isn't J.K. Rowling or Stephanie Meyer. Rowling doesn't know what it's like to fly on a hippogriff any more than Meyer knows what it's like to give birth to a half-vampire baby. Orson Scott Card (<i>Ender's Game Series</i>) doesn't know what it's like to be a child soldier training in space or the savior of the human race. Jodi Picoult (<i>My Sister's Keeper</i>) doesn't know what it's like to have your parents forcing you to donate your bodily material to your sister. Suzanne Collins (<i>The Hunger Games Series</i>) doesn't know what it's like to fight to stay alive in a dystopian world. Bram Stoker (<i>Dracula</i>) didn't know what it would be like to be a guest of Dracula. George Orwell (<i>1984, Animal Farm</i>) didn't have a time machine that allowed him to visit the world as it would be in 1984. Agatha Christie (<i>Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple Series</i>) was no renowned criminal investigator. Arthur Conan Doyle (<i>Sherlock Holmes</i>) was a writer, not a detective. Mary Shelley (<i>Frankenstein</i>) didn't know what it was like to bring something to life that terrified and filled her with shame. Richard Wright (<i>Native Son</i>) never murdered a white girl. Justin Cronin (<i>The Passage</i>) never lived through a vampire apocalypse. Phillip Pullman (<i>His Dark Materials Series</i>) didn't have a daemon by his side while penned his famous trilogy. Cormac McCarthy (<i>The Road</i>) never wandered through a post-apocalyptic world.<br />
So if these authors didn't write about what they knew, how did they do it? With time, research, and where research failed, imagination. And of course, an understanding of the human condition.<br />
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To write a great novel or series of novels, you need not have traveled far and wide or seen great things. You simply need to understand what it is to be alive. That's all characters need, wherever they be. Life.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-77558987286052922702011-08-11T09:08:00.000-07:002011-08-11T09:08:52.748-07:00New Items for ThursdayIt's gloomy in San Diego today. Luckily there's some bright new items up in the Etsy shop!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-88919047620434576852011-08-10T07:36:00.000-07:002011-08-10T07:36:58.077-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NJ4XASj0N1U/TkKWt3GAamI/AAAAAAAAAQk/08iZxYm6WiY/s1600/CIMG0436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NJ4XASj0N1U/TkKWt3GAamI/AAAAAAAAAQk/08iZxYm6WiY/s320/CIMG0436.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> <i>( Feather pin available in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/WhiteFoxDesigns117">my Etsy shop</a></i> )<br />
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Here's hoping wednesday is a little brighter.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670796738180640024.post-84572853794915189882011-08-05T14:37:00.000-07:002011-08-05T14:37:22.515-07:00Welcome! (And a Mission Statement)<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've tried and failed to start blogs in the past. Maybe they were too specific. Maybe I just wasn't dedicated enough. Either way, I have high hopes for this one.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Features:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-DIY/Creations/ETSY</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Fashion</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Writing</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Literature/Film</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-Food</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-And a smattering of my personal life/my horsey life.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just a little blog devoted to the things I love. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580776808861587478noreply@blogger.com0