Sam

Word war : a challenge between two or more NaNoers in which you set a time (usually thirty minutes) and see who can write the most in that period. It's ...

Pish posh, thinking you're going to do NaNo--you are going to do NaNo, and that's a fact. ^_~ I'm doing a tragicomedy-esque bit about immigration and the Midwest, but, ugh, ...

Bring a little notebook with you to school, and when you have little moments of time here and there, write a sentence, two sentences--anything. By the end of the day, ...

Haha, all the worst books I've ever read I've had to read were for English class. - Interstellar Pig , by William Sleator - The Iliad - Death of a ...

Ah! You need to read Looking For Alaska by John Green--it's really sweet as a romance, but has a little more "depth" to it. Also, check out the Georgia Nicolson ...

Hope Was Here was my favorite book throughout middle school--they did Wisconsin perfectly. She has a knack for good main characters.

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Anything by Haruki Murakami is demented. I adore his books, though--he's an excellent storyteller.

XD I got my annual July 20th plot flash and...no, I'm not outlining. Of course not.

To eat? Children. - Stark They're both rotten, vile things. - Giselle Oh, I like children well enough. They're kind of loud, though. - Leilah What do you think about ...

It doesn't matter to me where I am, but who I'm with--geography doesn't really matter, if you think about it. - Leilah CARL: I don't know. SUKIE: The mall. You ...

*glee* I really adore that title--it's probably something lighthearted and mockingly woeful. I'd definitely pick it up. Western Eyes

A witty, sardonic satire of a dysfunctional family. If the blurb was good, I'd probably pick it up. Abkhazia, Resolute

The Wondrous Brief Life of Oscar Wao , by Junot Díaz Everything Is Illuminated & Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close , by Johnathan Safran Foer Stiff , by Mary Roach ...

Waking up to Karim's maid--oh, wait, that actually happened. How very nightmarish that was. - Stark Telling my parents. - Karim The bad thing. - The Boy Next Door I ...