Accio Potter! House Brawl

It’s no secret that I love Harry Potter, unashamedly. I don’t think it’s trite to say that Harry Potter changed my life. I read those books at a transitionary period in my life, a time when I didn’t know who I was at all. They reignited my love of reading, my love of story, and [...]

Slumpty Dumpty

Around this time last year, I hit a slump in my writing. I had come down from the high of NaNoWriMo only to jump straight into the specific hell that is working in retail in the Christmas season. By January, my high had slid down to a slump, and then the dreaded Fear sank in. [...]

You Have To Wait

I am going to preface this post by saying this: it is a rant. It has nothing to do with writing, or books I’ve read, or the other things I might have blogged about in the past. This is a rant, a rant about my personal life, and if you don’t want to read about [...]

And what exactly is a “Goonie” anyway?

Dear blog, I have a confession to make. I am woefully underdeveloped. PopCulturally speaking, of course. I can’t tell you the number of times someone has exclaimed at me “How have you not seen [insert popculture here]?!?!?!?!” with a look that says if-you-were-sitting-closer-I’d-slap-you-in-disgust. It’s altogether too easy to blame my mother – and I do, [...]

Krakow: The One Where Serena Nearly Dies A Death Of Birds

This blog post will be one in a series of posts about my recent trip to Krakow, Poland. Last month, I went to Krakow. I promised I’d blog about it soon, but I’ve been struggling to come up with the words to describe the experience, mostly because I am still stumped and haunted by Auschwitz. [...]

CLOCKWORK ANGEL – Winner!

Ugh, guys, sorry it took me so long to post the winner of this giveaway. Between returning from Krakow and jumping straight back into work, I haven’t had a free minute to myself. I’ll be blogging all about Krakow and posting a lot of pictures really soon, so stay tuned. It’s a really inspirational city. [...]

One Last Giveaway!

It’s 1.30 AM on the 3rd of December, so today is officially my 27th birthday. I don’t know how I feel about 27. I suppose time will tell how that age will pan out for me. Someone else is celebrating a birthday soon – a book birthday, in fact. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare is [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

CHRISTMAS! Do not adjust your monitors, readers, that IS snow falling and it will be there until January somethingth.  If I had my way it’d be there all year long.  I’m one of those rare crazies that people pretend not to like but secretly love, because their infectious love of Christmas is as irritating as [...]

CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS – Winner!

Well, that was a fun giveaway! I almost wish it didn’t have to end, but alas, there are only four books in the MORTAL INSTRUMENTS series, and November has drawn to a close. We have a winner, selected by random.org, and… The winner of the SIGNED COPY of the fourth book in the MORTAL INSTRUMENTS [...]

Nano & Me: A Love Story

Oh NaNoWriMo, how I love you.  No, seriously, I think I love you more than I’ve ever loved a social website.  You’re freakin’ beautiful to me. For the third year in a row, I have earned one of these bad boys right here: I think part of what I love about NaNoWriMo is that they [...]