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I wanted to share a kissing scene from one of my books for Valentine’s day, but I found myself with a dilemma. There is no romance in Give Up the Ghost. And to reveal any kisses from The Way We … Continue reading
Category Archives: Just For Fun
The first song on Give Up the Ghost‘s unofficial soundtrack to have an actual music video! I’ve always found Natalie Imbruglia’s “Smoke” to be a haunting song, a mood which suits a book about ghosts don’t you think? Listening to … Continue reading
I planned on giving this book a shout-out at some point or another, but now seems like a particularly good time, as I just had the pleasure of listening to its author, E. Lockhart, share her wisdom about writing and … Continue reading
The next song on the unofficial soundtrack for Give Up the Ghost is the first of two R.E.M. songs, both of which are from their album Out of Time. Here’s “Texarkana”: To me this is a Tim song. Tim desperately … Continue reading
Talking with author friends last weekend about what my husband does, I realized I should share his very reader-friendly game again! Chris programs and designs Flash games, and Word Vine is particularly fun for word fans. Give it a shot … Continue reading
I’m leaving for Kindling Words very early tomorrow morning, so this will be the last blog post this week. (I will still be reading e-mails, if you really need to get in touch.) Since the Academy Award nominations were just … Continue reading
Realized it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these–still a few more to go! 🙂 Will cover two today since they’re both fun ones. Do you have a favorite animated ghost movie/series? Not animated–the only animated ghost-related show … Continue reading
I already explained that Lisa Germano’s entire album Geek The Girl was a great fit for Cass’s character. But I couldn’t put every single song from the album on my unofficial soundtrack. The other Lisa Germano song that really resonated … Continue reading
Seems appropriate to be talking about this now, since I was just picking band names and the pic I used for the mini contest was this one: Which, you may or may not know, comes from a most excellent movie … Continue reading
Thank you to everyone who offered band name ideas–it was hard to choose! But I painstakingly narrowed it down to my faves and what I ought worked best for the words and characters, and the chosen two are… Simple Mischief … Continue reading