The Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is a truly wonderful association for professional development, inspiration, and networking opportunities with writers, editors and agents who can make a difference in your career. Certainly it has made all the difference in mine. This is where I first believed that if I worked hard enough, I could get a YA book published by a major US publisher. I also met a writer who led me to a NY agent who is absolutely fabulous. (She represents Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games!)
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Have you ever felt like maybe the point to doing a task is no longer in sight? Like, maybe, getting above 90 per cent on every exam is not important, even though it used to be the focus of your life? Or how about hanging out with someone is the last thing you want to do because that person is, (God how clearly you see it now), really a negative influence in your life?
And you know that in-between place when you know the truth and the reality of it all, but you’re not ready to do something about it?
I know I’m being ambiguous about the details. That’s necessary.
What is also necessary is that I tell you that I’ve decided to take action. And what brought me to that? A realization that I can’t endure static. Static is remaining in a house that’s crumbling around me.
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Before I say anything else, I want to tell you that sometimes I try too hard. That’s what I’ve been told before, and if there was one instance where this might be true, it’s this cake.
Does trying too hard mean that you try and fail? Or that what you attempt to do doesn’t turn out the way you expect? Or does it mean, “I know you want me to like you but because you’re sort of neurotic about it, you annoy me.”
The latter of those choices is what I think it means, but I’ve also been told that I can see the dark side of things when I ought to see the positive.
If you’re confused, we are in this whole life together.
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I’ve been thinking about kissing.
It’s not that I’ve kissed so often that I’m an expert; I’m actually one of those girls who watches all the kissing part on TV dramas and movies looking for tips. And, today, bffs, I will share them with you.
Here’s what I have learned:
* Tentative short, lips only kissing, is for the guy who’s been a friend forever and you’re worried that maybe this whole kissing thing will ruin your friendship.
* Slow burning kisses are definitely the kind of kisses for long term boyfriends that haven’t been so long term that you’re a bit bored.
* Pecks on the lips and cheek are the obligation kisses. Your aunt probably gets a bigger thrill.
* Any kisses that also involve hands cradling faces, the stroking of cheeks, a lick along the earlobe suggest more passion is coming to a theatre near you.
* Ferocious kissing is saved for your massive crush guy. It’s pent-up fierceness, cultivated by long stares from across the room, brushes of hands against sleeves, near meetings that fail to come to pass. Ferocious kissing involves tongues first, light tenderness in the coffee breaks and all the hands, lips and stroking of faces you can fit in for dessert.
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