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House update: the walls

October 2, 2011

We haven’t done much with the house over the past month, but I’m looking to get back into it before the winter strikes. So, we’ve finally started hanging pictures in the house. Before, we just could not agree on anything. Then,  a couple weeks ago, we went to an arts festival that had some very cool original photography. It’s not all that exciting because the art is so small and the walls are so naked, but it’s a start. Here’s ...

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Book Review: The Debba (with Vicki-suggested cover art!)

July 21, 2010

(Full disclaimer: Thank you to Other Press for sending me a copy of the book.) I  always judge books by their covers.  I have no remorse over this, and it’s lead me to great selections.  Based on simply cover alone, I surmised that The Debba is a spy thriller, much like The Moscow Rules, which would result in someone lying facedown in an unmarked sewer in Cairo. So, for the next release, I recommend  a cover change that will appeal ...

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Author Interview: Hannah Friedman

October 26, 2009

Note: This book graciously provided to me by Hannah Friedman. I spent approximately 45% of high school in my room and crying because I was weird/no one “got” me/had self-esteem issues/was working on homework until 2 am/had a Nutella emergency. Hannah Friedman’s high school experiences were even worse, mainly because she had a monkey instead of a sister, but also because she had the additional pressure of a private school.   So much worse, in fact, that she wrote a book ...

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Writing a Novel in a Month and Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon

October 6, 2009

In November, I’m going to be participating in NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, where you write a 50,000 word novel in one month. The goal is to just write, without excuses, and to do it with people who are also doing it, making it easier.  I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it, but I’ve had a novel inside of me for as long as I’ve known how to write, however corny that sounds.  So, I’m limbering up ...

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Me Elsewhere

August 25, 2009

No post today, but two quick things: My first book review for Interfaithfamily.com is for Sana Krasikov’s One More Year. And my first attempts at Uzbek cooking for neweurasia.net:

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