Daniel Pennac’s The Reader’s Bill of Rights 1. The right not to read. 2. The right to skip pages. 3. The right to not finish. 4. The right to reread. 5. The right to read anything. 6.The right to escapism. 7.The right to read anywhere. 8. The right to browse. …
“This is 10% luck20% skill15% concentrated power of will5% pleasure50% painand 100% reason to remember the name!” – Fort Minor “Remember the Name” The song may be about a rapper but it still applies to any person struggling with an artistic profession. 🙂
Saw this on a t-shirt at RT Con 2009 during the book fair and even got a picture. “English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.” This is a paraphrase of the original quote …
Happy Valentine’s Day! My VDay card to you: http://dreneebagby.com/Extras_VDay2009.html
If Tori had used them, that book would have been a whole lot shorter. 😀 This one is my all time fav for this year, too bad it was banned in the US except for in TX: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJSD46JSoM&hl=en&fs=1&w=420&h=344][youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4QUpaIJecQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1&w=420&h=344] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rorbv0RWrbk&hl=en&fs=1&w=420&h=295] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m71m-LBqFQ&hl=en&fs=1&w=420&h=295] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIpoW0BMrus&hl=en&fs=1&w=420&h=295] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBBcibQByNs&hl=en&fs=1&w=420&h=295] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79tMMFja-Fw&hl=en&fs=1&w=420&h=295]
Got three this time. Jessa Slade said this to me after I complained about wanting to be finished writing so I could read the end product. “I don’t like to write, but I love to have written.” ~ Michael Kanin And I found these two while trying to figure out …
From me, my characters and all the other voices in my head… Happy New Year!! May your 2009 be all that you want it to be.
Merry ChrismaHannaKwanzaYulEid!! No matter what you celebrate or how you celebrate or if you celebrate, have a happy!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kYEK-pxs_A&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1&w=425&h=344] Truly Amazing (edited 23 Dec 2008 because the originally video was taken down).
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all even if you don’t celebrate the day!!
