February 2012
44 posts
Six types of Love
benjaminm:
Eros
a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love
Ludus a love that is played as a game or sport; conquest; may have multiple partners at once
Storge an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship, based on similarity
Pragma love that is driven by the head, not the heart
Mania obsessive love; experience great...
“Most of the time writing for me is work. It’s work I am passionate about...”
– Kiersten Writes: The Post Where I Explain My Crazy
“She writes like she’s starving and reads like she’s feasting.”
– R.D. Larson (via booksandnerds)
“I’ve had librarians say to me, “People in my school don’t agree with...”
– David Levithan - Supporting Gay Teen Literature (via cake-light)
“Discrimination is not a legitimate point of view.”
YUSSSSSSSSS. What he said.
“‘Without pain, how could we know joy?’ This is an old argument in the field of...”
– John Green (via thenovelapproach)
“Despite Katy Perry on the radio and a kiss between two guys on Glee, we still...”
– SheWired - Why I Wrote About a Lesbian Teen - Op-Ed
I finished The Miseducation of Cameron Post last night … what a seriously beautiful book. I really do think it has the potential to become a classic, even after (and likely despite) the inevitable book bannings that will happen.
I want to...
“Point is, fuck the One True Way. Doesn’t exist. Nobody has answers — all you get...”
– 25 Things I Want To Say To So-Called “Aspiring” Writers
While this definitely applies to aspiring writers, I’m pretty sure it’s true of all life
“Make the clay first. Sculpt later.”
– YA Highway: Reasons Not To Write
Dear Kody Keplinger … thank you. Seriously, I suck at first drafts. SUCK I TELL YOU
Anonymous asked: Is book 2 related to Meant to Be...or is it totally separate?
“It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for...”
– Nick Hornby (via patrickdonohue)
Most people don’t like How to Be Good. I thought it was BRILLIANT.
thewordunheard asked: It's in a bed & breakfast in PA's Brandywine Valley. We were only there for one night and we spent much of our time in our room, for good reason!
3 tags
“Who were these people, these specially selected tenants? They were mothers and...”
– The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
hot damn this is a well-written, well-plotted masterpiece. Did you know Raskin wrote it WITHOUT AN OUTLINE? All those clues, that whole mystery, and it came out of her by the seat of her pants.
“I hate writing but love having written.”
– Dorothy Parker (via girlinlondon)
I was talking to a friend today, and I made some comment about how miserable drafting is. And she replies, “Oh, you know you love it.” And well … I don’t. Not drafting anyway. There are times when I’d rather be at the dentist.
But...
My one wasteful writer's habit
Whenever I get stuck or face writer’s block, I buy some shiny new blank notebook to write in, even if the old one isn’t even closed to being finished. The fresh start usually gets me moving again.
January 2012
50 posts
1 tag
“Every man at some point in his life is going to lose a battle. He’s going to...”
– Friday Night Lights (via patrickdonohue)
Eric Taylor … best fictional husband, best fictional coach, best fictional man
“For me, VOICE is taking the familiar and crafting a narrative that makes me see...”
– my editor, Wendy Loggia (at NY12SCBWI)
