No End of Books

I know.  I've been gone without any warning.  For over a month.  There's no excuse, and I'm sorry.  But life's hit me over the head with more than I knew it had in store, and I've dropped blogging because I simply didn't feel up to it.  However, hopefully I'll actually stick around this time. I decided to pick a nice, cheerful title.  How'd I do? Anyway, my summer was kind of filled with contradictions.  It was hot and cold, busy and laidback, exciting and slow, and filled with oh so much fun and oh so much stress. Life Happened And It Was Very Weird • I put a bag on a frog's head.  Oops. • My friend dragged me along to a summer basketball thing.  I went back three times. :) • Cabin time with theatre friends!!  And no one drowned!  And we got sleep - even after someone decided to tell creepy stories involving wallpaper and human skin.  All in all, one of my favorite parts of the summer. • I got my class...

I'm basically an expert on injuring myself, and those are my qualifications to write this.  Anyway, this is inspired both by my talent (curse?  I'm not sure) and my realization that injuries are very genre-specific.  (For instance, fantasy is always the shoulder injury, or impalation, or an arrow to the knee.) But fantasy, sci-fi, action, and crime/mystery are the only genres that I could think of when thinking about injuries in fiction.  So I decided to write a post about one question: where are the realistic injuries in contemporary fiction?  Because this is a really important question, and it's totally integral to good storywriting.  In all honesty, it was just bothering me.  So I wrote about it, of course. It's really a two-part question, though.  First of all, why aren't there injuries?  And secondly, what is a realistic injury, anyway?  For that matter, why is this even important? As to the first half, I have no idea....

In all honesty, this is a bit of laziness on my part.  I'm too exhausted to write anything more right now.  So, you're getting a ramble from my theatre-saturated brain.  Don't thank me too enthusiastically.  I've learned a lot from my six years of acting.  Life lessons, acting skills, and many other things.  It's been one of the best things I've ever participated in, and I can say without a doubt that acting has changed my life and helped make me into the person I am now.  That said, I'd like to share some things I've learned. 1. Trust This is one of the most important things I've learned.  When you act, you willingly place yourself in a very vulnerable position - you have to be willing to try new things and pour your heart into your character.  If you don't trust your fellow actors, it's almost impossible.  But when everyone trusts each other, amazing things happen.  The first step is the hardest - in a way, you're giving othe...

Pick-up Lines for Book Lovers by Brianna Stacyn So, this is going to be a shorter post, mainly because I've come down with something virus-like and don't have a whole lot of energy.  However, I'm making a foray into comedy, so we'll see how that goes. Brace yourself.   Have you ever wanted to tell a book nerd you like them?  Conversely, have you ever been liked by someone who knew you as a book lover?  No matter if you have or if you haven't, you can still enjoy - *pulls cover off*  Voilà!  These lovely pickup lines, guaranteed (not!) to work.  Without further ado: The Smooth One: "Hey, are you still looking for your Darcy (or Elizabeth?)  Because I'm available." The Salesperson: "Just think, if we got married and combined our collections, we'd have an entire library!" The Background Check: "So, do you like _______?"  (Follow-up Question: "Do you prefer it to _______?") The Single One (Also known...