January 2012
23 posts
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“To me, Fearless is not the absense of fear. It’s not being completely...”
– Taylor Swift
Day 10: Quote from a Solo Artist
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“There’s nothing interesting about looking perfect—you lose the point. You...”
– Emma Watson
Day 9: Quote from an Actress
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“The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.”
– Robert Downey, Jr.
Day 8: Quote from an Actor
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“After all, it does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
– Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, JK Rowling
Day 7: An Inspirational Quote
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“They didn’t understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life,...”
– The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket
Day 6: A Quote About Life
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“The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.”
– Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton
Day 5: A Quote About the Future
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“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we...”
– Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan
Day 4: A Quote About Family
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“Ron: He must have known I’d want to leave you.
Harry: No, he must have...”
– Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling
Day 3: A Quote About Friendship
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“I cared more about your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your...”
– Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling
Day 2: A Quote About Love
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“And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the...”
– Sputnik Sweetheart, Haruki Murakami
(Day 1: Favourite Quote)
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30 Day Quote Challenge →
heckyeahtumblrchallenges:
Day 01- favorite quote Day 02- a quote about love Day 03- a quote about friendship Day 04- a quote about family Day 05- a quote about the future Day 06- a quote about life Day07- an inspirational quote Day 08- quote from an actor Day 09- quote from an actress Day 10- quote from a solo artist Day 11- quote from a band member Day 12- a quote about fashion/style Day 13-...
Writer Fuel: Mexican Hot Chocolate
lettersandlight:
Need help tackling that rewrite? This tasty drink will give you the boost you need to help you get started. The following recipe makes about two over-sized mugs of hot chocolatey delight.
Ingredients:
One tablet of Mexican chocolate (Abuelita, Morelia or Carlos V) broken into smaller pieces.
3 cups of milk (skim, 1%, 2%, or whole milk all work)
¼ teaspoon of...
Calling all YA and Middle Grade Novelists!
lettersandlight:
We just caught wind of a tremendous opportunity for Wrimos who have written a young adult or middle grade novel. And it supports a wonderful humanitarian cause that also champions our shared passion for literacy and libraries!
Thanks to a contest hosted by literacy charity Book Wish Foundation, you could get feedback on your writing from literary agents and renowned...
Clearance Sale at Cihampelas Walk (Ciwalk)
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When: 3-15 Januari 2012
Where: Cihampelas Walk (Ciwalk) Bandung
Brands: Randy Shoes Greenlight Baong Batik Etnik Tancha Bali Accessories Lakeyshop Yogya Store Envoy Wacoal Ada Fashion Arkara Bossway Galeri Mutiez Bali Island
info: www.ciwalk.com
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The Office of Letters and Light Blog: Mark Your... →
lettersandlight:
On our 2011 edition of the “I Wrote a Novel, Now What?” page, we list a number of free contests and writing challenges that you can enter this year. One of them is the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, which is fast approaching!
Wrimos are no strangers to the ABNA; scores have…
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This Is Why I Teach
lettersandlight:
Elementary teacher Nancye Blair sent along this video and blog post. We love hearing about how the Young Writers Program inspires students and educators—as Nancye discusses how her kids spurred on her own word count. Find out why all of Nancye’s students can say, “I am an author.”
Last month, I took on a challenge that I did not believe that I could accomplish and that I did...
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December 2011
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P.T. Anderson, Self-Taught Filmmaker
I just finished watching Super 8, a J.J. Abrams movie about a group of kids filming their own movie who suddenly find themselves in the middle of an alien attack. As usual, after seeing a movie, I look up everything about it on the net, clicking on various links on the site, finally leading me to other topics. This time, it led me to P.T. Anderson.
So I just read on Wikipedia that Paul Thomas...
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/J.K._Rowling:_A_Y... →
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The grass is green
and my dress is blowing in the wind.
November 2011
3 posts
My current obsessions (not in any particular order):
Demi Lovato’ new album: Unbroken
Greek and Roman demigods
Taylor Swift’s “The Story of Us”
the crab-leg dance sequence from SNSD’s “Gee” music video
the “Rumour Has It/Someone Like You” mash-up from the sixth episode of Glee Season 3
how I missed watching Rise of The Planet of the...
NaNoWriMo Newlyweds
lettersandlight:
Sometimes we get emails that are so good we just can’t keep them to ourselves. This email from Jonny in Leeds is one of those. We post it here with his kind permission.
Dear all at the Office of Letters and Light,
In 2009, prompted by a customer at Borders in Leeds, UK, where I worked at the time, I signed up to NaNoWriMo.org for the first time. Not four days into my time...
October 2011
9 posts
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“Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.”
– Annie Proulx (via theparisreview)
How to Pull an All-Nighter Effectively and Still...
theyuniversity:
Source: The Old Gold and Black
mid-afternoon epiphany
shhh-utlow:
people seem to think i am brave, and that i know who i am. neither of these things are true. what is true is that sometimes i just think i could love something, and i know nothing else, and so i dive headfirst wholeheartedly into that thing and don’t look back.
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September 2011
6 posts
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Margaux H.
dearmrpotter:
Dear Mr. Potter,
You didn’t save my life. You aren’t the reason that I read. But you did change my life in more ways than I will ever realize. After all, can anyone truly know how different he or she would be without his or her best friend?
Thank you for these past twelve years. Thank you for everything.
With all my love,
Margaux H., 19, Ravenclaw, Florida
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“The way a school looks sends a powerful message to students. When it’s clean,...”
– Former Assembly Member Coto at the opening of San Antonio’s new $18 million campus
If this is true, what is the message to kids when their school is falling apart?
(via ljuve)
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This past two days I’ve had the strangest wish to become a waitress or the check-out chick at Woollies.
How odd.
I guess it shows how much I want to have a part-time job.
“I never met a kid I couldn’t teach. Every kid was good at something, and the...”
– Half Broke Horses (via ljuve)
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August 2011
9 posts
