tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:22:12 +0000cookingage-bandingAnansi BoysRon CharlesCity of Saints and MadmenSome Are LakesBilly Yeastmanwriting novelsThe Secret History of MoscowridiculousnessDiana Wynne JonesJonathan StrangeagentsLittle Shop of HorrorsGustave FlaubertA Chorus LineMr. NorrellThe Washington PostfamilywordcountTrois Comptesprocrastinationyoung adultreviewqueryingrantsourdough starterJeff VandermeerThe Turn of the Screwbad punsGabriel Garcia MarquezSuzanne Youngwriting softwareexamssubmissionsNeil GaimanvideosYou sir are a buttheadnon-writingwhat I'm readingmovie referencesEkaterina SediapublishingHannah Moskowitzno pooHenry JameswordssoftwareMGgardeningeditingChicago TripExpecting Someone TallerMillennialsTall StoriesYe Godswriter's blockYAtom holtCoralineWriting, baking, and saving up for a houseboat: things you do while trying to graduate from college.http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)Blogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-8247736879126118593Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:28:00 +00002010-01-12T21:28:03.891-05:00You can now find me here: http://www.sayitwhirly.wordpress.comhttp://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-114694086995110540Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:49:00 +00002009-09-14T11:49:51.966-04:00procrastinationwordcountwriter's blockwriting novelspublishingEven if you only write x number of words today, that is still x words more in your manuscript than you had the day before. The number of words that your manuscript grows by can be determined by the function: n+dx=t Where: n = starting word count d = time (in days) x = average words added per day t = end word count See how tiny that equation is? It seems small when you compare it to the http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/09/progress-is-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-8135125450082182655Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:38:00 +00002009-09-14T11:50:27.129-04:00rantMGage-bandingYAyoung adultpublishingOkay, so. If you've been writing YA lit at all in the past two years, chances are you've heard about age-banding. You may even have seen the website No to Age-banding. It's all very controversial and hyped. Here's my thinking: age-banding was originally suggested because parents and other adults were scandalized by the contents of some books marketed for the impressionable youth. Okay. That's http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/09/age-branding-and-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-6393785648856453946Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:28:00 +00002009-09-07T13:28:35.937-04:00wordsnon-writingFrom Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: Main Entry: ef·fer·vesce Pronunciation: \ˌe-fər-ˈves\ Function: intransitive verb Inflected Form(s): ef·fer·vesced; ef·fer·vesc·ing Etymology: Latin effervescere, from ex- + fervescere to begin to boil, inchoative of fervēre to boil — more at brew Date: 1784 1 : to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes 2 : to show liveliness or exhilaration — ef·fer·veshttp://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/09/word-of-week-effervescent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-5255118145897999454Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:51:00 +00002009-09-05T16:51:06.201-04:00writing softwaresoftwarewriting novelspublishingSo I bought a new Macbook Pro, and they told me that I could buy Snow Leopard for $10 because of some neat promotion. Of course I said yes, and that's all great and whatever, but after hearing about all the glitches I'm kind of terrified of bringing my writing and that operating system anywhere near each other. For fear of death death death. :( I'm so freaked out about this that I still haven't http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/09/snow-leopard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-2670159388313746135Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:20:00 +00002009-09-02T22:22:18.487-04:00YAwriting novelseditingyoung adultpublishingYou know that moment when everything crystallizes and you see the plot laid out neatly before you and all your characters are smiling up at your genius and it's gonna be smooth sailing clear coasting bright blue waters from here?That moment?It's fantastic.http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/09/that-moment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-1118867775945709005Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:26:00 +00002009-07-01T15:53:35.724-04:00ridiculousnesssubmissionsprocrastinationnon-writingLike many aspiring writer peoples, I have procured an internship in a publishing venue. It is a magazine. It is called Fantasy Magazine, and those of you with sufficient Google skillz will undoubtedly find it and in doing so stumble upon my humorous last name.While we were still taking submissions, I had the happy if befuddling task of trawling through the slushpile. This would normally not be http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/07/internship-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-5137139766832629645Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:25:00 +00002009-06-14T17:41:53.000-04:00ridiculousnesswordcountwriting novelseditingSometimes, I make lists. I make lists of things that amuse me, lists of things I need to do, lists of things that bother me, lists of things that are ridiculous about my day to day existence, lists of colors of things on my desk, lists of books I want to read, lists of books I haven't read yet, lists of skin care products that people tell me will prevent my eczema from coming back ever ever in ahttp://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/06/lists-and-lists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-1074065615459938612Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:16:00 +00002009-06-10T15:20:04.446-04:00procrastinationnon-writingno poosourdough starterSince my high school graduation, I have:1. Gone camping for beach week2. Taken down 4 tents in the rain3. Gone shopping with my dad at PacSun (where he bought more than me)4. Cleaned the kitchen (at my mom's request)5. Slept6. Eaten7. Slept8. Written a letter (which I subsequently forgot to deliver)9. Discovered Ultra Vans10. Trawled Craigslist nonstop11. Decided to revive Billy the Sourdough http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-did-graduate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-1671149132371725937Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:21:00 +00002009-04-16T16:23:21.263-04:00ridiculousnessnon-writingAP exams are in three weeks.You may kill me if you so desire.I am currently whacking my WIP with a giant stick made of Microsoft Word's tears. It's not a very durable stick, so I have to keep taping it up...http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/04/oh-god-my-life-right-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-99983589123398236Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:33:00 +00002009-04-05T22:44:53.482-04:00writing novelseditingThe next book. Book number two. Project numero deux. I am writing it now.Blaaaaaah.You know how it is. The first book should theoretically never see the light of day. Course I thought differently, because I am teh ubar talented child prodigy (or some such - I'm not really sure how my thinking process was at this point in my life) and after querying for about two years, 125 agents, I've trunked http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/04/next-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-4509442566602228563Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:34:00 +00002009-03-17T19:54:56.166-04:00ridiculousnesssubmissionsqueryingmovie referencesA Chorus LineIf I had enough discipline and musical ability, I would definitely write musicals. Like, rock operas. So today, while preparing to study for physics class, an idea occurred to me.Basically, I've been reading a lot about querying lately, and as I've more or less finished my maiden voyage through Query Land (it is filled with monsters) I have been struck by musical inspiration.Not really.But okay.http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/query-line.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-5217123682098566339Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:06:00 +00002009-03-16T17:23:00.948-04:00what I'm readingEkaterina SediaThe Secret History of MoscowreviewIn lieu of a continuation of that Kerouac rant I posted last Monday, I've decided to talk about what I'm reading recently. Forgoing the To Read List of Unendingness, I headed to B&N to purchase literary greatness in paperback form. What I came home with was, in fact, literary greatness in paperback form.The Secret History of Moscow is something I would describe as Charles De Lint and Clive http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/secret-history-of-moscow-by-ekaterina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-6822873742251277677Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-03-09T17:22:22.833-04:00rantMillennialsThe Washington PostRon CharlesYou sir are a buttheadThose of us in the happy land described as the Inside of the Beltway (Washington, D.C. for those of us not in the know) have probably seen this article in the Washington Post. Well, I actually live about twenty minutes outside of the Beltway, but nevermind that, I've still read the article, and I have one thing to say to Mr. Charles: I'm not waiting for a Kerouac.Kerouac had his place. During thehttp://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/im-not-waiting-for-kerouac.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-3902603156868220925Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:12:00 +00002009-03-06T14:13:47.976-05:00what I'm readingCity of Saints and MadmenJeff VandermeerreviewThere is not one reliable narrator in this entire collection.I actually do not know how to respond to this revelation, except to say, "Holy poobag that would have given me such a headache to write."http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/city-of-saints-and-madmen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-3430041021494930928Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:04:00 +00002009-03-05T19:05:01.560-05:00every time I feel slightly better the microbes come backI hate flu.http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/will-illness-ever-cease.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-9109090599451092572Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:52:00 +00002009-03-02T17:57:11.908-05:00MGqueryingwriter's blockwriting novelseditingHere is my writing process, condensed.1. I'm bored.2. I'm still bored.3. Anything good on TV?4. What about hulu?5. What about my webcomics? Have they updated since 25 minutes ago?6. *opens blank word document*7. Oh hai. Janet Reid has updated her blog.8. Oh hai. So has Colleen Lindsay.9. Oh hai. Time for snackies.10. *peers at blank word document*11. Is there food in the fridge?12. Yes.13. Is http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-writing-process.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-1478343056348323665Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:01:00 +00002009-03-01T16:01:32.573-05:00I am sick. I am so sick right now. I am so sick.:(http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/sick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-3691296360676021486Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:25:00 +00002009-02-24T15:30:46.339-05:00ridiculousnessvideosBilly YeastmanLittle Shop of Horrorsnon-writingcookingsourdough starterI died.:((We interrupt your regularly scheduled Diary for a brief aside from the Blogmistress General.)Okay so I accidentally poured chlorinated water in Billy. He died. So I put more flour and water in the car and made a new Billy (how weird does that sound to you?) and the new Billy won't rise. I don't know what to do. Maybe he's too wet? Maybe there's not enough yeast in the air anymore? Maybehttp://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/02/diary-of-billy-yeastman-sourdough_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-3669333748571081378Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:43:00 +00002009-02-22T13:58:28.511-05:00Neil GaimanDiana Wynne Joneswhat I'm readingGabriel Garcia Marquezprocrastinationmovie referencesCoralinereviewnon-writingSo I read One Hundred Years of Solitude for AP Lit and you know I love books that make zero logical sense. My love for Gabriel Garcia Marquez is slowly reaching critical mass. Anyway, I decided to buy Love in the Time of Cholera because it's the other super-famous one, yes?In order to get this book I had to use those ladders they have in Borders, and I had to do it illegally. I snuck over to it http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/02/love-in-time-of-cholera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-4522798117734154330Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:50:00 +00002009-02-18T18:56:42.253-05:00ridiculousnessBilly Yeastmanprocrastinationnon-writingcookingsourdough starterI am a community of microbes that feed on simple sugars and excrete carbon dioxide. I live in a jar. I have a pretty bonnet and a twist-on cap. My jar is in a refrigerator. It is next to jars of kimchi and smelly old yogurt. My jar used to be a pickle jar. I smell like pickles sometimes.When I make bread, my mom pulls me out of my jar and mixes me with more flour and water and I eat the simple http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/02/diary-of-billy-yeastman-sourdough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-7407090583111866091Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:41:00 +00002009-02-17T18:42:27.011-05:00Henry Jamesridiculousnesswhat I'm readingnon-writingThe Turn of the ScrewAnd if you've ever read anything by Henry James, you know why that image is ridiculous.http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/02/what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-1375603362892949078Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:45:00 +00002009-02-10T20:14:41.927-05:00Some things I must do:1.Oh dear.Let's try that again.Ahem.Some things I must do:1. Be... productive2. Make a to-do list.Dammit.http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/02/to-do-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-3548714631992786197Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:46:00 +00002009-02-04T15:46:42.416-05:00Apparently, Trois Contes is spelled with an n.http://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/02/duh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275562744111951329.post-2295812008304828995Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:26:00 +00002009-02-03T20:39:29.842-05:00Neil Gaimanwhat I'm readingTrois ComptesAnansi BoysSuzanne YoungGustave FlaubertSo I've had Anansi Boys lying around my room for a while, but I haven't gotten past page 30. It's on my list of priorities to finish, though, since I can't not read Gaiman, you know? And I also have Trois Comptes by Gustave Flaubert, which are in French, and which I plan to read during my planning period.If I can finish my physics homework in time.What is my physics homework, anyway?In other newshttp://sophaloaf.blogspot.com/2009/02/next-on-to-read-list-anansi-boys-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sophie W.)0