Multiple Personalities

May 7, 2009 Leave a Comment

I first took the Myers-Briggs personality test during college when I was a Resident Assistant. I loved taking these types of tests and found it very interesting. According to Myers-Briggs, I’m an ENFJ ---which I think is a right assessment of me. As I started writing after college, I stumbled back on the Myers-Brigg personality types and found that they can also be useful for creating characters. Maybe because I’m an interesting mix of geeky logic and creative gypsy. But seriously, … [Read more...]

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SLJ Interview with Coe Booth

May 6, 2009 Leave a Comment

Found this interesting interview with Coe Booth on the School Library Journal website. She's the author of Tyrell and Kendra. If you haven't read these books, what are you waiting on? Get cracking. Here's an excerpt for the interview and I loved it: No doubt there is a large audience for books like mine, but I write my books for all teens, not only teens of color. I think that’s one of the most frustrating things I deal with—the belief that books about black teenagers are only written … [Read more...]

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A Million Different Ways

May 6, 2009

If you’re a writer, you have to get your hands on this FABULOUS book, The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale. I still remember the day when me and my friend Lynne were in the bookstore and found this book. It’s like we found the Thesaurus Holy Grail. We sat there and worshipped all of the 1361 pages and then we had to go get another copy because---well things got a little awkward with the book’s possession. More than 1 million synonyms. Can you believe it? Makes me just want to go and … [Read more...]

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Is Ning the New Black?

May 5, 2009 Leave a Comment

I first found out about Ning when I joined my UGA alumni group. It's a great networking tool and somewhat addictive. Now I’ve noticed authors like Sarah Dessen and Maureen Johnson are starting to use Ning as a social network. When you think about it, it makes perfect sense. You can get all of your readers in the same place and create your own community. Just like with the Twitter technology, which a lot of authors already use, I think Ning is going to be another way to connect with … [Read more...]

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