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Last night, I finished reading the book “Uglies” by Scott Westerfield. If you haven’t heard of it, the book is technically teen fiction. It’s about a future world where everyone gets an operation on their sixteenth birthday that makes them beautiful. Super-model beautiful. Sounds great, right? Well, it’s not that simple. I don’t want to give away the book, but let’s just say that there are some kids that don’t want to change into a beautiful copy. Some people think that it’s our differences that make us beautiful. From baby to age 12, you are called a “Littlie”. When you…

Monday. Holidays over. New Year. Back to work. It’s so tough to get back into the swing of things after the holidays. That break is just so nice! It’s also so busy that by the time you finally get to sit down and say “Ahhh”, it’s over and back to work. Of course, this time, we are aimed with New Year’s Resolutions and the determination to do something better with our lives this year. I know I have set some goals of my own, even though I don’t think I would call them New Year’s Resolutions. Why not? Simply because…

STRESS. That’s what I see people feeling this Christmas. Has it always been that way? Or am I just starting to see it now that I’m older? There’s the stress of visiting family and trying to make them happy. And of course the stress of money and whether or not the people in your life will appreciate your gifts and whether you did enough for them. The crowds around the malls and restaurants add stress too. Cooking, cleaning, everything. But you didn’t need me to tell you that. Chances are you are feeling it for yourself. I just wanted to…

I feel motivated to start writing my new novel today! I have been tossing around ideas for weeks now, not sure which one I really wanted to focus in on. Brainstorming and figuring out what to work on next is definitely fun and exciting because there are endless possibilities. However, at the same time, there is this fear of settling down with the wrong idea or passing over the perfect one without recognizing it for its potential. What I am starting to learn is that while there is no way to know which idea is the best, every idea has…

If you’ve never had vertigo, believe me when I say that you are lucky. It’s not painful or anything like that, but it’s terribly disorienting and equally annoying. Just when I start to forget I even have it, I turn a corner or tilt my head and there it is again. It’s a difficult sensation to describe. I feel dizzy and disoriented. There is a slight jolt that goes through my body and feels tingly all the way down to my toes. Sometimes, it makes me feel like I am on a rollercoaster that is upsetting my tummy with its…

Can you believe Christmas is so close? Have you finished your gift buying? Sent all of your cards? I am not really very good at sending Christmas cards. I have the best of intentions, honestly, but I never really seem to get them in the mail. Oh well, email is easier, haha! I thought I was mostly done with my shopping too, but then my Mom stole my idea for my brother’s present and left me high and dry last night with a “hope you have some other ideas” email. Okay maybe that’s not completely fair. I was going to…