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I'm a 'young' (in body but not in mind) 20 something who has a hankering for being a writer (a published and paid one preferably). By day I am a mild mannered PhD student. By night - i'm a Blog Hopping, Tea drinking Chocoholic with dellusions of literary Grandeur....
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      • You gotta FIGHT!
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      • And something I made earlier
      • The #1 Job
      • BBC Book challenge
      • Making a Book Cover
    • ►  January (3)
      • Matched
      • Christmas Writing booty
      • A broken promise. . .
  • ►  2011 (9)
    • ►  March (1)
      • Happy Paddy's Day
    • ►  February (4)
      • Time for a Hiatus . . .
      • A lil pride. . .
      • Killing us softly. . .
      • 7 things you didn't know about me. . .
    • ►  January (4)
      • Internet doesn't think much of either sex. . .
      • Empire of the Sun
      • It was mentioned by some readers (the lovely White...
      • New Year and some resolutions
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      • Cleopatra's Daughter
      • Some thoughts on Writing
      • Follow Friday (IV)
      • Snowbody Snows the trouble I've seen. . .
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      • Is nothing Sacred!?!?!?!
      • Nice Ad!
      • Come on & Let me Flow!
      • Beautiful Bag Giveaway!!!!
      • DarkShines: Favourite Sentence Snippets
      • A bit of an update
    • ►  October (24)
      • Happy Oíche Samhain
      • Dead Until Dark
      • So you think you're a vampire Eh?
      • And all that Corkonian Jazz. Part Deux
      • Covorting with some Covers (III): USA vs. UK/IRE
      • Jazz Hot Baby!
      • Follow Friday (III)
      • The Gargoyle
      • Covorting with some Covers (II): USA vs. UK/IRE
      • A little thing called voice. . .
      • You are so beautiful to me. . .
      • Busy Busy
      • Something Wicked this way comes. . .
      • Covorting with some Covers (II)
      • Foot-in-mouth disease AKA authors go BOOM!!!
      • Follow Friday (II)
      • Number 30: Tarot Cards here I come
      • The Time Traveler's Wife
      • Covorting with some Covers. . .
      • On my wishlist
      • I am the Messenger
      • Never Let Me Go
    • ▼  September (9)
      • The Arse is firmly back in the chair
      • Testing, 1, 2, 3
      • What do you think?
      • I'm so excited!!
      • Wear Sunscreen!
      • Diversity in DarkShines. . . am I clueless?
      • Mwah!
      • Slow but Steady. . .
      • One of my favourtist websites. . .
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  • Come on and let me FLOW
  • Foot-in-mouth-disease aka when authors go BOOM
  • Slipstream vs. New Wave??
  • That little thing called VOICE
  • This Leap of FAITH
  • WTF is MAGIC-Realism??

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Emily 's bookshelf: read

Cleopatra's daughter
3 of 5 stars
Cleopatra's Daughter
by Michelle Moran
Matched
4 of 5 stars
Matched
by Ally Condie
Empire of the Sun
4 of 5 stars
Empire of the Sun
by J.G. Ballard
Never Let Me Go
5 of 5 stars
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro

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My Blog List

  • Query Shark
    #223
    3 hours ago
  • QueryTracker.net
    The Literary Pause
    6 hours ago
  • Literary Rambles
    LAURA PAULING INTERVIEW AND GIVEAWAY OF A SPY LIKE ME
    7 hours ago
  • BPS Research Digest
    5 chances to win a copy of Rethinking Madness
    9 hours ago
  • Fantasy & SciFi Lovin' News & Reviews
    Waiting on Wednesday
    12 hours ago
  • Paperback Writer
    City in the Sky
    13 hours ago
  • Writer Beware™ Blogs!
    Publishers Weekly Moves Into Self-Publishing
    23 hours ago
  • The Bookshelf Muse
    Keep Calm And Query On + Giveaway!
    1 day ago
  • The Innocent Flower
    Why You Shouldn't Fear Failure
    1 day ago
  • Janet Reid, Literary Agent
    The Rental Cat visits!
    2 days ago
  • The Book Bundle
    Review: Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
    2 days ago
  • The Life Of A Wannabe Writer
    Swearing and Teen Fiction
    2 days ago
  • Anne R. Allen's Blog
    How Writers Can Learn to Cope: 6 No-Fail Strategies for Achieving Mental Toughness
    3 days ago
  • PsyBlog
    The Ultimatum Game
    5 days ago
  • Laura Jane Cassidy
    What writers can learn from Jedward.
    6 days ago
  • Nathan Bransford, Author
    Traditional vs. Self-publishing is a False Dichotomy
    6 days ago
  • The Rejectionist
    Some Books I Have Been Reading Lately
    1 week ago
  • The Fill in the Gaps: 100 project
    Michelle (3M) at 1morechapter's Progress
    1 week ago
  • As the Plot Thickens
    To Florida!
    1 week ago
  • Diana Paz
    A video blog in which I share some big news about my book!
    1 week ago
  • Cindy R. Wilson
    Winner of Wildflowers from Winter
    1 week ago
  • Read Bree
    My answers to your frequently asked questions
    2 weeks ago
  • beyond wunderman
    Speed and distraction
    4 weeks ago
  • and another thing...
    The Bus Tour, Day 7: On Reading One's Own Reviews
    1 month ago
  • BookEnds, LLC — A Literary Agency
    And So We Say Good-Bye
    1 month ago
  • The Books of Pellinor
    New Pellinor book. And other tidbits.
    1 month ago
  • The Basics Challenge
    The Basics Challenge ~ books read
    2 months ago
  • Archetype Writing Blog
    Long Overdue Update
    3 months ago
  • Courting the Muse
    Something Beautiful Is Happening...
    6 months ago
  • Buried in the Slush Pile
    What I'm Thinking While Reading This Bad Pitch:
    7 months ago
  • Pimp My Novel
    Hiatus
    8 months ago
  • Editorial Ass
    Mystery/Crime/Thriller Must-Reads--help me make a list, please!
    9 months ago
  • Diary of a camp counsellor
    Ready and waiting
    1 year ago
  • The Sesquipedalian
    A bit of Scottish History, Duct tape, and Velvet Gowns
    1 year ago
  • Countdown to Publication
    Shutting Down
    1 year ago
  • The ramblings of a hopeful artist...
    1 year ago
  • How Publishing Really Works
    I'm Sure You Know This Already, But I've Moved
    1 year ago
  • My VerboCity
    In Which I Show Signs of Excessive Crafting
    2 years ago
  • The 1st Daughter
    Pioneer Woman Cooks Giveaway
    2 years ago
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