Which book are you?

I am...

You're The Poisonwood Bible!

by Barbara Kingsolver

Deeply rooted in a religious background, you have since become both
isolated and schizophrenic. You were naively sure that your actions would help people,
but of course they were resistant to your message and ultimately disaster ensued. Since
you can see so many sides of the same issue, you are both wise beyond your years and
tied to worthless perspectives. If you were a type of waffle, it would be
Belgian.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Umm...yeah.

Rude person: So, when are you going to, yanno, write real literature? Like, yanno, not for children?

Writer: (speechless)

OR

Rude Person: So, when are you going to work your way up to adult literature?

Writer: (speechless)

OR

Rude Person: You surely must plan to write literary fiction or adult fiction, right? Right?

Writer: (speechless)

Here's some great responses I've found on the web various places if you ever find yourself faced with similar situations:

"Sure it's simple writing for kids...Just as simple as bringing them up." --Ursula LeGuin

"You must write for children the same way you do for adults, only better." --Maxim Gorky

"That's rather like asking a pediatrician when he's going to provide medical care to REAL people"

"I know what you mean about children's literature.  Books like Charlotte's Web and Little Women and the Harry Potter books--they just never went anywhere, did they?"--someon on the Verla Kay boards

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."--Madeleine L'Engle

"Because my husband won't let me write porn." --E.L Konigsburg

"What, you mean like Danielle Steele?"--Blue Boarder

First completed Scene:

Official Trailer:

Stephenie Meyer talking about the Twilight Saga:

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The first is the "Suggestion Box" at the top of the page. If you have ideas on how to make the blog better, topics you'd like addressed or expanded upon, leave a comment there. I'd love to hear from you.

Also, it occurred to me that only people at AW and Verla Kay knew they could be Featured Writers of the Day. I wanted to open it up to more people, so I added the information as a page on the top righthand side. If you would like to guest blog, be interviewed, have your book/lit magazines, etc. promoted, drop me a line in the comments section there or send me an email. I put my contact information up.

I also have an idea that I wanted to run past you. I'd like to think about getting a panel together to critique. I'd gather a panel to critique queries for a set amount of time, then maybe first pages, synopses, etc. I know you can do this on some other places around the internet, but I would get together the most qualified people I could find and you'd be guaranteed a certain number of critiques. Also, I'd plan on doing it more Miss Snark style, so it wouldn't be a set number of people getting in, you'd just have to enter in a certain amount of time.

I could be persuaded to try to do some prizes, too, if there is interest.

This year's RITA finalists:

Tomorrow's Topical Tuesday will be on the subject of Beta readers. How many should you have? When should you use them? And how do you know when to disregard their advice. As always, feel free to participate and I'll link to your blog and comment on your post.

Status: Reading Judy Blume's Forever. I've been working on blog stuff all day, trying to figure out how to meet one of my July goals. So far, so good. 

And here's why..

Do you know that losing your skirt is embarassing? I know you know that, crap I think even an idiot knows that but you don't completely get it until it happens to you. It's like your worse nightmare come to life, just substitute the teacher for the owner of this wonderful shop that you stepped into skirtless, and substitute the class for a multitude of shopping crazy SL-aholics.

Is it the male Lindens playing a cruel joke on the ladies? I could imagine it going like this...

Linden Male 1: *snort* It would be so funny to go around looking up girl's skirts!
Linden Male 2: *laughs* We can see their... thing *goes teary-eyed in fantasy*
Linden Male 3: Shit, you are all idiots.
Linden Male 2: Do you have a better idea?
Linden Male 3: Yes, unlike you two I actually like my work here at linden labs, that is why I am creating a bug that makes system skirts disappear!
Linden Male 1: Shit man, that's damn awesome
Linden Male 3: I'm the MANNNN!!!! *pumps air in the fist and does the hump dance*

And that's what I think. Don't agree with it, comment and insult me. *laughs*

Goofy, right?

Style sheet and blurp after the bump

I actually came in SL trying to get a bunch of SLurls and style sheets for the upcoming entry I was doing for SCD. I actually didn't expect that Anessa Stine would tp me to a lucky chair. And I absolutely fell in love with this hat. I knew I had to pair it up with something. The whole outfit, except for the necklace and shoes are from Aoharu and it is absolutely delicious.

It is a delicious concoction of a mint cherry hat and a color matching dress. I also paired it up with a pair of Shiny Thing's new shoes, Brandy. It's adorable and great for a spring dress like the Tyrolean Stripe Dress! So what are you waiting for? Go to Aohoru.

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What I Wore:

Skin: blowpop - Mellie3 Caramel in Ingenue (Brown with freckles)
Eyes: Avalon Designs - Shining Blue Eyes
Nails: Awesome Designs - French Tip Manicure in Nude
Necklace: Muse - Margaux (Black Pearls with Silver Clasp)
Shoes: Shiny Things - Brandy in Black (Size 10)
Outfit: Aoharu - Tyrolean Stripe Dress in Berry Blue

*thoughts after the bump*

For the sake of not being sued, shouted at, cursed at or being sent a cease and desist letter, I've decided to change names of the aforementioned victims characters.

Customer: Hey.
Callory Mowen: Hey.
Customer: What's up?
Callory Mowen: Nothing much,  you?
Customer: Same. RaC is a stupid name.
Callory Mowen: I know, I was thinking of it while eating cows.
Customer: You mean beef, right?
Callory Mowen: No, I mean cows.
Customer: Uhh.. okay. Then what was the raspberry for?
Callory Mowen: That was just random, I dream of monster raspberries chasing down cows while I was drooling on my keyboard.
Customer: That's gross.
Callory Mowen: I know, people love it though. I crack up everytime someone says RaC, it sounds like boobies.
Customer: Shit man, you're perverted.
Callory Mowen: No one has to know!
Customer: Alright... are you changing the name?
Callory Mowen: Uh, why? I like Rack. I meant RaC.
Customer: How about something elegant?
Callory Mowen: Something french?
Customer: No, what about something french?
Callory Mowen: Femme sophistiqué.
Customer: I can't pronounce that, how about Laqroki?
Callory Mowen: What's that?
Customer: I don't know, it's stupid like RaC.
Callory Mowen: Okie, Laqroki it is.

I am sure that's not how Mallory Cowen thought it up,  but since she won't release a statement as to her reasons for a name change, I thought to do it for her Callory Mowen. Don't sue me!

Taking this highly scientific *cough* test will determine your level of caffeine intake by measuring how fast you can click your mouse. The test will last for just 30 seconds (so start stretching), during which you must click the button below as many times as possible. 

                                               Take the Test

Here are my results from our "test" today.  :-)
                 

Let me know how you did and pass this on to all who need it!  Have a great day.

Now what to blog about?

*more after the cut*

This has been sitting around in my photobucket photo storage system for a VERY long time. I went to the RFL Clothing Fair to brave the lag just for this particular dress. I have to say, I wouldn't normally wear something like this, but I couldn't help myself. I had to wear zebra. After seeing Thema Felix in SCD wearing zebra, I had to follow suit and wear something animal printed.

I had fun, I pretended to be a wild woman for about 2 hours (the duration of the photoshoot) and then went back to normal Portia Rossini, Ordinary Extraordinaire! So for those two hours, I was born to be wilddddd!

*more after the cut*

I saw this on Willow C.'s blog. I thought to give it a try. Very awesome. Why don't you do one and tell me what you look like the most? *smiles*

I only know about 3 out of 8 people in there... sighs.

 My face isn't famous enough.

(L-R) Portia & Stella

*I promise you'll laugh*
If not, I'll buy you a prim ice-cream.

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I was exploring around this sim in SL and I started crying in laughter when Stella and I were doing a bunch of crap in the sim. So I decided to make a little 'comic'. ENJOY!

Innocently exploring...

And then Stella brought out the sharks..

Who's Your Celebrity Boob Twin?

Try yours now and find your boob twin! *laughs her ass boob off*