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Re: litpark » Question of the Month: Lesson

aimeepalooza — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:06:41 -0000

The best writing lesson came through reading. I was in high school. My Brother came home from college and left me some work by beat authors. Reading their work, I learned that I didn't have to follow the strict writing rules I'd been taught. It was a total relief!

Re: Question of the Month: Heal

aimeepalooza — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:43:26 -0000

Wow, I'm struggling with this question because so much of what I do for my children comes out of the memory of hurt from my childhood.
This question is going to take some time.

Re: Question of the Month: You on the Web

aimeepalooza — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:33:44 -0000

Thanks! No, The Pokey Little Puppy was not included. Sad! My son is obsessed with The Little Red Hen. I do see why they fell out of fashion. They are more difficult to read than most young reader books and tend to be slap in the face preachy. But in Kindergarten, the point is he is reading them...right?

Re: Question of the Month: You on the Web

aimeepalooza — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:01:29 -0000

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Re: Monthly Wrap: Kids in Bookstores

aimeepalooza — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:38:40 -0000

All I can say is woo hoo! I think we already know I am a huge fan of indie. I want the Shaman Drum to survive. So, even though I have no affiliation, thanks. Also, I like your son's spirit. I'm sure the authors did too.

Re: Question of the Month: Amazon, B&N or Indie?

aimeepalooza — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:49:28 -0000

I am a fan of indie. There is a little shop in Ann Arbor called the Shaman Drum. Every book on every shelf is good. You can walk in, close your eyes, pull a book off the shelf and find yourself with a wonderful book. I love it.

PS. Not to burst anyone's bubble, but being that Borders is an Ann Arbor based company...be prepared for your Borders to close. It is circling the drain as we speak. And, note to book store owners: do not replace book lovers with MBA's to run your business.

Re: Question of the Month: Children’s Books

aimeepalooza — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:30:44 -0000

I was actually afraid to write that comment, sacred cow that it is. I expected people to boo me.

Re: Question of the Month: Children’s Books

aimeepalooza — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:57:20 -0000

Also, I am a freak but I hate The Giving Tree. Call it what you will, the disregard for the tree makes me angry. The tree seems like a woman in a bad marriage.

Re: Question of the Month: Children’s Books

aimeepalooza — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:54:12 -0000

I am late. But I loved Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Ramona Quimby books, Tale of a Fourth Grade Nothing, A Little Princess, the Anastasia series, Harriet The Spy, And when I was older, Robert Cormier. After The First Death was my introduction to all things are not simply black and white, good and bad....it is an amazing book for young adults.

Re: Monthly Wrap: Times We Turned Pink

aimeepalooza — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:54:04 -0000

OMG! Awesome. You accidentally went to a topless bar. We accidentally went to a gay bar once. It was empty but the few men there kept buying my friend Ike drinks. It took us like two hours to figure out we were in a gay bar. The girls felt really rejected for that two hours. Nobody wanted to talk to us...only Ike. I love gay bars...I just like to know when I'm in one so I don't feel like the ugliest girl on Earth.

Re: Question of the Month: Foolish

aimeepalooza — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:00:51 -0000

me too!!!!!

Re: Question of the Month: Foolish

aimeepalooza — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:52:09 -0000

If your stories are as funny as this post, I'd love to read them! The whole stalker thing, something I'd totally do.

Re: Question of the Month: Foolish

aimeepalooza — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:50:33 -0000

We had a couple at work who were regulars. They were getting married and hadn't been in for a long time. We though it was all the wedding planning, the wedding, and the honeymoon. When they came back in the woman had lost tons of weight. So our bartender said, "Wow, you look great. You lost a lot of weight." I nodded and agreed. She looked at us and said, "Oh, must have been the cancer."

Re: Question of the Month: Foolish

aimeepalooza — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:33:13 -0000

I am totally distracted. But I am thinking.

Re: (Extra) Question of the Month: Halloween

aimeepalooza — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:28:41 -0000

Wow. I want to say I didn't laugh because, you know, how horrible. But I totally did. Great story.

Re: (Extra) Question of the Month: Halloween

aimeepalooza — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:08:43 -0000

I'm totally late and my story is really depressing.
I was ten. My Mom was handing out candy, as she normally did. And since my Brother and Sister were too old to go trick or treating, and I was too young to be out in the dark by myself without at least a group of kids, I had to wait for my Dad to get home to take me.
He never showed. I didn't know it at the time, but he was probably hanging out with his girlfriend. My Mom sat silent and I sat wondering why my Dad stood me up.
What a crappy memory!

Re: Monthly Wrap: Our Book Collections

aimeepalooza — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:09:49 -0000

oh, you were in the fan club? I always wanted braids like hers....and a horse to live in my house.

Re: Monthly Wrap: Our Book Collections

aimeepalooza — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:08:47 -0000

Man, what a beautiful miserable.
Also, I always thought saying I want to be a writer was like saying I want to be a super model. But, junkie works too, in a different way.
I never really thought of what I read as a reflection of me but it really is. I get very emotional when someone tells me one of my favorite authors is a hack. I guess that's why I'm okay with friends and family stealing my books. It makes me smile when they report back that they loved what I loved.

Re: Thriller Writers: Dionne, Eisler, Lynds & Morrell

aimeepalooza — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:45:37 -0000

Well, that makes me smile! I guess maybe I should say, I haven't thought of these questions because I don't see myself as a writer. I've never had to imagine where my novel would fit on a shelf. And because I live in a world of sci-fi youth lit, Oprah book club books, how to manuals, and was raised by a woman with an addiction to romance novels, I've never been selective. A book with beautiful words is all I really need to feel satisfied. Novels are just like food to me. As long as the food is tasty and fills me, I'm happy no matter the number of stars on the restaurant or the price of the meal.

Re: Thriller Writers: Dionne, Eisler, Lynds & Morrell

aimeepalooza — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:25:38 -0000

To answer your question...I have no clue.
But, I really enjoyed this conversation. Being a hobby writer, I've never taken the time to decide or even think about what type of writer I want to be. Judging from the conversation I know I tend to enjoy literary fiction. But much of it fits into some sort of genre. sorry, I'm chewing this over as I write. I think bottom line, I love beautiful stories with beautiful words that entertain me. And, I don't really care where they fit on a store shelf.

Re: Question of the Month: Bookshelf

aimeepalooza — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:00:33 -0000

My bookshelf is jam packed with books stacked and otherwise. It is also missing a bunch of books because my Brother and one of my friends keep using it as a personal library. My SO does not have a bookshelf of his own but the books he owns are semi-autobiographical fiction and biographies. My books tend to be whatever strikes my fancy at the moment.

Re: Question of the Month: Promise

aimeepalooza — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:17:13 -0000

I always managed to get good grades in English but my English teachers hated me. I was a dark depressed middle school girl and refused to write shiny, happy papers. I wrote about mental illness, Mother's killing their children....on and on. So, in 8th grade we had a surprise test. It included a section on basic grammar and a section where we could write whatever we wanted. We were given an hour, but I only got a half hour because I was sick the day the test was given. The test was graded blind by a high school teacher who was starting a pilot advanced English program. He picked 20 out of a class of close to 300 kids. He picked me. A total dark horse. Not in with the nerdy crowd and not a favorite of middle school English teachers. When my 8th grade teacher found out she said, "I hope you don't fail out." Yup, she said that to me, because I got in and many of her favorites did not.
The first project in his class was to write something Poe-ish. Perfect for me. I got the only A in the entire class. It was the first time someone allowed me to be dark and the first time someone got past WHAT I wrote to appreciate that it had been well written. It was also the first time anyone told me I was a talented writer. He changed me forever.

Re: DimeStories

aimeepalooza — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:11:03 -0000

I am totally a good kisser but he's not emailing back? Maybe he's gay???? If he is, not my fault the making out didn't work.

Re: DimeStories

aimeepalooza — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:00:08 -0000

Sadly, my only connection to the MFA program is that I made out with a guy
who graduated from it. However, I might be able to arrange for a venue. I
will supply you with all the beer you can handle and I'm pretty sure I have
some turpentine for James! If not, I bet a lot of bourbon and smoking would
do the trick. Let me get to work on the venue thing.

Re: DimeStories

aimeepalooza — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:30:27 -0000

You guys are like an old married couple. I cannot wait to listen to the show and find out if there will be a reading in Ann Arbor.