December 2011
2 posts
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Post #3 of Courtney and Jasmine's Story
Then he felt her shoving him away and though the strength of her push couldn’t move him at all, if he didn’t want it to, the anger and hurt on her face most definitely could.
“What is the matter with you all,” she asked? Her voice was so full of rage and pain that he recoiled inside himself at the idea that he’d caused it. He truly hadn’t meant to.
Then she was hefting...
Jasmine & Greg Post 2 Thurs.,...
Greg
“Chuck Norris has already been to Mars, that’s why there are no signs of life,” Marcus Shippard rattled off. Tall and lanky, with a mild case of constant acne, Marcus was doing one of his favorite things, telling Chuck Norris jokes he’s heard or read somewhere else. “There used to be a street named after Chuck Norris, but it was changed, because nobody, and I mean nobody, crosses Chuck...
November 2011
3 posts
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Courtney and Jasmine Post 1 (Chapter 1)
Jasmine and Greg
Gregory Hoover watched, without wanting to, as the prettiest girl in his Chemistry class moved a lock of her hair behind her ear with her first and second fingers. Her hands, he noticed, were pretty, too. Her hair, light brown and softly curled, hung between her shoulder blades. She turned and her light brown skin glowed on her profile of dark eyes, soft, round...
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.” So...”
– David Foster Wallace (via booksandnerds)
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Hi. I’m a young adult writer and some of you may have checked out my first two books: Jason and Kyra or Played. Well, now I’m working on a new novel for teens and beyond, as yet untitled. And what I’ve decided to do is post parts of it as a blog.
The new story is set at Cross High School in Detroit, just like the othe two. This time there are two main characters: Courtney...
July 2011
30 posts
WatchRudolf Steiner quintet, with my son Omar Davidson subbing at first violin, perform at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. July 21, 2011
WatchRudolf Steiner quintet, with my son Omar Davidson subbing at first violin, perform at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. July 21, 2011
A new game for me ....
Angry Bird rocks!
“God gives nothing to those who keep their arms cross.” MY REFLECTIONS: ...”
– African proverb
Willful Blindness
Sometimes people allow themselves to exist in a relationship where their partner is up to some hot mess: cheating, misusing the couple’s money, gambling excessively, lying, etc. You know what I’m talking about. The signs of their boyfriend/girlfriend’s mess are there. They don’t call back in a timely fashion, they’ve been caught in a couple of lies, they...
“That’s what up … swahg! I like this one so much you may hear it...”
– Local Detroit teens.
Look, Ma, I gotta blog!
So, I talked to my agent today and she said, “Dana, nowadays publishers want to know what you’re doing to get your work ‘out there’.” Then she told me that when she approaches publishers with new titles from her authors they want to know what her authors are doing on facebook and twitter, and do they have blogs and web pages.
So, I went to me multi-media consultant...
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