You may have noticed I haven't posted here in, oh...six days.
This may have made you sad. Maybe not.
(Have I told you lately that I love you, dear followers?)
There's actually a very good reason for this. Two, in fact: the first is that I've started my fourth (and final) semester at my esteemed two year institution.
The second is that I am officially living away from home, for at least five days a week, every week, till May.
I KNOW. I'm excited. Also terrified, and a little homesick, and stranded in a basement without wireless internet. But the family I'm living with is lovely, I live closer to my friends, the commute to school is much shorter (which of course means more time to read books).
But also there's the internet thing, which means less blogging. But also there's the living away from home thing.
Which is where all of you come in.
Older folks: what advice would you give your own YA self as you were taking your first steps into the big wide world?
Folks in my age bracket: what are your favorite YA dreams?
Long, short, whatever, I want your answers. Send them my way with an alias, your real name, or whatever you'd like me to publish it under, and I'll run the post at some future date when I get enough submissions.
(There might be a giveaway in the works, too.)
So what are you waiting for? Have at it, and keep partying down with your big bad YA selves without me. I should be getting wireless sometime next week, so hope to see you around here more soon.
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January 25, 2012
Biography of an unrepentant bibliophile
My name is Maggie Desmond-O'Brien, I'm 17 years old, and I like reading books. Also writing them. I also like coffee shops and goats, but since those aren't very interesting things to blog about, I stick to books. (Mostly.)
Also writing. And unschooling. And music. And diversity. And social justice. And college. But really, mostly books.
If you have comments on this blog, books you'd like me to review (pretty please, but check out my review policy first), or ideas for extra ways to work the word "books" into this biography, drop me a line at mdesmondobrien@gmail.com. BOOKS.
Also writing. And unschooling. And music. And diversity. And social justice. And college. But really, mostly books.
If you have comments on this blog, books you'd like me to review (pretty please, but check out my review policy first), or ideas for extra ways to work the word "books" into this biography, drop me a line at mdesmondobrien@gmail.com. BOOKS.
At this week's watercooler...
Yes, I'm a compulsive organizer, thank you for wondering
People who do this book blogging thing better than me
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Author Word Association with Margie Gelbwasser11 hours ago
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DAC Giveaway: KATANA Themed Goodies!12 hours ago
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Interview with Andrea Cremer15 hours ago
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You Belong @ Your School Library15 hours ago
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In My Mailbox (77)1 day ago
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YA Movie News3 days ago
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Words That Fly is NOT dead3 days ago
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review: The Way We Fall3 days ago
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chocolate sauce4 days ago
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Waiting On Wednesday5 days ago
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Library Liasons (1)5 days ago
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Coming Soon! March 20121 week ago
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In My Mailbox (55)1 week ago
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His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik1 month ago
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Alison Pace: Pug Hill3 months ago
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Moving Day4 months ago
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Author Friday: Barry Eisler3 days ago
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More my books5 days ago
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Classy Interior Decorating5 days ago
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2012 new york teen author festival1 week ago
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I'm a Mom Now.4 weeks ago
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9 comments:
I don't know that anyone has better advice than The Bard.
Hamlet I.iii -
"This above all: to thine ownself be true,"
(Also, I personally believe excessive line breaks are a) not excessive and b) show character and intelligence. You may have guessed I use a lot of line breaks.)
Make sure it feels right. If you're not where you're supposed to be, it'll never work. Conversely, if you know you're where you're meant to be, just have fun! I guess what I'm trying to say is, go with your gut. :)
Just jump in and go for it. I was around 17 years old when I started college and it was exciting. Don't get caught up in other people's drama and choose your friends wisely. Learn to have some fun and feel to be selfish, these are the best years of your life, use them wisely. =)
Just jump in and go for it. I was around 17 years old when I started college and it was exciting. Don't get caught up in other people's drama and choose your friends wisely. Learn to have some fun and feel to be selfish, these are the best years of your life, use them wisely. =)
Just jump in and go for it. I was around 17 years old when I started college and it was exciting. Don't get caught up in other people's drama and choose your friends wisely. Learn to have some fun and feel to be selfish, these are the best years of your life, use them wisely. =)
Budget, eat well, and do what you love and are passionate about, not what you feel like you should do. Looking back, I should have studied Literature instead of Linguistics, and I wish I'd worked overseas for a year instead of taking a job at an academic publishing company because I felt like I should. Now I'm self-employed (and very, very poor), but I value the freedom I have to work on what I'm passionate about.
I'm with Najela. There are so many times in my YA life that I shied back from something for sake of fear of embarrassment, failure, or a variety of things. I regret it now. You are wise, capable, and interesting. Be excited and dive in. Go exploring! Meet new people!
I'm with Najela. There are so many times in my YA life that I shied back from something for sake of fear of embarrassment, failure, or a variety of things. I regret it now. You are wise, capable, and interesting. Be excited and dive in. Go exploring! Meet new people!
Favourite YA dreams...hm. Most of the time it's about being able to manage schoolwork, writing, relationships, jobs and aikido with ease and having a Person. I'm not particularly romantic when it comes to these things.
However, on days when I just want to fast forward adolescence and kill everyone with a trowel, I try to remind myself that looking back on my teen self as an adult, I want to hold myself in high regard. I want to record just about everything that's on my mind now. Because if the hormones have created a huge amount of temporary intensity in emotions, that is TERRIFYING. I won't ever feel this way again! That's even worse than always feeling it. So I hope I can just write everything down and when life starts slipping into mediocre numbness and I'm merely doing what is easy, I'll look back and say "Teen!Emma would have punched you in the face with the hilt of her samurai sword if she saw you right now." I want there to always be an intense, ridiculous kind of TRUTH in my bounds and bounds of repressed emotion I experienced as an adolescent. And the only way of really expressing that is recording it.
As for you, my love, we have to remember to not be stagnant. And that our wants are just as important as everyone's elses, if not more. You're going to be BRILLIANT. In fact, what am I talking about, you already are.
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