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I run. It’s a thing that I do.* Every weekday.** When I’ve got it together.*** I run on a treadmill.**** It makes me feel like I’m in Alice Through the Looking Glass, running the Red Queen’s race. “Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else — if […]
January 8, 2014 by Kandace Mavrick
Do you ever get that feeling where you’re standing around in your own house and you suddenly think, “I live here” and that seems totally weird to you? Or you’re sitting with your feet up and you look down the stretch of your legs and go, “Wow, my legs are really long.” Or your parents […]
December 5, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Me: I don’t really know how to write it… Actually I’m beginning to think that every book I write I’m going to start by saying, “Okay, I don’t do this but…” Arkem: I was about to say. Me: The last one turned out okay, though, right? I don’t write thrillers. (But the first real book-like-thing […]
November 22, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Today’s song doesn’t have a video clip. Technically it doesn’t even have an official existence. It’s a remix. By TheMattSmith.* And it starts with the immortal words, “Now usually I don’t do this…”** Go here and listen: Call Me Maybe vs. Ignition * Which is funny because while I’m pretty sure he has nothing to […]
November 14, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Me: I need my brain for other things. Arkem: Plotting. Me: Yep. (Pause) It sounds so much worse when you say it. Writers tend to fall into two categories: plotters and pantsers (as in by-the-seat-of-their-pants). I have always fallen into the make-it-up-as-I-go-along category, stumbling blindly through the story woodland and bumping into things and calling […]
October 17, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
I have a… problem isn’t the word, but it’s close. There’s this thing anyway with Drink Me where you can read it in a way that’s… not what I intended. I’ve been aware of it for a while now. And I don’t mind people reading it that way because honestly the idea of following that […]
October 1, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Personally, I’m hanging out for ThinkGeek’s moodINQ – Programmable Tattoo System to become a reality.
September 24, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Yesterday one of my readers* came over and we worked through the notes they’d given me on Drink Me. I kind of love doing that in person because it gives me the opportunity to wave my arms and roll my eyes and stick my tongue out at them when I disagree. Which I think helps […]
September 23, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
So I’m clearly not the first to put these two ideas together… 😛
platform thing 
January 16, 2014 by Kandace Mavrick
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