http://www.dianapeterfreund.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:31:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am of two minds about posting this. On one hand, the casting decisions have cast a dreadful pallor over the entire production. (Pun intended.) On the other hand, other than the part where the dude takes off his hood and it's so not Aang, I feel like I recognize ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/fangirl-squee/ Check out this great new review of Rampant, from the independent bookstore Russo's Books in Bakersfield, CA: Like most red-blooded girls, I've always like horses, and unicorns are an extension of that. Being a mythology buff, I'd bump into unicorns in my readings a lot. And I have to say, that's ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/reviews-and-the-discussion-thereof/ Yesterday's little creative endeavor* really jumpstarted my work. I went into the day completely fired up and got a ton of writing done. Yay, me! I wonder whose poetry I can mangle in the name of art today? Actually, I don't think it's in the cards today. I'm so busy I can ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/bees-aint-got-nothing-on-me-when-it-comes-to-busy/ During my intense, embedded foray into the coverage of the unicorn re-emergence (see my upcoming journalistic endeavor, RAMPANT), I have found no evidence that the species survived past the 1850s. So imagine my surprise to discover, care of my buddy Saundra Mitchell, author of the fantabulous SHADOWED SUMMER, this Waterhouse ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/the-pre-raphaelite-unicorn/ This looks fun: Kelsey of Reading Keeps you Sane, Khyrinthia of Frenetic Reader, Jordyn of ten cent notes, Persnickety Snark, and Trish Doller compiled lists of their favorite YA crushes. It was interesting to see, as some of them crushed on characters other put on their "least favorite" lists. I ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/ya-crushes/ Rio thanks you all for the sweet birthday wishes, yesterday! Long week. Yoga last night was really good, though. I finally did a decent half moon pose. Yay, me! I'm really looking forward to this weekend. I'm going to a booksigning, then to see King Lear. Anyone got any cool plans? In other ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/tgif/ Rio - Duran Duran http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-baby-girls-all-groweds-up/ I've been having a few conversations with friends recently about the best under-the-radar books. Books that aren't getting the huge buzz, for reasons that remain a mystery. Some of the books I've been thinking of are old books, some are new. Some are by seasoned authors, some are debut. Why isn't ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/why-isnt-everyone-reading/ A few links from around the internets: The BookMaven responds to another one of those tiresome genre snobbery posts. I agree with a lot of it, but I'm not sure she goes as far as I would. So, I don' have a PHD in Literature, just a lowly BA, but I'm ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/lots-o-links/ Apparently a side effect of being completely snowed under with deadlines and stress is that I'm in a constant state of bad mood. This weekend I saw two fantastic pieces of art: BEST WORST MOVIE, a hilarious documentary about the cult status of TROLL 2 (at SilverDocs), and RADIO GOLF, ... http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/cures-for-a-bad-mood/