Enjoy this wild, wacky ride called “life.”
When life becomes a roller coaster… –Suzy Toronto
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A word to the wise, part 7
Category: A bit of fun
Darkhaven, the movie!
Today I’ve got a real treat: A movie cast for Darkhaven, handpicked by the author herself! This would book would make a wonderful movie, so I hope Hollywood is paying attention. Also, if anyone knows where to get hold of a time machine, let us know – it would make casting so much easier! 😀
Stay tuned afterward, because I’ve got all the deets on a great Rafflecopter giveaway at the end of the post!
I always have difficulty with casting my characters, because no one in real life looks quite like the people in my head. I always say that if my books were going to be translated into visual media, I’d like them to be either anime or graphic novels. Nevertheless, I’ve given it a go.
Darkhaven is set in a capital city, Arkannen, into which people from many different countries have migrated over the years. Most people’s heritage is a mixture of cultures/influences; they tend to think of themselves as Arkannenites before anything else (much as Londoners are Londoners before they are British). So although Mirrorvale and its surrounding countries don’t have exact real-world analogues, I’ve chosen actors who have quite a diverse mixture of backgrounds…
A word to the wise, part 6
Mistakes are not failures unless we fail to learn.
Epic mistake #5,372 that I made on purpose… –Suzy Toronto
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A word to the wise, part 5
This is where having wacky friends can really save the show!
Sometimes my life is only one tent away from a full-blown circus. –Suzy Toronto
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A word to the wise, part 4
Light up the day with your mojo!
Eat sunshine for breakfast. –Suzy Toronto
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Time to spread the love!
The lovely Mara Eastern nominated me to participate in the Spread Love Challenge, and since I love love, this sounded like loads of fun. 🙂
Ze rules:
1. Write ten four-word sentences about what love means to you.
2. Share your favorite quote on love.
3. Nominate ten other bloggers to do the same.
How do I feel about love? Well, I just told you above, but here are ten )rather longer than four words but hopefully delightfully illustrative) sentences on what love means to me:
I’m inspiring – Part IV
The very kind (and very talented!) Mark Nolan has nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. This is the fourth time I’ve been nominated (the second time this year, even!), and while these sorts of things are always fun, I am fresh out of interesting things to say today.
With that in mind, I’ve decided to share one answer from each of my previous posts, which you can read in full here, here, and here:
1. I’m ready to head somewhere warm and stay till spring. Yesterday when I left for work, it was -11°F with a windchill of -27°F. This morning, it was -13°F with a windchill of -38°F. Our windows are horribly drafty and our heaters are on their last leg. I am so over this winter. (from my third award)
A word to the wise, part 3
This above all: to thine own self be true.
Pretending to be a normal person day after day is exhausting. –Suzy Toronto
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A word to the wise, part 2
I wear a size “beautiful,” and my age is “fabulous.”
Numbers don’t tell you anything. –Suzy Toronto
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Again with the inspiration!
Several days ago, I was nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award by the lovely and talented Katrina Jack. This isn’t the first time I’ve been nominated for this particular award (you can read those posts here and here, and a list of my other blog award posts is here), but I’m just as flattered now as I was then. 🙂
I’m sure you all know how these things work – you thank your nominator, you share seven things about yourself, you nominate others. I thanked Kate for the nomination in her post, but I’d like to give her another shout-out: There’s a list of books on Goodreads that are Hugo-eligible this year, and Kate’s book Land of Midnight Days is currently at number 6. It’d be great if you’d hop over and vote for her – she’s a wonderful author and a fantastic friend, and she deserves all the recognition she can get. 🙂
And now, without further ado, the rest of it:
1. In just over three weeks, I will be the same age my mom was when she died. As my 31st birthday draws nearer, I find myself becoming more morbid. This, of course, is a continuing trend, because my 30th year has been rather morbid in and of itself. And come this time next year, I plan to have one hell of a party, assuming I survive 2015.
2. My new favorite song is…
Suddenly they all died. The end. 