http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:06:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey, everyone! Okay, I promise not to get too soap box preachy here but I feel very passionately about a documentary that will soon be on its way to Sundance. So passionately that I have gone to two viewings for it and plan to watch part of it again tomorrow. Oh, ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/08/hot-coffee-the-movie-is-justice-being-served-john-grisham-and-al-franken/ Hey, everyone! Okay, I had the BEST time at the Willamette Writers Conference. Seriously, I couldn't have imagined it going any better than it did. Well, maybe I could've found a huge bundle of cash. [caption id="attachment_511" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="What? For me! You shouldn't have . . . but I'll keep it."][/caption] Re-entering ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/08/willamette-writers-conference/ Hey, everyone! Okay, I have a new dream. Someday I will attend the Romance Writers of America Conference. I don't care how many people snicker at my love for romance novels. I will not stop until I've read EVERYTHING written by Nora Roberts (except her JD Robb books which I don't ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/07/geeking-out/ Hey, everyone! Okay . . . so about last night. First off, I stayed up super late editing my latest book, Awkward. So it was about 2 am when I got an urge. An urge for what, you ask? To give myself a haircut. Now, this is not the first time I've grabbed ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/07/what-marni-should-not-have-done-last-night/ Hey, everyone! Okay, so this has been the busiest summer of my life. You'd think that honor might go to the summer I spent traveling the country on a bus or last year when I spent some time in Israel. But, oh no! I have never EVER worked harder. I might be ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/07/crazy-busy/ Hello, everyone! Well, it's here! The fourth of July! And usually for me that means watching the endless Ashland parade and boiling in the sunshine. But today I decided to celebrate a little bit differently. See, what I really want to be doing is madly editing That's Debatable and Awkward so ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/07/happy-indiependence-day/ Hey everyone! Okay, so remember how I said that my brother just had surgery? Well, he was in Ashland for all of three days before he decided to go up to Canada. My grandma and Jordan shared the driving and since I was free and all . . . I got ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/06/canada-eh/ Hey everyone! Okay, so here are some excuses as to why I haven't been updating my blog. 1. Technology hates me. 2. I had finals at Lewis & Clark College 3. I was preoccupied with packing everything up to come home. I know: excuses, excuses. But let me explain about the technology issues because it ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/06/so-this-is-vacation-right/ Hey, everyone! So, I have a new plan. A coping mechanism, if you will. At the end of every horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day, I am going to look at pictures of baby polar bears. [caption id="attachment_430" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="So adorable!"][/caption] Because, life is just too short to spend it freaking out ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/04/polar-bears/ Hey everyone! Okay, so once again the insomnia stick has given me a solid thwack when I wasn't looking. Which is why last night I didn't sleep at all. [caption id="attachment_426" align="aligncenter" width="285" caption="Okay, so maybe this picture is a little creepy, but that's pretty much how I spent the night."][/caption] I just ... http://www.louderthanwordsbooks.com/marni/2010/04/bed-books-and-beyond/