Yes, I realize that many of you weren’t even born when I was a junior in high school. But as this New Year’s 1990 writing assignment shows, I was a confused, melodramatic, self-flagellating mess when I was seventeen in a way that I’m just NOT anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I still don’t have all of life figured out. But I don’t spend nearly as much time worrying about it–probably because I’ve got too many other things to do. This is but one advantage of getting older that almost makes me feel okay about the southward migration of my @$$ out of my bikini bottom. Almost.
Make the most of this new year…and every year after!
(As for my end-of-decade predictions, it was a decade of tremendous changes. I was indeed married by the end of the 90s but didn’t have a baby until two years into the 00s.)

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Another (retro)ryu and two bonus poems.
When I was a junior the senior class of ‘90 chose THE OCEAN as their yearbook theme so my creative writing class was forced to write a bizillion poems on that subject to fill the “artsy” page. Despite the check pluses from my teacher, none of my poems were chosen by the yearbook staff because they were considered downers and didn’t extol Jersey Shore virtues using rhymes like sunnin’ and funnin’, tannin’ and keg-standin’, f@#*in’ and upchuckin’.

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Proofread Perfect Fifths
And I’m not ashamed to say
I love my own book!

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Does that interest you at all? Then head over to Reviewer X, a blog written by a preternatually gifted interviewer and reviewer who is only half-way through high school. She asked me to participate in Girl Week, which I was only too happy to do. In addition to revealing Q&As with authors like yours truly and the incredibly talented Libba Bray, she’s got fantastic guest bloggers and giveaways too.

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It’s true. I am. And to be perfectly honest with you, I still can’t quite believe I was asked to do it. I mean, look at the writers who grace their covers. This is not a display of false modesty. I’m still…wow.
The story is even better than the cover. It’s probably the best interview I’ve ever done. (Thank you, Lauren Mosko!) I discuss how the Jessica Darling series came to be, why I’m ending it with Perfect Fifths and answered many other fantastic questions I’ve never been asked before. It’s not available online just yet, but I’ll let you know when it is.

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Book club irony:
My pick was The Hunger Games.
I won’t serve dinner.

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With all the depressing news about the collapse of our global economy, I thought it was time to provide a lighter view of financial matters in the form of a short story I wrote in eleventh grade.
(Sadly, my experiment in commenting has come to an end. The comments were great, but moderating them was too time consuming. If you want to make a comment on a post, you can do so via facebook.)
(I know! Look at me getting all facebooky. Funny talk for someone who was totally facebook phobic less than a week ago.)

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I wrote this poem in sixth grade after a full year of being on the ins and outs and ins and outs with my “friends.” I thought I was so wise.
It seemed appropriate to post in light of how my re-re-re-reactivated account on facebook has made me think about the concept of “friends.”
(Oh. And I’m also experimenting with comments. If you think comments will enhance your (retro)blog experience, then please comment.)

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I rejoined facebook. Again.

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A (retro)ryu.

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