Susan Adrian

Because Kari posted her pictures : Here's the view from my office this morning (ICICLES!): Here's the view from the front door: And ...

You must go read Diana Peterfreund's "The Ballad of Anne and Gilbert" It is fabulous. (and I am SUCH an Anne Fan)

Just as bouncy as this: http://www.maniacworld.com/bird-loves-ray-charles.html

My thesis defense is OVER, and it went well! I am DONE!!!!! Wahoo! Thank you all for your support! Couldn't have done it without you!

Under the category of "things I should've known about" and "how did I miss this": Today is Teen Literature Day! And ...

I am still here. Countdown: SEVEN days (yes, 1 week!) until my thesis defense. Eeep. I just (think) I finished my revisions, and sent off to...

I'm making progress on all fronts at once. One month to go!!! To lift your Wednesday (courtesy of moonrat ), watch this and enjoy. I lov...

My motto right now: One Step Closer; Just A Bit More Work My thesis was accepted by my committee: yay! With revisions. But they're not t...

So...I don't want to jinx this streak, but the past couple of days have been pretty ~*sparkly*~. No huge news, but lots of little encour...

Hello! Official excuse for not updating: I've been sitting in a corner thinking Deep Thoughts.* *This is not true. I've been alterna...

When people refer to the "writer's temperament", it's not usually such a good thing. Moody , they mean. Over-sensitive. Ne...

Those on Twitter and Facebook already saw my glee explosion yesterday, but for here: I turned in my thesis yesterday!! WooHOO! I'll stil...

So as I'm finishing up the Dreaded Thesis, obviously I've been eating and thinking about food a lot. 0_0 What? It's true. Stress...

Hi all! Yes, STILL head down on thesis. Nearly there. I *hope* to send the draft to my committee a week from tomorrow. But I get to buy my c...

And for the second birthday of the week...MINE! Thank you so much to all you internet peeps who already wished me a Happy Birthday on Facebo...

For some reason I'm thinking in images today, not words. I borrowed these images from Flickr's "explore" feature, here: ht...

I just started LAMENT by Maggie Stiefvater . I only had time to read a couple pages last night, and then for half of lunch today before I ha...

When they handed my newborn daughter to me, I was probably the least experienced mom in the whole hospital. I was the youngest in my family....

Last night I got to see Coraline in 3D. I'm one of those few who hadn't read the book (yet), but I was completely entranced by the s...

Still here...you know, still doing my Thesis Thang. Once February is over the load should lighten a little. I *think*. Anyway, I know I'...