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Had a bit of free time this morning, so I made a (very random) video, in which I discuss gatherings and eat marmite for the first time. 

Tentative Amsterdam gathering plans: Saturday, May 26th at 2pm in Dam Square (by the big white monument thing). If you’re in the area, hope to see your face there! :D

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Me:
I think I'll read The Fault in Our Stars again.
Heart:
Don't you dare.
Heart:
Don't you dare do that to me again.

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Let’s do this thing, tumblr

So last week I put up a tumble to gauge interest for potentially releasing some stories I’ve written for download. And interest was gauged, and the first story, a piece of YA fiction called “A Fool’s Paradise” is now up! Because I put it up. Because I thought you might like to read it.

A video will be going up tomorrow (hopefully!) on this topic, but I thought since I originally had this conversation with tumblr, I’d put it here first, in case you are extra interested and don’t want to wait for the video explanation, or if, like me, you can’t get to sleep and want something to do.

So here’s the link if you’d like to check it out! 

https://gumroad.com/l/EJAr

And if you don’t want to, that’s okay too! HUGS FOR ALL!

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I wrote some stuff!

This past weekend, in the spirit of spring cleaning, I finally moved a ton of documents from our old family computer onto my lap top. Among these really old documents were 7 full length (obviously unpublished and obviously in horrendous need of editing) YA  novels that I wrote in high school.

These novels prominently feature these themes:

1. First love

2. Angst

3. Family problems 

4. Ridiculous first names 

5. Outdated cultural references (WE STILL HAD CD PLAYERS IN 2004).

Now in high school I thought these stories were like, totally amazing, and although that may not be the case, most of my friends back then did seem to enjoy reading them.

And so that brings me to my main point: I thought it might be fun to release some of these stories for the potential enjoyment of now-high schoolers, or fans of angsty stories, or English majors looking for a good laugh… What I was wondering was, would anybody be interested in this? I would likely post them on a site like gumroad.com, and charge a dollar or two. I would also likely release the first two to three chapters somewhere so you could start it and see if you actually want to read more.

Let me know if you’d be interested, through a re-tumble or a likedy-like or a tweetledydeet or whatever type of communication you prefer. Your input makes me happy happy!

Thanks!

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