krminnj

krminnj

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Novel: Mortal Coils
Genre: Young Adult & Youth
50483 words so far
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Age:
29
Location:
Phillipsburg, NJ
Hobbies:
Books, TV, Internet, Video Games, Music, Movies, Cats, Tutoring and Teaching, Non-Profits, Fair Trade
Favorite noveling music:
The Clash, The Ramones, Travis, Dropkick Murphys, Glee Cast, Muse, CCR, Classical, Oldies
Occupation:
Nanny
Favorite books or authors:
Pride and Prejudice, The Screwtape Letters, Fahrenheit 451, Watership Down, Catch-22, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Jane Eyre, Lord of the Flies, Lord of the Rings, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, Tom Stoppard, Ray Bradbury, J.K. Rowling, Richard Adams, Joseph Heller, Douglas Adams, Charlotte Bronte, William Golding, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ned Vizzini, Dorothy Sayers, Rex Stout, Elizabeth George, P.D. James, Ngaio Marsh, Sarah Dessen, A. A. Milne, Michael Crichton, Agatha Christie, Kurt Vonnegut, Walter Dean Myers

Author bio:

I am currently working as a nanny while I pursue my teacher's certification in social studies. I live with my husband and rascally cat. You can usually find me in front of my laptop, typing away.

Favorite writing quotes:

I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.
-Flannery O'Conner

Your intuition knows what it wants to write, so get out of the way.
-Ray Bradbury

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
-Ray Bradbury

You fail only if you stop writing.
-Ray Bradbury

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
-Mark Twain

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
-Ernest Hemingway

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
-Isaac Asimov

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
-W. Somerset Maugham

A good story is life, with the dull parts taken out.
-Alfred Hitchcock