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Upcoming Michigan and Indiana Events!
February 23, 2010
Next weekend, I will be returning to my homeland. Mid-Michigan! Specifically the East Lansing area (or, as we called it when I was in high school and were trying to feel cool, East L.A. GET IT? East Lansing Area?!) (…yeah, it wasn’t so funny even then).
On Being Bold
October 28, 2009
Sometimes when I’m procrastinating about writing books, I write plays. It allows me to indulge in my love affair with dialogue, plus I get to boss around real live people on the page.
Where I Find Characters
June 11, 2009
I went to see this band called Grizzly Bear the other night…I love their new CD and the concert was awesome, and they were also so adorable I wanted to shrink them all to 1/15th size and carry them around in my pocket.
See?
Writing Software I’d Probably Die Without
March 31, 2009
Band Geeked Out is officially out on Wednesday, April 1st and Albatross is turned in and I’m percolating ideas like mad (somehow spring seems ideally suited for this!) Life is good.
So I figured I need to express gratitude toward the computer programs that made this possible…
Stuff That is Currently Distracting Me
December 9, 2008
Oh…hey! Yeah, I’m still here. I’ve just been very occupied by the following things:
Things That Happened, Including Alpacas
October 7, 2008
Hello! I am a very terrible blogger. I apologize.
This sort of feels like when I was keeping a journal as a kid, and I’d forget to write for a couple of days and then feel guilty, and more time would pass and I’d feel guiltier. And all the stuff that had happened in my life that I would normally file away on a journal page would end up piled in my brain until I couldn’t take it anymore and I’d spend hours writing a big long summary just to get some peace in my head.
Hard-to-Like Characters
July 15, 2008
Another nice review of Band Geek Love makes me mull over Ellie Snow’s character…
About Me
Josie Bloss is a young adult writer and author of Albatross, Band Geeked Out and Band Geek Love. Learn more »
