been checking out…
Does your closet give you vertigo? Have you hidden that baby doll dress circa 1996, Laura Ashley? Or do you have a style tip you want to share? The perennially chic Natalie is hosting a cool contest for a very fab book.
Make better fig newtons. Click here for the necessary dish details
This might be the most horrific rejection note, ever (via katrina).
Wow, shady - because it’s clearly not about authentically joining and engaging a community, rather it’s all about getting them to come to yours. Want to score free books? Then visit Writers Revealed - at least you know which books you’ll be receiving and I won’t force you to review them on my site (or review them at all), when it makes so much sense (from a marketing standpoint) to review them on yours. Online marketing 101.
Okay. I can’t help it. I joined the rest of my coworkers in watching the season premiere of Gossip Girl (after DVR’ing re-runs of The O.C.) - oh, do I feel dirty and ashamed. But I guess that pales in comparison to the privileged rich kids of Brooklyn (don’t get me started) and the enabling, clueless parents who don’t know how to raise them.
Book you need to read: Brock Clarke’s An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England.
Books I can’t wait to rip open with my teeth: Samantha Hunt’s and the new novel, naturally.
mps’s new site. i heart her! i liver her!


