For most of the summer and fall, I was pretty sure Scott Pilgrim had wrecked me for good. I had picked up and abandoned a ton of graphic novels. None of them had the right…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
All my resolutions have been thwarted by a cheese grater
On New Year’s Eve as Sister #2 was discussing her goals for 2011 she said she wanted to create a writing schedule and stick to it. “I just want to write again,” I said. She…
2010 in the books — now with pie charts!
My favorite New Year’s Day activity is wiping the reading slate clean and starting fresh. Every year since 2002 (and due to some weird WordPress glitch I’ve had to start another list) I’ve kept track…
This ain’t no Sweet Valley
There’s a certain kind of glee that comes in discovering that the new writer you’ve recently fallen in love with has another book you can read. We need a work for this. When I was…
In love with ‘Rat Girl’
Christa once said, and I can never find the original post, that she was incapable of talking about Haruki Murakami’s writing without breaking into an interpretive dance. That’s kind of how I feel about Kristin…
My 2010 Christmas Wish for You, Darling Ones (a little late)
My annual letter of good tidings and comfort and joy is late this year. I would apologize but, well, there are very good reasons for this tardiness. These reasons include, but are not limited too:…