Justine Larbalestier

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Justine's intemperate response to the readers' responses to her Being Dumped musing

Posted by Justine at 23:02, January 27th, 2004 under Musings, Ranting, State of the World | Comments Off

Eight Weeks in San Miguel de Allende

and only five weeks left

Posted by Justine at 23:01, January 26th, 2004 under Magic or Madness trilogy, Musings, New York City/USA, Scott's books, Sydney/Australia, Words & Language, Writing life | Comments Off

Esteban el Centauro

Justine moves beyond first grade primers (¡Mira Juan corre!) and reads a whole novel in Spanish

Posted by Justine at 22:59, January 22nd, 2004 under Cricket, Musings, Reading, Sport, Travelling, Words & Language | Comments Off

Writer’s Block

Raymond Chandler would lock himself in a room for four hours every day. In that time he didn't have to write, but he wasn't allowed to do anything else. Not write letters, do crossword puzzles, play solitaire, read the newspaper; he could only write. Eventually boredom forced him to it. A writer friend of mine claims there is no such thing as writer's block, only writer's procrastination. "Writer's block," she claims, "has taken on a kind of mythic status for writers and wannabe writers, and become this curse or disease the hapless writer catches. Crap. It's laziness pure and simple. Anyone can write any damn time they want to. "If I'm having difficulty getting going I just type ...
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Posted by Justine at 22:59, January 9th, 2004 under Excuses, Listening, Magic or Madness trilogy, Musings, Travelling | Comments Off

English Language Soup

split infinitives, double negatives and other grammatical idiocies

Posted by Justine at 22:55, January 6th, 2004 under Musings, Travelling, Words & Language | Comments Off

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