The next series I write will not have such a bleeping perky narrator. Life doesn't always agree with perky.
That being said, it is no longer yesterday (yesterday was a very mean day and I am not on speaking terms with it) and we are moving on. I realized that, with all of the confusion of moving and still not having internet at my home, I skipped the one regular feature I do on this blog, which is Question and Answer Time. And fairly self-explanatory as far as features go. If you have questions for me, this is your chance. I will take the first ten (TEN) questions in the comments and answer them in a blog post or two.
Last night I was thinking about Punky Brewster and the Very Special Episode where her cousin would sneak out of her room and raid the fridge in the middle of the night and was Too Fat, but then with Punky's help lost the weight and then came back to visit and was fat again but HA HA HA SURPRISE it was just a pillow under her shirt! And then I was thinking, Why? For the love, WHY DOES MY BRAIN HOLD ON TO THESE THINGS? That is an example of a good question to ask. Here are some more examples:
Hey, Kiersten! How many books have you read since you said you weren't going to read any more books until you finished the third Paranormalcy book?
Only two. So far.
Hey, Kiersten! If you need to be perkier, why don't you just end every sentence with an exclamation mark!
Because that was a question, you idiot, and you can't end questions with exclamation marks.
But you could have ended that sentence with one!
Yes! I could have! Shut up now.
You do realize you are talking to yourself, right?
Yes, and I don't like you very much today, so really, just shut up and let my readers ask questions, because I always like them.
Fine.
Don't you mean, "Fine!"?
No.
I win!
NOW I WIN! HA HA HA HA HA!
I hate you.
No, I hate you!
Yeah. Like that. Preferably with less crazy.
UPDATE: We've hit ten. Thanks! Stay tuned for the answers, or just go read the comments' discussion of Punky Brewster.
28 comments:
What is the best self-editing advice you can offer new authors?
It is really hard to edit your own stuff!
If you were a demigod, which god/goddess would be your parent?
When you first started your writing blog...did everyone you know in "real life" know about it and your desire to be published?
What do you value more: Internet or an in-house washer/dryer?
Kidding. My real question is:
Once you knew you'd be writing a series, did you ever outline or plan the entire thing?
What do you do in your free time? (When you're not writing or reading. Is there any thing left?)
How did you get into Club 33? And how awesome was it? :)
How do you get into the teenage mind set?
If you were ever invited to the Martha Stewart show, and you HAD to go, which of the following would you prefer, and why?
a) to cook with Martha
b) to craft with Martha
c) to garden with Martha
d) to sneak off-set before anyone notices (but the punishment would be NO MORE DR PEPPER FOR A YEAR)
Um. I'm guessing this is a new question?
If you had to cast Paranormalcy: THE MOVIE with characters from Star Wars, who would play what?
:)
That made me lol (literally, I laughed out loud. how do you do it? Wait, that's not my question! You know, I don't really have a question, I just liked your post and wanted to say so.)
Oh, great, talking about Punky Brewster and things under shirts just reminded me of the time she was going to be possibly adopted by the rich family and she was trying to eat oysters and they slipped right down the top of her dress.
And talking about Punky Brewster and refrigerators reminded of the time when she was playing hide-n-go seek and she hid in the abandoned fridge and almost suffocated before Henry found her.
*siiiiiiigh*
C.N. THAT WAS THE OTHER EPISODE I WAS THINKING ABOUT. THE FRIDGE! THE FRIDGE!
Ahem, there is still a slot for one more question. Such as, Is it ever a good idea to hide in abandoned fridges? NO. NO IT IS NOT. WATCH PUNKY BREWSTER.
Or perhaps, Kiersten, do you have an even larger mass of Saved By the Bell trivia in your head? YES. YES I DO.
How did you go about finding beta readers or critique groups when you were editing Paranormalcy?
Bethany--I post about that here: http://kierstenwrites.blogspot.com/2010/01/critically-speaking.html
So that doesn't count. Any other questions? Still one more spot.
Is there anything you will miss about apartment living?
xox
HA HA HA HA HA. Ahem. Thanks, heidikins! And that does it for our ten questions. Stay tuned for the answers!
Uh, not to question anyone's Punky expertise, but didn't her friend get trapped in the frig? She did have a pretty black friend who wore a lot of peach headbands, right?
Okay, so I just wasted my Kiersten question on Punky Brewster. grrrr.
As I was writing it, I couldn't remember for sure if it was her or her friend, but I decided to just throw it out there and let myself be corrected. lol
I think it was the friend.
The Punky Brewster episodes I always remember are the fridge episode, and the episode where she had a friend who couldn't read and then the friend's sister drank bleach from under the sink and the friend couldn't tell the 911 operator the ingredients. Thus, I learned a valuable lesson about literacy. Although not about run-on sentences, apparently.
I'm going to share the only Punky Brewster knowledge I have: she was played by Soleil Moon Frye, who later played Sabrina's best friend on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The college years. And I LOVED it.
I'm just disturbed a person ten years younger than I would have been inflicted with Punky Brewster. Were there actual re-runs??
Caroline, my memories of Punky are VERY hazy. Which is partly why I am disturbed that they were running through my head last night.
And yeah, it was totally Punky's friend in the fridge. And Ru, look at you! Reading! In case someone drinks bleach, you are SET.
What dinner do you fix for your family when you've spent all day writing and then suddenly realize that your children are starving?
BTW it was Cherry in the fridge, not Punky.
Kiersten, I just wanted to say that I have a niece with whom I share books. I walked in to her house today and she is holding out a copy of Paranormalcy that she has just finished (and loved), wanting me to read it....I was excited to tell her that not only did I just finish it two weeks ago, but that I happened to know that there would be MORE! It is so much fun to talk about great books with some of my favorite kids! (she is 12) I think our excitement may have convinced her Mom to read it too. Just wanted to share. I have half written my review...in which I admit that I wasn't sure at first about it.....don't worry, I did love it! I very much enjoy your blog as well. Thanks for writing a story that I can share with my niece.
Everyone has probably asked this question, but when are you going to release the cover of Supernaturally? Goodness, I need that book so bad!
So I'm apparently a horrible person for not watching Punky Brewster, but I'm vaguely interested now...
My fave Punky Brewster was the 2-part episode when they got lost in the Indian cave (back when they still called them Indians!) and had to defeat an evil spirit with the help of Princess Moon.
I love Punky Brewster! She's my computer wallpaper!
i love your book paranormalcy and i cant wait for you to write more and more books..even though in om chaptor 4 i still ove it and its so good..keep on writing girl!!
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