All About...Lisa! ; an interview with Lisa Williamson.
28 September 2017 • All About Mia, author, author interview, authors, book, bookish, books, gracie actually reads
The beautiful Lisa Williamson is an astonishing UKYA author known for her debut 'The Art of Being Normal', and now her second novel, 'All About Mia'!
This story is all about, well...Mia! The middle child in a pretty unique - and wildly successful - family. She has a big sis bound for the very best higher education, and a younger sister literally making waves as an athlete. What does she have, though? What does she do? She's not quite sure.
Then one day, her academic superstar of a sister comes home with a surprise. One that might just change her perfect rep, and tip the scales in their home...
This story is all about, well...Mia! The middle child in a pretty unique - and wildly successful - family. She has a big sis bound for the very best higher education, and a younger sister literally making waves as an athlete. What does she have, though? What does she do? She's not quite sure.
Then one day, her academic superstar of a sister comes home with a surprise. One that might just change her perfect rep, and tip the scales in their home...
Hi, lovely Lisa! Thanks for chatting with me about your excellent second book. Let's dive in and look at the characters first...
Mia worried she didn't have 'a thing'. That she didn't have a unique
Mia worried she didn't have 'a thing'. That she didn't have a unique
talent
at something, like her sisters did. What was *your* thing, growing
up?
I
differ a bit from Mia in that I was into quite a few things growing
up. I wanted to be an actor so naturally I was really into drama and
performed with the school drama club and various local amateur
dramatics companies. I also danced once per week (jazz, disco and
tap!) and was really into History (it was my very favourite subject
at school)
and
watching old Hollywood musicals.
The Inkings.
20 September 2017 • body love, gracie actually has opinions, tattoo, tattoos
If
you'd told me a few years ago that I'd someday be sitting in an
indie cafe with a tab set up behind the bar, writing blog posts and
managing social media as a job and invoicing publishers for a
week of events...well, that was my dream, actually. So I'd have been
very happy. But then, if you'd added 'you have a sh*t ton of
piercings, pockets full of crystals, and a whole lot of ink covering
your skin'? I'd have snapped my fingers at you and said 'you almost
had me!'
I've
written before about my body being a map of me. It's covered in marks
and memories, both deliberate and unplanned. Scars and ink mingle on
my surface, and while some scars go deeper, the latter is my way of
redecorating and reclaiming. I've written about that before too; described each inking and their individual importance.
But
that latter blog post actually was published in March 2016, when I
had 7 tattoos and had booked 1 more in...I now have 12.
What I'll be reading in September 2017...
12 September 2017 • bookish, harry potter, monthly, re-read, re-reading, reading, reading schedule
The
excellent Bex recently posted about reading schedules and their
positive/negative effects on an individual.
I
of course related to the post and each excellent point within it.
I've never actually sat down and mapped out all my TBRs properly
before 2017 began – and I only elected to do it really, just to see
if I could. To see if it would help me sift through my piles of
neglected reads as well as the ones I 'need' to look at for upcoming
blog posts. Also a major plus about the prospect of a schedule was
just the fact that I could say 'I can't read [book I don't fancy],
I'm actually on a strict reading regime this month'!
So
far this year, making a list each month has really helped me and my
reading. I mean yes, I have had a few moments when I've come round to
the next in the list and thought 'aww, I don't wanna', but for the
most part it's been really good having plans!
I
kinda can't believe that I've managed to (mostly) stick to my
schedule for 9 whole months now. Good work, me. Don't f*ck it up!
On
that note, let's look at my September reading plans, shall we...?
The tweets I do not favourite.
8 September 2017 • gracie actually has opinions, indirect, tweets, Twitter
I've
been on Twitter since 2009. I used to text-tweet from under the desk
in Sociology classes. I fixed it so I got automated text messages
sent to me when the guy I liked tweeted. My original username was
@beautblues, because that one friend that one time complimented my
blue eyes, said they were beautiful in fact, and I was like 'k,
that's my thing now'. *Rolls the beautiful blue eyes*
Over
the years, Twitter has seen the best and worst of me. I've made
excellent mutual follow friends , and blocked my sworn enemies. I've
flirted and I've sassed; I still screenshot compliments and 'like'
link shares to save them for later reading. My current cover photo on
Facey B is one of my best tweets (imo).
This might sound harsh idk, but...if you bullied me at school I will NOT be accepting your Facebook friend request 10 years later. Soz.— Grace Latter (@_gracelatter) May 19, 2017
'Tangleweed and Brine' : A Guest Post
3 September 2017 • author, bookish, Deirdre Sullivan, fairy tale, guest post, tangleweed and brine
'Tangleweed
and Brine' is the latest novel from the bewitching Deirdre Sullivan.
I read (and blogged about) her painfully stunning YA 'Needlework' this time last year,
and some of her perfectly pieced together paragraphs within that
story of a hideously abused young woman, fighting demons and yearning
for a new life spent making art on others' skin, still sit in the
corners of my mind to this day.
This
gorgeous new hardback is 'A
collection of twelve dark, feminist retellings of traditional
fairytales are given a witchy makeover, not for the faint-hearted,
from one of Ireland's leading writers for young people. You make
candles from stubs of other candles. You like light in your room to
read. Gillian wants thick warm yellow fabric, soft as butter. Lila
prefers cold. All icy blues. Their dresses made to measure. No
expense spared. And dancing slippers. One night's wear and out the
door like ash. You can't even borrow their cast-offs. You wear a pair
of boots got from a child. Of sturdy stuff, that keeps the water out
and gets you around' (so says Goodreads).
31 Days Grace: August.
1 September 2017 • 2017, monthly, monthly favourites, wrap up
Let
me start by expressing my intense awareness of the fact that for my
August wrap-up main post photo, I've gone with one of me.
I usually will slap the month's name over the top of a fairly
nondescript background; in previous posts I've used cafe walls, a busy bridge in
Berlin, flowers on the pavement at my feet.
A
couple of my faves have been: the ceramic pot a good friend made me, and my family's
backs retreating on the seafront. I
find calm and clear works best; something flat for the text to
overlap and stand out against.
However,
this month I've made myself the
main feature. Because August began, as it always does, with my
birthday, it ended on a massive high, and throughout the month I was
loving and celebrating the messy masterpiece that is me far more than
I have in the recent past.
This photo is part of the perfect set taken of me by the flawless Faby & Carlo, for my newest baes (and workplace!) Scarlet Ladies' stunning, important campaign, I Talk Sex.
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