July 2011
Getting into Pottermore
First I was sitting there hitting refresh staring at the screen like
Then the clue popped up and I was all
THEN I got accepted:
And then I answered my letter and am staring at this screen:
…and have no idea what to do now, so I’m just waiting like
Reblog with your Pottermore username. I'm curious to see the names.
SparksNox80
ErisedSpell11
NettleWolf153
MidnightPatronus125
AurorShadow205
DustHallow43 unfair.
You guise got cool names :(
Wildmist28
KeySkull157
FelicisQuill42
MahoganySun211
Sometimes when I'm driving I see the same car going the other way and I look to see if it's me driving that car too.
“Keep a diary, but don’t just list all the things you did during the day. Pick one incident and write it up as a brief vignette. Give it color, include quotes and dialogue, shape it like a story with a beginning, middle and end—as if it were a short story or an episode in a novel. It’s great practice. Do this while figuring out what you want to write a book about. The book may even emerge from within this running diary.”
—John Berendt (via cinderellainrubbershoes)
“Many people still assume that fantasy is just for children and that adults who read it must be childish themselves. I see it all the time. I’ll be at a dinner party, and the person next to me asks me what I do. I’m a novelist, I’ll say, and a little light of hopeful interest kindles in their eyes. What kind of novels do you write? the dinner guest asks. And I reply: fantasy novels. And just like that, the little light of hopeful interest dies away.
I understand that reaction. I’ve even caught myself having it. But when I found my voice as a novelist, it came out as fantasy. My books have spells in them and even the odd monster or two. Is that so wrong?” —
I understand that reaction. I’ve even caught myself having it. But when I found my voice as a novelist, it came out as fantasy. My books have spells in them and even the odd monster or two. Is that so wrong?” —
Tolkien, Lewis, George R.R. Martin: Why Fantasy Is a Real Part of Literature - WSJ.com
Lev Grossman ♥
(via fabula)




