Bravery is

Katy Perry Will Be In Houston in TWO Weeks!! YAY!

Katy Perry - Kitty Purry

Penny Roberts - Jazzy Macaroon

J.K. Rowling: A Year In The Life

The rest of the interview can be found HERE.
My Favorite Moment:
James: "What Keeps you going?"
Rowling: "I'm a born tryer."
James: "Why do you still write?"
Rowling: "Because I love it and I need it."
James: "How would you like to be remembered?"
Rowling: "As someone who did the best she could with the talent she had."

EPIC FAILURES!

Stephen King: Mr. King received dozens of rejections for his first novel, Carrie; he kept them tidily nailed to a spike under a timber in his bedroom.One of the publishers sent Mr. King's rejection with these words:

"We are not interested in science fiction which deals with negative utopias. They do not sell."

Side note: I'm SO hungry! I could really eat some thin mints right now!

THO...The LAST thing those little b*&%#es should be allowed to call themselves is "thin"! Look at him with his little soccer ball! "You don't play soccer!"

"YOU SIT ON A THRONE OF LIES!!"

Anne Frank: According to one publisher, The Diary of Anne Frank was scarcely worth reading:

"The girl doesn't, it seems to me, have a special perception or feeling which would lift that book above the 'curiosity' level."
15 publishers (other than this dope) also rejected The Diary of Anne Frank.
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (later Sorceror’s) Stone was rejected by a dozen publishers, including biggies like Penguin and HarperCollins. Bloomsbury, a small London publisher, only took it on at the behest of the CEO’s eight-year old daughter, who begged her father to print the book. God bless you, sweetheart.
George Orwell: One publisher rejected Mr. Orwell's submission, Animal Farm, with these words:
"It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA."
.....I could use some lemonade too...I'm like 99.9% parched.
William Faulkner: One publisher exclaimed in the rejection letter for Mr. Faulkner's book, Sanctuary:
"Good God, I can’t publish this!"
...of course...If I have some lemonade, I'll have to be wearing an emerald necklace...that's only kosher.
Katy Perry on being dropped by two record labels before her success with 'One of the Boys':

Q: Does the top 10 debut for One of the Boys feel sweeter after so many close calls?A: It took a long time, and it was a lot of failing. Like I was one big, fat fail. It's very rewarding. It feels like a release, mostly. Like I've been holding my breath underwater. You know you're at the bottom of that pool, and you know you're going to (expletive) die. Your brain's frying, and you come up for air, and it's just like (gasps).

You knew I was gonna add her!! :)

Walt Disney's first cartoon production company went bankrupt.

...and I'll definitely need to be wearing some Versace. I mean...WHO drinks lemonade without Versace?! Not Me! Not Ever!! :)
Oprah Winfrey was fired from her television reporter's job because she was "unfit for tv."

Don't be afraid to try OVER AND OVER again! If you fail, you will be in GOOD Company!!

I'm Making No Sense, and I Like It!

I made Blackberry Tartes today!
They made me think of fruit- which made me think of Katy Perry-
WHich made me think of cute puffy Betsy Johnson dresses-
Which made me think of Pink Eclairs-
Which made me think of Katy Perry-Which made me think of Cupcakes-
Which made me think of Hello, Kitty Cupcakes-
Which made me think of Cupcakes AND Katy Perry-
Which made me think of Snoopy and Woodstock roasting marshmallows-
Which made me think of Strawberries in Tuxedos-
Which made me think of Katy Perry-
Which made me think of these wicked awesome Alexander McQueen pumps-
Which made me think of Caramel Apples-
Which made me think of Katy Perry-
Which made me think of Dylan's Candy Shop-
Which made me think of Sprinklicious Donuts-
Which made me think of Katy Perry-
Which made me think of snow angels...only in powdered sugar!
Which made me think of Kitten "keeper" dolls-
Which made me think of Katy Perry's cat-Kitty, Purry-
Which made me think of myself and my Jasmine Macaroon-
Which made me think of WILL FERRELL!

HAPPY BASTILLE DAY EVERYONE!!
WHO doesn't make sense now?! HA!!

Summer Sprinkled Words Laced With Blackberry Jam!

This is Tasha Tudor's Garden-Click for a tour(tho it's in another language-don't see and English tour...hmmm-BUT-SHE does talk in English!)

BLACKBERRIES

Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries,
Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly,
A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a sea
Somewhere at the end of it, heaving.
With blue-red juices. These they squander on my fingers.
I had not asked for such a blood sisterhood; they must love me.

The high, green meadows are glowing, as if lit from within.
I come to one bush of berries so ripe it is a bush of flies,
Hanging their bluegreen bellies and their wing panes in a Chinese screen.
The honey-feast of the berries has stunned them; they believe in heaven.

-Sylvia Plath

"You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention. These are God's adjectives. You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by."
- Mark Twain - Letter to Orion Clemens, 23 March 1878

Strawberry Lemonade

Tarte Au Citron

I'm very inspired by nature today! Words that pour like rain water from a glass mug, velvet heels that feel like a lambs ear, Blackberry Cobblers that brown in the oven, Glasses of Strawberry Lemonade that goes down cool in the garden, Tarte Au Citrons that reflect the afternoon sun in their glaze, the pond by my house in the early morning fog.

They are naturally luminous!

David Sedaris

STOP.

Turn Up Your Audio.
Listen.
Writer-Artist-Fashionista-Dreamer-Baker- Scuba Diver-or Troubadour-
David Sedaris will change your LIFE!

"At first, writing for The New Yorker was very scary to me. I couldn't imagine anything that I would write in that typeface."
— David Sedaris
"After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations. "
— David Sedaris
"Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to engage in physical combat. Once, he hit me on the back of the head with a broken wineglass, and I fell to the floor pretending to be unconscious. That was romantic, or would have been had he rushed to my side rather than stepping over my body to fetch the dustpan."
— David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)
"Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it."
— David Sedaris
"Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings"
— David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)

Proof I got to meet David!

Am I the first writer he's penned this message to?!
Probably not.
Am I gonna tie him down to a bench that's bolted to the floor and force him to read my book one day?!
Absolutely.

Unspeakable Torture!

The pie has a knife!
It needs to be light on the baby!
Sonja is having a little trouble being a caesar salad!
............Craft Project FAIL.