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Looking back
The Rebels defeated an opponent that was physically overmatched inside in rival Mississippi State, 93-75, on Wednesday, then found themselves on the receiving end of that hit in a 98-79 loss at No. 21 Missouri.
The Missouri loss was the third loss in four SEC games after a school record 6-0 conference start.
Post players Murphy Holloway and Reggie Buckner combined for 36 points and 15 rebounds against MSU, but the Rebels were dominated on the glass at Missouri, out-rebounded by 18 with Holloway – the SEC's leading rebounder going into the game – getting just one rebound.
Looking ahead
The Rebels are back on the SEC road Wednesday night at 6 p.m. against the other SEC newcomer, Texas A&M, the first basketball meeting between the two schools.
The Aggies lost at Georgia on Saturday, two days after defeating Missouri 70-68 in College Station.
Who's hot
Junior guard Marshall Henderson surpassed 30 points for the second time this season when he put 31 on the Bulldogs during the week.
Henderson went into the Missouri game having hit 13 of his last 25 3-point attempts.
No one was particularly hot at Missouri.
Henderson shared team-scoring honors with Jarvis Summers, each with 16 points, but was 2 for 8 from the arc.
Who's not
Holloway was dominant against Missouri in Oxford with 22 points and eight rebounds, but the Tigers figured out his left-hand move in the rematch holding Holloway to seven points on 2 for 4 shooting and only one rebound.
RPI watch
WarrenNolan.com has the Ole Miss RPI at at 48.
Bottom Line
The senior big men – Holloway and Buckner – were supposed to be the strength of this Ole Miss team, but they're going to have to perform at a higher level if the Rebels are going to play their way into the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002.


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By Brendan Conway
Some reading connected in one way or another to investing in funds:
- Vanguard Group launches a competitive assault on ETFs! Sort of. — Matt Hougan, Index Universe
- The idea: Build something approaching your own exchange-traded fund. See if the idea goes viral online. — Michael Kahn, Barrons.com
- A Nobel Prize for empiricism. — John Rekenthaler, Morningstar.com
- Back to work in D.C.? High-risk bets on a return to normalcy just paid off. — Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Alex Barinka, Bloomberg News
- Far-flung bets are a problem lately for the Eton Park hedge fund. — Rob Copeland, Absolute Return

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So can calls to urgency, but only to a point, Experian says.
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Personalized subject lines in e-mail marketing messages for Mother's Day can significantly boost transaction rates. And while a sense of urgency in those e-mails can also increase sales, such pressure may prove redundant as the May 12 commemoration nears, according to Experian Marketing Services.
In a report about ways to improve Mother's Day e-mail marketing, Experian says that while retailers typically begin sending those messages in early April, 46% of Mother's Day e-mail volume is sent within a week of the holiday. The report suggests that relatively few consumers are buying well before Mother's Day, as campaigns sent in the two weeks before the holiday account for 80% of the transactions and 75% of the revenue stemming from the occasion.
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April 24 2009 10:22AM
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. This is day 2 of a 3 day bender so you will have to excuse us if we are a little less coherent than usual. Not that it will stop us from writing an article today though. We got a hilarious email from a buddy who was at the airport this morning, saw an Oiler in line and watched the hordes of travellers basically melt. It got us thinking of stories we have heard from people who have seen the city turn to mayhem when the Oilers get spotted doing something as glamorous as getting gas.
Here are two tales.
Sheldon Souray at the Airport – by AH
"I am at the airport this morning flying to New York - so I am standing in line for international customs. There is this gigantic lineup to go through and all of a sudden I can hear people gasping in shock behind me. Not a few people Wanye, like half a dozen or so going "GASP!" I look back and there is Sheldon Souray patiently standing at the back of the line minding his own business and trying to pretend as though a fifth of the line isn't talking about him. As more and more people started to turn around and stare, the whispering started getting louder and louder and it was only a matter of time before he started fending off marriage proposals.
Security took one look at the situation and came and plucked #44 out of line and whisked him to the front like he was an international diplomat. Souray looked very sheepish about the entire thing and had looked ready to stand in line with the rest of us. As he walked by everyone in line you just saw every woman's mouth fall open and every man's dormant homosexuality activate.
Thought I would share this with you Wanye. It was hilarious"
Shawn Horcoff at Home Depot – by MSG
If we were going to tell hilarious "Oilers treated like royalty" stories, we had to phone our boy MSG and interview him about the time he saw Shawn Horcoff at Home Depot.
*Wanye dials MSG at 8:08 AM* MSG: Hello? Wanye: MSG, tell me about the time you saw Horcoff getting the royal treatment at Home Deeps. MSG: Why? Wanye: You know dang why MSG. This is going on the Nation. MSG: It is? Man, I don't know why people would want to read about that story. Wanye: You just leave that to your ol' pal Wanye. MSG: It's getting weird – you calling yourself Wanye all the time now. And your articles – this isn't even about anything. Wanye: Are you going to tell me the story or what? MSG: Consider it your birthday present.
"This one time I was standing in line at customer service at Home Depot. It was in the middle of the summer last year and the Deeps was packed. All of a sudden this kid working at the Depot – he couldn't have been more than about 17 – literally runs up to the front of the line and breathlessly tells the girl working behind the counter "I need someone to help a customer in plumbing NOW!" The 18 year old girl working at the front just kind of looks at the kid and at the long line as if to say "well, it seems I have a bit of a line in front of me don't you think?"
"Tell plumbing it's for SHAWN HORCOFF!" the kid pleaded as though the Oilers making the playoffs relied on Horcoff getting a 87 cent plumbing screw in the middle of July." No sooner had the words "SHAWN HORCOFF" left the kids mouth than the entire line turned around mouths hanging open. Sure enough, there was Horcoff standing at the back of the line carrying a big basket of assorted pipe and plumbing crap, looking extraordinarily uneasy with all the attention. You could tell he was fixing a toilet or something himself and had just walked up to an employee in the Deeps and asked someone to find something for him. Then Home Depot basically shut down for him to get whatever he needed. It was hilarious how excited everyone got."
Yep, if there is one thing we love it is the concept of an all you can eat donair buffet called "Dustin's." If there is another thing we love it is stories of people falling all over themselves when they run into Oilers in the community. If this cartoon hadn't taken about an hour to put togther we would tell the tale of the time Todd Marchant was ready to kill us at Japanese Village because we kept getting busted staring at him.
Hey, we were 19 and he was Todd Marchant. You'd stare too.
Any hilarious tales?
April 24 2009, 08:01PM
Hanging at a driving range in prince albert whacking balls and generally wasting a day. tall lanky kid walks up and ask me for a few pointers, we work out his general awkwardness with a couple simple rhythm drills. He tees one up and drills it about 325 on a rope into the bush at the end of the range.
Mike Modano.... age 16 or so..
Given his success through the years against the oil I should have beat him with a 4 iron .... who knew?
My brother and I went skiing a few weeks back while he was visiting. While we were getting fitted for gear, I saw an older white haired guy with white hair with his wife taking his granddaughter to ski lessons. I just saw him from the side but it started driving me nuts because he looked famously familiar.
I'm sitting by the exit putting on my boots next to my brother in the rental area and it's driving me nuts. Finally it hits me... PAT QUINN!!! No mistaking it.
Outside as he was walking his daughter to the slope, I skiied by and gave him a smile & nod. Didn't want to intrude on his family time, but I was extremely tempted to say "Hey, we NEED you in Edmonton."
This was a week or two before Tambo dropped the bomb. Maybe a sign of things to come.
@ nullterm:
what color was his hair? ;)
April 24 2009, 09:55PM
Back in the early '90's on the "Cape", the baby Oilers used to hang out at Smooth Hermans. One of my buddies was an assistant trainer (stick boy), so we hung out alot with them. I told Francois Leroux to learn how to skate one night when I was about a dozen Southern and Orange into my night. Challenged Maltby to go outside one night too, when he was giving my ex GF a hard time. It was his first year of pro, so he wasn't very big, but probably still would have kicked my ass. Met John Kordic couple months before they found him dead. What a place to send a washed up pro goon, one who had substance issues, Cape Breton. That man was massive. His shoulders and back was as wide as two normal human beings.
My wife's boss is a former member of the EIG, and he gave us a couple of his Gold club tickets for a game. We drove in early, siting down in the Air Canada lounge and he was going to the buffet supper line. After he picked up his supper, he took us into the Owner's Lounge, that inconspicuous blue door beside the entrance to the Oil dressing room. The lounge is connected to the dressing room. There were only a couple of owners in there, but quite a few wives and GF's. We met Horc, Smytty, Moreau and a few others, plus wives. The best part of this experience was we had plastic cup beers and when we walked in, the bar attendant couldn't get to us quick enough to get rid of the plastic cups. Kinda embarrassing, sitting with numerous multi millionaires and they are drinking draft in champagne glasses and we are having ours ripped from our hands.
April 24 2009, 10:54PM
I was 7 in 1982. Mom and I went to the Safeway in WEM (yes, there was a Safeway there back then, crazy huh?). We saw Lee Fogolin as we walked down one of the aisles, he was wearing shorts and a T-Shirt. I stood there, jaw gaping open not only because I was staring at the captain of the Oilers, but because he was the hairiest person I had ever seen in my life to that point. Hairy to the point of being furry. I couldn't stop staring.
It was 1983 and I was 10. Wayne Gretzky bought a huge acerage home about a mile from our place. Me and 2 friends decided to go to his house for Holloween to see what we could get. He was having a party and there were lots of cars so we were scared to go ring the doorbell. Finally we did and Gretz opens the dooe, we yell trick or treat and he laughed his a$$ off, he was hammered. He said he didnt have any candy so tells us to come in and I will find you something. We walk into his huge house, with an indoor pool and I remember seeing Messier, Kuri, Coffey and Semenko. Gretz comes bac with an box of Old Dutch ripple chips and 3 hockey pucks (not signed) but with an oiler logo. We were so excited we kept wanting to go back to his house to try again but my Dad wouldn't drive us back.
We lost thos pucks in the snow at on our pond rink about 3 weeks later, but today they still lie at the bottom of that pond. We were stupid kids!?!
April 24 2009, 11:50PM
May have been posted.
He does it again, sick, one of the best playoff goals ever. Ovechkin
April 24 2009, 11:51PM
Bypass Moderation quicker: hxxp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420053
I took my sis out for dinner at joey's on the south side... as i'm looking for a seat in the lounge i walk backwards right into this guy... i turn around and it's Pronger....the day after we traded for him! With him are Jason smith, pisani, and moreau. During our meal, i told the waitress that i'd take care of there bill...: ) i know, like they can't afford it but i mean who wouldn't. So in the end i got a smile and nod from the boys...
I lived in vegas for a couple of years and i played shinny at this rink and one day i'm bs-ing with the boys and i find out that the guy i laid out on the ice that game is "Pokey" Reddick... our back up goalie from 1990 cup! Man i felt like crap!
April 25 2009, 01:13AM
Ill throw in one, I havent had any close brush ins with Oil, but my uncle lives in Mornville and on his drive home one cold snowy night his truck slides into the ditch. After about 100 people drive by and hes digging himself out a nice huge Escalade pulls up and out hops Pisani. Spends the next 20 mins helping my uncle out of the snow, runs to his truck, spends a minute signing multiple pictures and hands them to him, makes sure he pulls out safely onto the road, honks and drives away.
And this dude gets ripped off on his Masterson. Sad.
April 25 2009, 01:46AM
One drunken night at the ranch, a buddy and I ran into a ton of oilers. Sam Gagner was really friendly and nice, talked to us for a long time. Looked like any other kid in there! Raffi Torres was a total douche. We didn't approach him, but he totally pushed me out of the way to get to the bar. (Classy move torres!)
The funniest though was Hemsky. My friend and I are both HUGE fans, and when we saw him getting drinks at the bar we said hey, congratulated him on his play and asked for a pic on the camera phone. He was pretty hesitant at first because he didn't want to get mobbed, but when we told him we totally understood and he was still our favorite, he changed his mind.
That picture is framed in my bedroom. My friend and I are smiling like tools. Hemmer is smiling too, but didn't have his teeth in!
April 25 2009, 02:17AM
Hemmertime wrote:
but my uncle lives in Mornville
BOOO Morinville!
*pretends that JSBM didn't graduate from Morinville Community High School*
I bet I'm hairier than Fogolin.
working at the misericordia hospital one night when at about 3am in strolls Doug Weight with Kelly Buchberger. turns out Bucky's head was SEVERELY infected from some hair plugs he got implanted a few days earlier. nice to have good friends like Doug weight...
April 25 2009, 11:49AM
A few years back, my brother was at some university graduation ceremony, or some such event, and Wayne Gretzky was there. For whatever reason, my brother never got around to shaking his hand.
But recently, my brother saw the Great One in a bar in Toronto. He mentions how he never shook his hand at the ceremony, and would like to now. Wayne, obviously drunk out of his mind, says something along the lines of, "You were there? Tell these guys I'm with that I'm a doctor! They don't believe me!" So my brother told the guys he was with that yes, in fact, Gretzky was awarded a law degree at the same time and at the same school as my brother.
I think my favourite is the time I went to see the movie Miracle. It's like 3 in the afternoon on a weekday so the theatre's empty, just my friend and I and three guys in their 20s a few rows behind us. Then in walks MacT with two kids, they sit near the front. In the silence when the lights go out right before the movie starts, the three guys all chime out together "We love you, MacT!" Long pause. Then comes MacT's typical sardonic sounding voice: "Thanks."
Went to the All-Star Game in Atlanta last year, and Craig Simpson was on our flight. We get off the plane in ATL and are waiting for our bags at the carousel, he's by himself, so I figured I'd go say hello. I walk up and say, "Hey Craig, there's a dozen of us who made the trip from Edmonton to see the game. We're all going to be decked out in Oilers gear, and making a lot of noise... make sure you get the camera guys to look for us." He shoots me a dirty look, and says, "pffff, yah." And that's it. My bags come, I go to the bathroom, and on my way out of the airport, I see him in line at the lost baggage desk. I smiled knowing that the airline lost his luggage, and Carpet Superstore had just lost a future customer.
It was the summer of '91 in Red Deer. A friend of mine lived about a block away from Bill Ranford's parents house. I would ride my bike over to my friends house all the time thinking that maybe one day I would see Bill Ranford and maybe get his autograph. Then one day me and a buddy are riding by and it happens, I look at Bill seniors house as we ride past and there on the sidewalk is Bill Ranford talking to his dad. I almost drop a load in my pants as realize I might finally get to meet the former Conn Smyhte Trophy winner. Knowing that my friend is not as big a hockey fan as I am I say to him "Do you know who that is?" So he looks over and gets this shocked look on his face then proceeds to yell at the top of his lungs "Oh my god it's Brett Hull".
@ Jim Roepcke:
Lol! Well he is Italian.
I was at game 82 in the Saddledome, up in the nosebleeds near the press box. I head into the can and run into Dion Phaneuf coming out. It sure stunk in there. That is all.
I took my kids to Snow Valley two years ago. Jason Smith was there with his daughters but wasn't skiing himself... I told my wife he probably wasn't allowed to due to contractual obligations/limitations... People were very respectful of his privacy/space. The Oilers were set to play Vancouver the following evening: It was hard for me to not ask him to crush a Sedin for me.
Was at halo on night during the lock-out and saw this mob of bozo's hanging off of some jerks every word that jerk was Iggy. Me being a oiler fan and already having consumed 12 or so bottles of piss, started having dilutions of grandeur. Me and my bud were thinking that maybe Iggy has a glass jaw and I could go down in local folklore as the "local boob" who kicked iggy's ass. So after another few bottles of booze I get my stones in order and walk over to him and push my way to the front of his admirers and it went like this.... ME:(puts out hand to shake) IGGY:(shakes my hand very firmly) ME:(starting to think this is a very good idea because he is built like a brick shithouse and I'm starting to see visions of my face getting hit.......hard) ME: look man, I'm not here like the rest of these bonesmoke's trying to suck your......and get a free drink.....man.... IGGY: (Stands up and is looking pissed) ME: ( realizes that now that there is a very good chance that I will go down in local folklore as the boob who thought he could take Iggy and failed miserably. So I panic and spout off some BS about the lock-out) ME: Dude..(searching for an escape route) you gotta step up man..... you got some pull around the league......your a superstar......(ok, nice one give him praise...still panicking....) we just gotta get the game back on the ice......man...(smooth) IGGY: I hear you man, I will see what I can do.(big Iggy smile) ME: (high-fivin myself for somehow getting out of this) OK man...take it easy. IGGY: You to.
The next Day I'm watching the idiot box, and Iggy is on the news at west ed talking about how we gotta get the game back on the ice because the fans are the true loser's here. Needless to say I'm felling like a hero instead of a boob. Even though I know that my b.s. had nothing to do with his b.s. I still got a story out of the deal!
April 26 2009, 10:45AM
It is great reading these stories on meeting NHL players,Here in Canada we idolize these players,in the States most of these guys walk around and no one knows who they are.I have played cards and hang out with a player on the team,we never talk shop,when we meet other guys on the team, we never talk shop either,for the most part these guys are all down to earth.They like to have a good time just like us.
I ran into Iggy @ a concert in Pentiction when like 11 years ago. Beer Bonging & smoking hippy lettuce. We didn't harrass him too bad, nobody knew he was playing in the NHL back then.
Couple of years ago b4 SCF 2006 I was in Carolina & my uncle who live there took me to the only practice rink in town to see if they were practicing. They weren't, but we ran into CBC news & Curling goddess Coleen Jones. She asked him for directions to the Ramada to go to the Press Conference for both teams. He said "Follow us".
We met just about every hurricane & got autographs & pics with them. Classy.
Then the oilers took the stage, coming out only Smyth, CFP, Roli, Pisani & Hemsky were interviewed. I got everyone's auto graph except CFP & Roli. I was pissed, but karma got those 2 back them back unfortunately the next game & the weeks following game 7.
I got many autgraphs that day, including Brad Winchester - he was happy to scribble on the back of my sweater hahaha.
My sister and I attended a game vs. the Canucks this year, and afterwards, we were going to meet our cousin and her brother's (also our cousin...ah genetics) girlfriend at Oil City. I changed into a more bar friendly top before we went in, but my sister decided to wear her hockey jersey into the bar.
So we get in, and get on stage, and we're getting our sweet dance on to some sweet country jams, and enjoying some drinks, and our cousins (we'll call the cousin's gf a cousin- she basically is) join us, and it's all good. But my sister was overheating in her jersey. So her and I went back to her car so she could change. We get there, she changed, and I grabbed my camera, and then we started heading back to the bar. We're about to turn into Jasper Ave when I see two familar looking figures crossing the street. One of them looks at me, and it was indeed Gilbert and Gagner.
I elbowed my sister, and whispered, "Gagner and Gilbert...Gagner and Gilbert!!" So her and I were trying to non-chalantly walk in behind them, having a "casual" conversation. Cogliano also joined them when we all reached the bar. And as my sister and I were walking in, they all walked in too. They were doing the whole cheesy "bro five" thing with the bouncers, and when we walking in, my sister said, "Good game tonight" to Gagner, and he smiled and said, "Thanks".
So we find our cousin (also a big hockey fan), and tell her, and then we all go on stage to dance again, and notice there are other Oilers rolling in: JDD, Pouliot, Jacques, Chorney. And then, we see Cogs by one of the bars, surrounded by pretty ladies. We decide to go ask for a picture. My cousin's gf was the only one brave enough to ask, but she's not a hockey fan, so she almost asked the wrong guy. But we get to Cogs, and she asks him for a picture, and he was super sweet, and said yes, and posed for a pic with us. My cousin's gf asked the chick he was hitting on to take the pic. And she did! Heh heh...so as we're walking away, my sister says "Great game tonight" I guess he smiled cheesily, did some weird dance thing, and said "Thanks". He was getting his flirt on with the ladies all night. He even hit the dance floor with one chick. Then, when I was going to the bathroom, I passed Nilsson. And later on, we asked Gagner for a picture, and he was really nice, and posed for a pic with us. My cousin had to take the pic...when we asked, Gagner gave Nilsson a look like, "Could you take the pic?", and Nilsson totally walked away, and came back as soon as the pic was taken!
And then, my sister and I were getting ready to go (the cousin and cousin's gf had already left at that point), and they were all by the exit. At this point, Hemsky and Roloson (yeah, I said Roloson) has also showed up. I had a few drinks in me at that point, and therefore was brave enough to ask Gilbert (who's one of my faves) for a picture. He said yes, and I asked him if he was sure. He kind of gave me a weird look, and said yeah again. But he posed for a pic with me, and then I said "Thank you so much! I love your blog. Thank you so much" and he smiled and he was like, "Thanks".
Epic night. But that's the only story I have. That's why I was so wordy...and kind of fanatic. Sorry.
April 27 2009, 09:21PM
If you want to run into Oilers, Earl's is the place to go....I've seen various groups of them there all of the time....who wants the players though....anyone know where the Silver Fox hangs out in his (now lots of) free time??
It was March of 1997 and I had just boarded a plane in St. Louis to fly back after a grad school interview. I'm in the middle seat on the right side of the plane and I'm looking around because I'm surrounded by about 10-15 rows of empty seats. After about 10 minutes I'm getting freaked out because the whole front of the plane is full, and so is the back, but the entire mid-section is empty and I'm in the middle of it.
Then I look up and see a line of big guys in suits walking down the aisle, and the first face I see is Kevin Lowe. Then I see Dave Semenko, and now I'm crapping myself realizing what is about to happen. Sure enough, one by one the whole entire team gets on the plane and sits down, and I end up right in the middle between Mats Lindgren and Curtis Joseph.
Mats didn't talk much to me and spent most of the flight listening to his CD player, but he did offer to share his newspaper with me which I thought was nice. CuJo was super nice and chatted with me about St. Louis (since he used to play there) and Wash U (where I had my interview). But the whole time he is fidgeting and squirming around for no apparent reason. I finally get the nerve and ask him what's wrong. He tells me that he's trying to stretch out his legs because they are both cramping up on him, which is a pretty impossible task since we are sitting in coach and he's got the window seat. I ask him if this happens to him often, and he says, "After every single game."
We get off in Minny/St. Paul to transfer and they're off to New Jersey or something and CuJo wishes me the best of luck, shakes my hand, and limps away. I just can't even imagine how much pain he was in for the whole flight, and he still smiled and chatted with me like there was nothing to it.


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Friday, March 4, 2011
This Book Brought to You By
And then, somehow, word by word, impossibly, the book gets written.
Every ending I hit (and this is my seventh) feels like something of a miracle.
But I don't do it alone. I owe overcoming that middle-of-the-book malaise to Florence + The Machine and her wonderful, otherworldly, fantastical songs. I owe the motivation to put in chapter after chapter on nights when I was too tired to do it on my own to Shannon Messenger and Scott Tracey for always being up to word war with me and force me to focus everything I could into thirty minutes. I owe the motivation from non-stop encouragement and cheerleadering and occasional berating without which I could not first-draft to Natalie Whipple. I owe the comfort of infinite QMG WHY ARE OUR JOBS SO HARD AND WHY DO I SUCK AT LIFE SO MUCH commiserating emails that made everything either funnier or less painful to Stephanie Perkins. I owe the serious picking-up-of-slack to my wonderful and infinitely patient husband. And I owe my kids several dozen bedtime stories to make up for all the nights I told them I was going to the library but instead snuck back into my office and wrote at home. Hopefully this book can finance their future therapy sessions when they discover how much I lied to them.
Ahem. I've never written the final book in a series before. It is infuriating and devastating and liberating and a lot of other -ings all at the same time. As much as I was desperate to just FINISH THE DANG BOOK, I cried when I wrote the last sentence. I love this book. I love this series. I love Evie and her pink Taser and her way of barreling through life trying to figure out just what on earth she's supposed to do with all of the madness around her.
But I digress. I'm not going to talk about the book since it'll be eighteen months before you can even read this one. Suffice it to say, I'm more than a little relieved that I have a few edits ahead of me and can draw out my time with Evie even longer. I like her. A lot.
And now, to sum up:
Pages: 309
Words: 78877
Chapters: I stopped counting
Appearances of the word "bleep": 51
Number of Yetis, Unicorns, Selkies, and Dragons: 12ish.
Number of tasings: 2
Amount of trouble Evie finds herself in: Infinite
Number of times it felt impossible to write this book: I stopped counting
Number of times I get to write THE END at the end of my first trilogy: 1
This book brought to you by Florence + The Machine, Paramore, and Dr Pepper, none of whom are sponsoring me, but all of whom are welcome to.
And now you are probably wondering, just what does someone do to celebrate completing her very first trilogy?
I've got big plans.
Today, when my daughter is in school and my son is at preschool?
I am going to nap.
And it is going to be epic.
After that, the weekend off, and then diving into as many edits as I can cram in before I turn my baby in to Editor Erica on April 1st. And then? I start playing with a new friend named Isadora and pretending like maybe this time it won't feel impossible.
39 comments:
- Tara Fouts said...
congrats, Kiersten!! :-)
- March 4, 2011 at 6:39 AM
- Roni Loren said...
Congrats on reaching the end! And I feel EXACTLY like you do every time I write a book as well. I'm in that middle slog again thinking--this is going to be the one I screw up. This is going to be the classic sequel let down book. But all you can do is write through it.
- March 4, 2011 at 6:47 AM
- lora96 said...
Wow! What an accomplishment! I wish you a fantastic nap. And a cupcake. With sprinkles on top.
- March 4, 2011 at 6:49 AM
- My 5 Monkeys(Julie) said...
congrats and thats sad about Evie. But you have earned that nap, and totally excited for the next book.
- March 4, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Summer Inc said...
Wow, How accomplished you must feel to finish a complete series. Congratulations! I am so excited to read Supernaturally. My book club is reading Paranormalcy this month. I LOVED it! I cannot wait to for the meeting. I am hosting it and believe me Evie would be SO proud. I assure you we are going to have pink galore and everything pop culture can dish out for the meeting theme.
Btw I am so thrilled to hear more about Isadora. I love that name! I actually had a doll when I was little I named Isadora. Sounds so antique! Curiosity is getting the best of me wondering what you have in store for your fans in your next series!
- March 4, 2011 at 7:25 AM
- dirtywhitecandy said...
Excellent post and congratulations! I'm nearing this stage too, and I've been through all the ups and downs you've documented. The conversations with friends who helped me keep going when I thought I was making a mess of it. The songs that unaccountably came up and said what the characters were feeling. The love-hate-love relationship. And now we start again.
- March 4, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- Kristan said...
Congrats! Enjoy your nap, you certainly earned it!
- March 4, 2011 at 7:35 AM
- Broken Angel said...
Congrats~ You've certainly earned your nap. And I hate reading the last book of a series. If it ends well, I'll be wallowing in my emo corner for the rest of the day.
- March 4, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- JEM said...
Holy crapoli that's a huge accomplishment, congrats to you! Enjoy that heck out of that nap, and let me know if it's as magical as I remember from childhood.
- March 4, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Kiersten White said...
Summer--That makes me so happy!! Thank you : )
- March 4, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- heidikins said...
Congratulations, my dear. May your next writing adventures be just as amazing and bring as much joy. :)
(I feel like I'm writing in a wedding guest book, or a graduation card or something.)
- March 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM
- Sara B. Larson said...
What an awesome accomplishment! I hope you enjoy that nap, you've earned it!
- March 4, 2011 at 8:48 AM
- Katie P. said...
You have given me hope that I can finish my own trilogy. Hey, I'm only 80 pages into the first book. You've also reminded me to enjoy the journey because I'll miss it when I'm done.
I'll miss Evie, but I'm excited to meet Isadora!
- March 4, 2011 at 8:51 AM
- Becky Wallace said...
Congrats! Here's a virtual Dr. Pepper with lots of crunchy ice...to drink after your nap.
- March 4, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Caroline Starr Rose said...
Yay for the nap! Hope it's delicious.
- March 4, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Congratulations!!!! Yay Evie!!You are seriously awesome.
And eek!! You said her name! Isadora is real!!!! omg I love her so much!!!!!!!
Did I use enough exclamation points?!?!?!
- March 4, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Kiersten White said...
Michelle, I know! I said her name! Now I'm committed.
- March 4, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- Debbie Barr said...
Yay for you and your book and finishing and being awesome!
And I feel better knowing extremely talented/dedicated writers like you still feel like it's impossible sometimes.
- March 4, 2011 at 10:08 AM
- Amanda J. said...
*squee* SO EXCITING!!! :D *happy dance*
Ahem. I mean, that's wonderful. Congratulations! :P
- March 4, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- Ishta Mercurio said...
Yay! Go, Kiersten, go Kiersten!
And enjoy your nap. They're hard to come by these days, I hear.
- March 4, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Carrie Dair said...
Woo hoo! You go girl!!! What an awesome post. I so needed to hear so many of these things today. Especially about Yetis...and Unicorns. Yeah...just awesome. :) Congrats on finishing the series. VERY cool.
- March 4, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Megs said...
Ooh, looking forward to getting to know Isadora. I love the sound of that name; so much potential! ;) Again, congrats (especially on the nap)!
- March 4, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- Candice said...
- March 4, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Eve S. D'ropper said...
This is a comment about chocolate. Not really. Well, it is now. :)
12ish is my favorite amount of Yetis, Unicorns, Selkies and Dragons. :D
I knewthere would be a sequel! As soon as I started seriously running out of pages without running out of plot, I knew there would be a sequel--can't wait for Supernaturally! :D
Keep writing, throughout everything! My favorite writer's saying (well, one of them. Out of very, very many) is "You can't edit a blank page." :) It's kind of the underlying point of NaNoWriMo. Have you ever participated in that? National Novel Writer's Month...ah, well, guess I'd better bring my ginormous comment to an end. :) Sorry for being so wordy! Hope you have a fabulous day--can't wait to stop by again!
~Eve S. D'ropper, of http://wordsfromthehallway.blogspot.com
- March 4, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- Kris said...
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Can't wait - but must - for the book. You... are torturing me with the idea that somewhere out there exists third book of the series, and I can't even read the second! D:
Enjoy your nap. I was just talking to someone about how much we hate naps as children but miss them when we grow up. I wish I could never grow up and somehow have adult rights at the same time. It's a tempting impossibility.
- March 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM
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- March 4, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- Michelle said...
Time for an epic celebration with your hubby!!! Congrats, Kiersten. :-)
- March 4, 2011 at 7:25 PM
- Jessica Love said...
*Dr. Pepper toast*
- March 4, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- Lois D. Brown said...
I'm glad to know that others feel that way when they write. Sad thing is, when I finish I book one of the first things I say to myself is, "Can I do it again?" Why can't we just enjoy our accomplishments?
- March 4, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Athena Reader said...
Congratulations on finishing the book! Have a fun nap!
- March 4, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- OfficeGirl said...
I wish I could take a nap. But that will never happen with laundry waiting for me. Congrats on the wrap up!
- March 5, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- Farmer*swife a/k/a Glass_Half_Full said...
Awesome. I long to be where you are (well, maybe at least complete my WIP) before I turn 40. That gives me 1 1/2 years. Wait, One year and four months.
- March 5, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Go you! I rarely reach endings. It's pretty awesome though.
I still don't get what "acronym" means... explain?
- March 6, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Sarah said...
WoW! amazing! I just want to ask one question. I'm trying to write a book (trying is the word...) and just wondered what you would consider an average length for a novel to work out what length i need to work towards. I only wish i can be half as succesful as you in the future!
And by the way, i still love the covers! i want supernaturally now now now!
- March 7, 2011 at 1:34 AM
- Whirlochre said...
Past glories are often the worst form of prowlers.
So — looking forward to Isadora (after Evie 2 & 3 and all the inevitable corsetesque sub-flings of your sublime waft).
As for sucking at life — far better than blowing nonsense, or suffocating.
At the bottom of the ocean and way up in the heavens, mermaids and aliens are synching fins and flibbulo-antennae, exchanging news from terra firma that (and you'll have heard me say this before), Kiersten is awesome...
- March 7, 2011 at 4:35 AM
- Kiersten White said...
Sarah--If you are writing YA, you're going to want to aim for anywhere between 55-95k.
- March 7, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Jenn Johansson said...
That's so great! Congrats on finishing your series. Can't wait to get more Evie and meet Isadora. Enjoy your epic nap!
- March 7, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Natalie Aguirre said...
That's awesome. And Shannon and Natalie are cool. I follow their blogs. Congrats on getting your manuscript done.
- March 7, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Can't wait to meet Isadora, I think she will be lovely. (But right now Evie rocks, so no one can be better than her! Hehe :D)
- March 7, 2011 at 5:01 PM


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Skip to comments.Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy books
Posted on 08/11/2011 5:46:33 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith
More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles.
A quick word about what's here, and what's not: Our panel of experts reviewed hundreds of the most popular nominations and tossed out those that didn't fit the survey's criteria (after we assure you much passionate, thoughtful, gleefully nerdy discussion). You'll notice there are no young adult or horror books on this list, but sit tight, dear reader, we're saving those genres for summers yet to come.
So, at last, here are your favorite science-fiction and fantasy novels. (And a printable version, to take with you to the bookstore.)
Enders Game......ug.
Please send Freepmail to get on or off this rarely-used list.
I'm sure I can say the same about 4 or 5 others.
many of these books are crap, but there are some I don't know about which may be a nice read.
The Lord of the Rings is #1.
As it should be.
The Lord Of The Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien's seminal three-volume epic chronicles the War of the Ring, in which Frodo the hobbit and his companions set out to destroy the evil Ring of Power and restore peace to Middle-earth. The beloved trilogy still casts a long shadow, having established some of the most familiar and enduring tropes in fantasy literature.
I would have added David Weber's Honor Harrington series and Robert E. Howard's Conan series to the list. But I'm not an Asimov fan.
LOVED the first 2 books in that series, but by the 3rd I just couldn't stay focused on it.
"The Mote in God's Eye" made 61. I would have rated it higher. And,,,, it would make a great movie series!
Forever War & The Mote in Gods Eye are very good.
I have read more than half of those...
Like eating candy.
I think the top ten is solid except for the omission of Heinlein and the inclusion of the nihilistic Douglas Adams. Considering it's NPR, the list is not bad at all.
There are a few eyeroll choices, and the descriptions are very tendentious (Starship Troopers is "controversial" yet man-hating The Handmaid's Tale isn't "controversial" at all)
How is Starship Troopers controversial?
Oh ya mean the part where citizens have more rights than the leaches.
I read the first book it was good.
Me too, but about half of the ones I did read were crap.
Science fiction for popular consumption and not the Science Fiction enthusiast.
I don't read that many science fiction books anymore (well like 0) but I've read 7 of the top 10.
The Wheel Of Time Series
by Robert Jordan
At 13 volumes and counting, this sweeping some would say sprawling richly imagined epic chronicles the struggle between servants of the Dark One and those of the champion of light known as the Dragon Reborn.
Would probably be in the top 5 if Jordan would have kept the series at his originally planned 5 books. The first 4 books were some of the best fantasy I've read since Lord of the Rings. Unfortunately, under pressure from his publisher to keep a successful series going, Jordan kept agreeing to extend the storyline, first to 7, then to 10, then to 12 books, he actually died before book 11 and another author has taken over, which I believe the new author has agreed to ANOTHER 3 books. (I gave up after #10.) Unfortunately, Jordan's original story line never changed from his original plan, so most of the content from book 6-10 are essentially "fluff" and the core story moves at a snails pace. To put it into context, Imagine if J.K. Rowlings would have agreed to extend the Harry Potter series from 7 to 14 books. However, the story didn't really change, she just "padded" the original 7 books with pages of detailed descriptions of Hogwarts, dozens of characters that are only vaguely related to the story and many pointless story arcs not remotely related to the main plot.
Agreed, Just about the only book I have ever read that really seemed to "get right" just what it might be like when humanity made "first contact" with an alien race.
What an outstanding book.
Nothing by Alfred Bester?
Yea, most after 6 were fluff, but Brandon Sanderson has picked up the pace in the last 2 - including the much-awaited return of a character that was missed - and is working on the last one. the final book will be most bittersweet, since I've been reading the series since college.
While we're at it, the Iliad and the Odysee would fit right in.
Notice they didn't include 'young adult' but I just finished the Hunger Games trilogy and loved it. It contained no bad language or gratuitous sexual imagery. It posed valid reasons for war, and against it, leaving the reader to determine whether it was worth it or not. And the main characters, Katniss, Peeta and Gale, were outside of the box, atypical main characters. LOVED each of the books!!!
Not to mention America could be Panem any day now.; )
Zero's autobiography isn't there.
Some list...feh.
Douglas Adams is one of the authors that you either love or don't understand what the fuss is all about. I personally agree with you, I found the Hitchhikers series to be dull, not particularly witty or funny, and essentially pointless. However, my two brothers absolutely love the Hitchhikers series, think it one of the best series of all times. To this day they still quote lines from the book.
Yea, Neal Stephenson. Four times. I've read everything he ever wrote. Not so sure about Anathem though.
And about half of PKD's book.
Surprised the "shanara" books by Terry Brooks didn't make the list.
What the heck is a "trope"?
Watchmen over I, Robot?
That's... that's a bold statement.
"that really seemed to "get right" just what it might be like when humanity made "first contact" with an alien race."
And what a great movie series it would make. Just as exciting as "Star Wars." With today's tech,,,,, no problem!
Rendezvous with Rama should be higher
this list was written by jerks
Hear, hear!
"Trope" is a fancy modern way of saying "theme" or "motif."
I think that they did...
Sci-fi ping.
The Mote In God's Eye
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The accidental killing of a group of emissaries to Earth threatens man's survival.
**** Minor Spoilers To any that haven't read the book********
WTF?!? Did the people that write the description even read the same book? Granted it's been over 10 years since I read the book. But as I recall the "emissaries" didn't go to earth but to a human colony in a different solar system, and they weren't really "emissaries", but a colonizing force that were directed to crash their craft into the sun if it was discovered the system was already occupied by another species so they couldn't be traced back to their home planet. so they weren't killed "accidentally".
NPR? WhO cares what they think about anything
No Jack Vance on this list? Absurd.
The Man in the High Castle, Phillip K. Dick. Come on, a masterpiece. Farnham's Freehold, Heinlein, really a classic. I recall parts of both of these novels today, having read them over 35 years ago.
You can stop there.
I noticed that they only mentioned the first, not the entire series.
Because they made a movie out of it that really blew?
I don't know. Military. NPR. Go figure.
I'm glad the Foundation trilogy made it in the top ten. My favorite of all time.
I like those fantasy books "I never thought this would happen to me...". Oh.....not THAT kind of fantasy book. Sorry.
I agree some of the 'top pics' are just crap....Yawners.
I am surprised any of Heinlein's books made an NPR list, he did not care much for pansy socialist types.
I really need to read "A Canticle for Leibowitz" I've just always wanted to read it because of the great title and never have.
Some of these I've read, and all of those have been good, although I wasn't crazy about "Brave New World".
"A Clockwork Orange" was one of the greatest reading experiences of my life. I'd recommend it to anyone. There is a glossary of the thugs slang and at the start you've got to turn to it all the time. But by the end you can pick up a new word's meaning just from context. It's like learning a new language.
And the first Dune book is also one of the greatest reading experiences, you are in a whole 'nother world and yet it is complete.
I'm not a big sci fi/fantasy person, but there a a few things I would suggest, and admit it, they seem to have been pretty "big tent". I mean "The Once and Future King"? But OK, going with all that....
No Blade of Grass by John Christopher, I read this years ago when my then sci fi loving bf got it for me. I don't really remember the story, but I did enjoy it a lot.
Samuel R. Delaney, I had a short story collection by him and he was a very elegant writer. My recollection is that he wrote the single best sentence I've ever read.
Ridley Walker by Russell Hoban. "The heart of the wood's in the heart of the stone" Something like that. I really enjoyed this book too.
Now, as I said, I'm not a sci fi person and if I re-read some of these I might find them objectionable for various reasons, so, you know, don't flame me if you hate them!
But to me they were all great reads and I WILL see if I can get "A Canticle for Leibowitz" and also "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" for my kindle.
Maybe have a sci fi late august!
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Aaron was a graduate of Carbon High School, and had earned three degrees (machine tool service, metallurgy, and life science) from the College of Eastern Utah. He joined the US Navy, serving in Vietnam and Australia. When his father, suffered a heart attack Aaron left Chicago Bridge and Iron and returned home to run the family business. He was sole proprietor of Truscott Service Grinding and Repair.
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Like Adrien Brody is always, kinda, posing? Or is his body just made that way? With a lean or something.
Adrien and Keanu Reeves were at the 2010 Toyota Pro Celebrity Race Press Day this afternoon along with Patrick Dempsey, Christian Slater, and Brian Austin Green, among others. As you can see, they were all photographed together and only Adrien seems like he's trying to turn it into a Vogue editorial. One hand in the pocket, face angled just so, shoulder dipped, leg bent...
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"Yeah, for sure, going from 25 [minutes] a night to less is definitely different, but we won 9-3 yesterday, so we're getting plenty of offence and it's nice to see our first line take control and take the game by the throat," said MacKinnon, a top contender to go first overall in the next NHL draft.
MacKinnon centred a line with Barrie's Anthony Camara and Portland's Ty Rattie during Canada's thumping of Germany on Boxing Day.
"I think the toughest part is getting back into the game, but I'm adjusting and I think all three of us are doing a good job out there," said MacKinnon, who recorded his first world junior point on Wednesday assisting on Rattie's second-period goal.
MacKinnon was the focus of much attention during the team's selection camp earlier this month in Calgary where he wowed many with his speed and skill. He won a place on the team over older and more accomplished players and some expected head coach Steve Spott would have no choice but to find room for him in his top-six forward group. But that didn't happen. A lockout-loaded roster, particularly deep at centre, resulted in MacKinnon being pushed down the depth chart. And, once Boone Jenner serves out the last two games of his suspension, MacKinnon may find himself in the 13th-forward spot.
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"I know that there's plenty of very talented players here," said MacKinnon when asked about the meeting. "At the end of the day, it's a tournament and the goal is to win a gold medal and it's not for individual success and, for me, I'm not worried about my draft status or anything like that. I'm very happy to be here and hopefully we can continue to win."
MacKinnon insists he has yet to feel the pinch of less playing time. Canada never trailed against the Germans so Spott had no need to lean heavily on his top lines.
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