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IT'S KRAFTY TIMES PARTY TIME
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Hello, world! I am still stupidly excited over sharing my bb Know Not Why with the world at last, and like anyone who cut her writin' teeth (... okay, that's creepy) on the sweet sweet elixir of wonderful comments on her fanfiction (and FanFiction.Net reviews, if you wanna get OLD SCHOOL), I am dying to hear what people think. I am also sort of worryingly inclined toward having big spazzy fangirly feelings over a tale that is technically of my own creation, but - oh well!
SO! If you guys have any questions at all, or just want to tell me what you thought, or what actors you picture as the characters (I would love to know this! I have never managed a complete dream-casting of this thing), or are perhaps dying to know my Howie Jenkins playlist, or, like, some fascinating trivia (oh, there's trivia!), absolutely bring it, friends!
This might just turn into me spamming this post with silliness, but I am okay with that.
COOL LINKS, BRO
+ Currently for sale @ Smashwords! I am looking into putting it in Amazon's Kindle Store as well; would that be good, do you think?
+ If you feel like puttin' your reviewer hat on, it would be the coolest if you left me a rating or review at Goodreads or Smashwords!
+ My sporadically updated blog is currently featuring a post on what moved me to write this in the first place. :)
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I CAN'T EVEN HOLD IT TOGETHER.
I WANT TRIVIA. EVERYTHING.
Ok fine I'll narrow it down a bit.
I want all the Mitch. Tell me everything about him.
When did he and Howie become friends? When did start liking Ms. Amber Clark? How often does he bro out with Andy Dwyer? (How did that one sneak in there oops) ... etc
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+ So, this thing is entitled Know Not Why, but let's be real here, it is really called Krafty Times. I'm not really sure where that weird little nickname came from, but that is its truest name, it just IS!
+ Howie's high school girlfriend of doom Heather Grimsby was originally named Heather Morris ... and then this show called Glee started, and the name 'Heather Morris' was hanging out in its credits! SUP, BRITTANY S. PIERCE. I pulled 'Grimsby' out of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, because it seemed appropriately, well, grim. Downright Dickensian!
+ The kitten-cherubs poster in Kristy's apartment was, originally & for a very long time afterwards, a Jonas Brothers poster.
Possibly based upon the Jonas Brothers poster my 2008-era roomies & I kept in our kitchen. IRONICALLY, OKAY.
and then maybe we made our own parody version of it?
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GIVE ME ALL YOUR TRIVIA AND BACKSTORY AND IDK EVERYTHING ON EMILY (and by extension, Emily/Dennis) and also Amber, please? I love everyone in this bar, but I won't lie, they're my two favorite supporting characters, even if Kristy runs a close third because I feel a little bit more kinship with her than I really should.
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I was GOING to buy a copy on Friday (when I have money again!) and read it on my laptop (slooooowly) but if there's a possibility I can get it on the Kindle I'd like to hold off and read it on there :D
Sorry I have no fun things to add to this post since I'm a lame-o who hasn't read it yet :/
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LIKE TOP FIVE GRANT/AMBER OTP MOMENTS THAT WILL NEVER MAKE IT TO THE PAGE
WHAT IF THAT
(♥!!!)
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As far as brain-casting goes, the only time I really, really felt it solidly in my soul that THIS CHARACTER SHOULD BE PLAYED BY THIS ACTOR was when -- as you know, as I have already capslocked at you before -- good ol' Howie got drunk and was super Ted Mosby-ian in his delight. Since then, nope: THAT DUDE IS TED MOSBY. I think you even tried at one point to be like, "Ha ha, what are you talking about, weirdo, I always pictured this dude as more of a Cory Monteith fellow!" but that obviously did not fly with me. TED MOSBY! is what I say, until some studio makes this into film and improperly casts him with a non-Josh Radnor actor. Fools!
ps; can I just say, too, horribly unrelated: even though I know that is Howie and Arthur getting up to some sweet-looking makeouts in that fanart, my first thought was "DEAN AND CAS: MOUTH TOUCHERS!" before I realized, several belated seconds later, what my eyeballs were actually seeing. Ha ha! Oh, self, you're so gross.
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Since you offered: I want trivia. I don't even know what trivia to ask for, but I wants it.
Also, I fully support any and all fangirl feelings you feel about the ships you've created - I certainly have them. (Seriously Howie/Arthur is absolutely on my list now. And I love Amber/Mitch. And Cora/general awesomeness. You made so many incredible characters and I want them all to be my friends, you know? (I'm secretly hoping that these feelings of yours will translate into the occasional drabble or mini-fic about how someone or someones might happen to be doing, whenever you miss the characters too much and feel like revisiting them, if you ever do. :)
Anyway, I'm *planning* to post an actual review at some point, but thought I'd drop by to say I really loved reading your novel. Thanks for writing it.
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Bwahaha, this is still kind of on my To-Do list as some manner of wonky AU adventure.
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OMG THE STORE CANNOT SHUT DOWN. It can't. It's like in that episode of Firefly, where Serenity breaks down and they have to abandon ship, but they can't leave, because it's Serenity... I'm feeling that way about the craft store. Just saying. If evilness happens to it, there will be much sadness.
Also, JANE AUSTEN CONVERSATION! <3<3<3 And all the banter reminds me of Buffy and I am dying and thank you thank you for writing this, this is amazing.
I'm not sure of a fantasy casting for Howie, but I kinda feel like Arthur is younger!Ewan McGregor, like Moulin Rouge era-ish. I HOPE THAT IS NOT WRONG.
And now I'm going back to reading.
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Yes? No? Maybe? (If no, this is why I don't try casting other people's stories! :P But I was just watching TVD and it occurred to me so I figured I'd suggest it.)
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Anyway, hi! For the past few days (has it been days? possibly just day, singular, but don't quote me) she's been raving about your book, sending me quotes and such (the summary? cracked me right up) in order to talk me into reading it. So I read it. Yesterday, in fact. I read it all damn day, ignoring my general grown up duties.
IT WAS SO WORTH IT.
Seriously I cannot even begin to properly express how much I loved it, so I won't even try. I may come back later once I've gotten un-freaked out about how awesome it was.
Also you already answered my greatest wish and posted the very playlist I would have requested, so thank you! For that, but also for writing this book. It made my week.
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YOU CHANGED "Michael's" TO "Holly's" I LOVE YOU, MY HERO!
... I just clued in to this. You gorgeous genius.
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