{"id":331,"date":"2011-12-26T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T03:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2011\/12\/26\/weekly-writing-check-in-christmas-squee-post\/"},"modified":"2011-12-26T03:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T03:51:00","slug":"weekly-writing-check-in-christmas-squee-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2011\/12\/26\/weekly-writing-check-in-christmas-squee-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Check-In: Christmas Squee Post~"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All  I wanted for Christmas was a Kindle Fire and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.<\/p>\n

I got both!<\/p>\n

First, obligatory YAAAAY about another Fairy Boy game that I will not be able to finish before I leave for Japan again. Playing so much Zelda is good for my imagination because it makes me want to write lots of fantastical stuff. Booyeah.<\/p>\n

But nobody cares about my feelings for blonde boys in tights swinging swords and getting collagen lip injections. You care about my feelings for the Kindle Fire.<\/p>\n

I’ve only played with it off and on all day – and by “played with it” I mean adding a last.fm app, syncing up my twitter and email, and buying one book, Amy Tan’s novella “Rules for Virgins”. But thus far it’s super shiny, very bright, and OMFG I will have so much fun. Too bad you have to like, spend money for some stuff on it.<\/p>\n

Tonight I’m ordering this fantastic sleeve<\/a> and an equally fantastic bigger sleeve for it tonight. I have to order them tonight to make sure I get them in before I go back to Japan. As soon as I finish reading the two paperbacks I have with me I’ll start delving more into the books on the Kindle. I figure that will be around February-ish. Until then I’ll have fun with the wireless capabilities in places where my little laptop is just too much to use.<\/p>\n

So, that all said, any good kindle recs? I’m particularly looking for writing-centered books at the moment, including grammar books and self-marketing. The freer the better.<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas! It’s certainly merry here~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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