*Extreme* Dress Envy

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Bella Thorne in Sue Wong.

Favourite Fours

Four is a pretty important number in Angel Kiss (as you guys may have noticed from reading the cover). It's the first word in the book, and has significance throughout the series. So I thought it might be fun to make a list of of stuff I like - in fours! 

Let me know what you think of my choices. Similar to yours? Completely insane? Oh and feel free to make your own list (post a link in the comments if you do, so I can read it!)

Four Movies
Legally Blonde
Amores Perros
Some Like it Hot
Down with Love

Four Books
Matilda
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Four YA Writers

John Green

Jenny Valentine

Sarah Dessen

Claire Hennessy

Four Heroes

JK Rowling

Hayley Williams

Senator David Norris

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Four Fictional Characters
Snape
Matilda
Elizabeth Bennet
Artemis Fowl

Four Bands
Paramore
Camera Obscura
The Frames
U2

Four Musicians
Josh Ritter
Neil Young
Lou Reed
Taylor Swift

Four Cities
Dublin
New York
Edinburgh
Toronto

Four T.V. Shows
Gilmore Girls
Freaks and Geeks
Friends
Skins

Four Playwrights
Oscar Wilde
Henrik Ibsen
Brian Friel
Conor McPhearson

Four Poets
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Sylvia Plath
Dylan Thomas

Four Songs
The Only Exception - Paramore
Kathleen - Josh Ritter
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy

Four Obsessions
Tea
Bookshops
Stationary
Penguins

A little update

Last week I went to a play - Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. It stared none other than...Alan Rickman! I think he's a great actor and also think he's amazingly cool. As I'm sure many of you know, he plays Snape in the Harry Potter films, and Snape is my second favourite character in the series (after Hermione). I usually get really excited when I'm going to the theatre anyway, but this time I was *super* excited. I went to a preview, and was in the front row. For theatre the front row isn't ideal, as you can't really see the whole stage, but all other seats were sold except for the very back, and I wasn't gonna miss out on being that close to Alan Rickman. It was so amazing to watch such excellent acting. The entire cast were great, I highly recommend it.

I'm also so excited that you guys liked the cover! My editor was delighted to read all your comments too! For me, the past week basically consisted of: do some edits, stare at pretty cover, do some edits, stare at pretty cover some more. I love it! My Mum printed it off and taped it around an actual book, to see what it would look like. It's now on the dresser in our kitchen at home. (Yep, my Mum's my number one fan).


I know I'm starting to sound a bit like a broken record, but just in case you guys are wondering, I'm still putting the final touches to Angel Kiss. I've been rewriting for a year now, but the new deadline for the final draft to go to the copy editors is mid November, so the end is in sight! 

I was just thinking this morning; I don't know what I'd do without music. Listening to music always helps me reach my deadlines. My little brother has this great t-shirt that he got in Toronto. It says: 'Music is life - the rest is just details.' 

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I think this Anna Sui dress is so pretty. Totally out of my budget of course, but maybe something similar will pop up on the highstreet!