This a companion to my blog, Words That Fly. You can look forward to inspiring and quirky quotes, pics and miniposts with my usual random scribbles thrown in. I hope you all enjoyTumblr (3.0; @thepopinjay)http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/<a href="http://isaythisisart.blogspot.com/2012/01/documenting-common-popular-expressions.html">Documenting Common Popular Expressions from This Is Art</a>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/16005409086http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/16005409086Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:56:42 -0430<a href="http://cuddlebuggery.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-five-days-on-goodreads.html">First Five Days of 2012 as seen on Goodreads</a>: <p>Thought you only saw tons of drama on TV? Think again! There was tons of drama during the last five days on Goodreads no less!!! How did I miss all of this?!</p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15398308750http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15398308750Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:49:23 -0430<a href="http://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/netgally-january/">NetGally January!!!</a>: <p><a href="http://redhousebooks.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-declare-january-to-be-netgalley-month.html" target="_blank"><img style="display:inline;float:left;" align="left" src="http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y327/WilowRaven/NGmonth-Jan.jpg" width="175" height="175"/></a> </p> <p>Guys! How could I have forgotten to declare that I’m taking part in NetGalley January? What’s that you ask? It’s a nifty event hosted by Emily at Red House Books where participants try to…</p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15214553048http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15214553048Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:53:33 -0430<a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/04/27/10-things-teenage-writers-should-know-about-writing/">10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing – Whatever</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bethrevis.tumblr.com/post/15128740523/10-things-teenage-writers-should-know-about-writing">bethrevis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A lot of teens ask me about writing—if you’re one of them, you might want to read this article. </p> </blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15184092335http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15184092335Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:50:20 -0430<a href="http://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/morning-muse-cinder/">Morning Muse: Cinder</a>: <p><a href="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/cinder.jpg"><img style="background-image:none;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;padding-top:0;border-width:0;" title="Cinder" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/cinder_thumb.jpg?w=254&h=378" alt="Cinder" width="254" height="378" align="left" border="0"/></a></p> <div> <strong>CINDER</strong> (Lunar Chronicles #1)</div> <div>Marissa Meyer</div> <div>Young Adult – Science Fiction</div> <div>Feiwel & Friends</div> <div>January 3rd. 2012</div> <div>E-galley</div> <div></div> <blockquote> <p>Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New…</p></blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15126393579http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15126393579Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:14:38 -0430<a href="http://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/2012-challenges-part-2/">2012 Challenges: Part 2</a>: <p>Here’s part two to the challenges I plan to take part in this coming year!</p> <p><a href="http://baffledbooks.com/post/13583431128/game-of-thrones-readalong#.TtjvYmOVrUA"><img style="background-image:none;border-bottom:0;border-left:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;border-top:0;border-right:0;padding-top:0;" title="game of thrones readalong" border="0" alt="game of thrones readalong" align="left" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/game-of-thrones-readalong.png?w=161&h=242" width="161" height="242"/></a></p> <p><strong>Challenge Objective:</strong> To read the whole of A Game of Thrones.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Hosted by Lisa over at Baffled…</p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15078942985http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15078942985Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:46:36 -0430<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx0d26fA4a1qargfho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leighfallon.tumblr.com/post/15025727470/that-kind-of-cuteness-has-to-be-seen">leighfallon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>That kind of cuteness has to be seen.</p> </blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15026780844http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/15026780844Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:15:55 -0430<a href="https://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/morning-muse-keys-to-the-repository/">Morning Muse: Keys To The Repository</a>: <div> <strong><a href="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/keys-to-the-repository.jpg"><img style="background-image:none;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;padding-top:0;border-width:0;" title="Keys to the Repository" border="0" alt="Keys to the Repository" align="left" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/keys-to-the-repository_thumb.jpg?w=250&h=348" width="250" height="348"/></a>KEYS TO THE REPOSITORY</strong> (A Blue Bloods Companion)</div> <div>Melissa De La Cruz</div> <div>Young Adult – Paranormal</div> <div>Hyperion Books</div> <div>June 6th, 2010</div> <div>E-galley</div> <blockquote> <p>Lavish parties. Passionate meetings in the…</p></blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14905619475http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14905619475Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:41:51 -0430<a href="http://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/morning-muse-keys-to-the-repository/">Morning Muse: Keys To The Repository</a>: <div> <strong><a href="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/keys-to-the-repository.jpg"><img style="background-image:none;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;padding-top:0;border-width:0;" title="Keys to the Repository" border="0" alt="Keys to the Repository" align="left" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/keys-to-the-repository_thumb.jpg?w=250&h=348" width="250" height="348"/></a>KEYS TO THE REPOSITORY</strong> (A Blue Bloods Companion)</div> <div>Melissa De La Cruz</div> <div>Young Adult – Paranormal</div> <div>Hyperion Books</div> <div>June 6th, 2010</div> <div>E-galley</div> <blockquote> <p>Lavish parties. Passionate meetings in the…</p></blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14823483334http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14823483334Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:59:19 -0430<a href="http://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/in-my-mailbox-16-december-25thchristmas-edition/">In My Mailbox (16): December 25th–Christmas Edition</a>: <p><a href="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/inmymailbox2.jpg"><img style="background-image:none;border-bottom:0;border-left:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;border-top:0;border-right:0;padding-top:0;" title="InMyMailbox" border="0" alt="InMyMailbox" align="left" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/inmymailbox_thumb2.jpg?w=150&h=188" width="150" height="188"/></a></p> <p><em>In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at </em><a href="http://thestorysiren.com/"><em>The Story Siren</em></a><em> that allows to showcase the books that we have received/purchased over the past week.</em></p> <p></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"><strong>For…</strong></p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14771129621http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14771129621Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:13:53 -0430<a href="http://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/popping-in/">Popping In</a>: <p>Hey guys! I’m just popping in for a bit. I have my last exam on Wednesday and I have zero motivation to study for it but I’m trying really, really hard. Before I leave you, I’d like to share a bit…</p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14504852203http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14504852203Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:04:11 -0430<a href="https://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/tgif-at-greads-10/">TGIF at Greads! (10)</a>: <blockquote> <p><a href="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/tgifatgreadsgraphic1.jpg"><img style="background-image:none;border-bottom:0;border-left:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;border-top:0;border-right:0;padding-top:0;" title="TGIFatGReadsGraphic" border="0" alt="TGIFatGReadsGraphic" align="left" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/tgifatgreadsgraphic_thumb1.jpg?w=200&h=181" width="200" height="181"/></a>This is a weekly feature hosted by Ginger from <a href="http://www.greadsbooks.com">GReads</a> and it’s called <a href="http://www.greadsbooks.com/2011/08/tgif-at-greads-24.html">TGIF @ GReads!</a> Basically, Ginger uses it to do a short recap on that week’s posts as well as to pose a question…</p></blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14335824262http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14335824262Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:08:06 -0430<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw6aluZZlQ1qk7zy5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><center>[ <a href="http://tumblrcloud.icodeforlove.com/1093690/830542">cloud overview</a> ]</center><br/><center>[ <a href="http://tumblrcloud.icodeforlove.com/">get your own cloud</a> ]</center><br/><br/>This is a <a href="http://tumblrcloud.icodeforlove.com/1093690/830542">Tumblr Cloud</a> I generated from my blog posts between Mar 2011 and Dec 2011 containing my top 20 used words.<br/><br/>Top 1 blogs I reblogged the most:<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://baffledbooks.tumblr.com">baffledbooks</a></li></ul></p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14197482327http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14197482327Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:21:30 -0430tumblrcloud<a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/01/30/starting-your-first-blog-29-tips-tutorials-and-resources-for-new-bloggers/">Starting Your First Blog? Tips, Tricks, Etc.</a>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14163780197http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14163780197Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:00:06 -0430<a href="https://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/arcs-in-the-afternoon-the-pledge/">Morning Muse: The Pledge</a>: <ul><li> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10637748-the-pledge"><img style="background-image:none;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;padding-top:0;border-width:0;" title="The Pledge" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/the-pledge.jpg?w=254&h=378" alt="The Pledge" width="254" height="378" align="left" border="0"/></a><strong>THE PLEDGE</strong> (The Pledge #1)</li> <li><a href="http://www.kimberlyderting.com">Kimberly Derting</a></li> <li>Young Adult – Dystopian</li> <li>Margaret K. McElderry (S & S)</li> <li>November 15th, 2011</li> <li>Adobe Digital Edition/ Epub</li> </ul><blockquote> <p>In the violent country of…</p></blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14161302083http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14161302083Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:24:19 -0430<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw23rmXa4d1qk7zy5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So true!</p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14122212749http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14122212749Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:01:06 -0430<a href="http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2010/01/11/how-to-conduct-an-interview/">How To Conduct An Interview With an Author</a>: <p>I wish I’d found this post a LONG time ago!</p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14114547221http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14114547221Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:00:05 -0430<a href="http://wordsthatfly.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/in-my-mailbox-15-december-11th/">In My Mailbox (15): December 11th</a>: <p><a href="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/inmymailbox1.jpg"><img style="background-image:none;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:left;padding-top:0;border-width:0;" title="InMyMailbox" src="http://wordsthatfly.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/inmymailbox_thumb1.jpg?w=120&h=148" alt="InMyMailbox" width="120" height="148" align="left" border="0"/></a><em>In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at </em><a href="http://thestorysiren.com/"><em>The Story Siren</em></a><em> that allows to showcase the books that we have received/purchased over the past week.</em></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><strong>For Review</strong></p> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12252079-hellsbane"><img/></a></li></ul>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14065380739http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14065380739Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:28:17 -0430<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lte262mA9z1qeakgbo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leighfallon.tumblr.com/post/14030263792/you-know-that-scratching-noise-at-your-window-that">leighfallon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>You know that scratching noise at your window that you think is a branch hitting off your glass…? Well think again.</p> </blockquote>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14064847630http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14064847630Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:10:48 -0430<a href="http://stephaniethomasbooks.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/my-challenge-to-ya-dystopian-writers/">Challenge to YA Dystopian Writers</a>: <p>A pretty interesting article and challenge.</p>http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14064549422http://thepopinjay.tumblr.com/post/14064549422Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:00:05 -0430