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Two young, goofy women deal with daily life in NYC—not the most original premise, but the humor of the TV show Broad City is all fresh. Less serious than Girls and less quirky than Portlandia, but funnier than both. Like Seinfeld, Broad City is a show that seems to be about nothing yet mines comedic gold out of the most pedestrian grounds.

Ilana GlazerandAbbi Jacobson,who created and star in the show, are best friends whose specialty is getting into situations...

Day 15:

Mr. Cow wasn’t feeling well last week, so he spent the past six days at home, which was really nice. Now that he’s back at work, the house is all forlorn and empty. Which means extra time to worry about my writing. Gah! Weirdly enough, I’m mostly worried about my second book now, which has been in Junior Agent’s hands for about a week. Aaaaaaahhh! I so hope she loves it as much as my betas and I do.

Does she hate it? Is she going to file a restraining order against me now that my sec...

Day 54:

I e-mailed Junior Agent, and she replied and told me she has received several rejections. Some were “almost frustratingly positive” because they said they loved the story but they had something similar on their lists.

The only person who could possibly understand how I feel is Loki.

Day 55:

Junior Agent forwarded me an e-mail from one of the publishers and said that the rejections said pretty much the same thing.

“Thank you so much for sending me this manuscript, which I really enjoyed rea...

Day 18:

Interestingly, knowing that I won’t be hearing from editors for the rest of the month brings me a teensy bit of peace. At the very least, I know I won’t be receiving any updates about getting rejected until after the new year . . . right?

Days 19 to 25:

Have passed by at a normal pace! Ah-may-zing! Of course, it hits me today that there are only three days left before the new year. Junior Agent mentioned following up with the editors after the new year, which means come January 2nd, I’m...

Day 11:

Surprisingly, Days 10 and 11 go by like normal days. As in, time passed. It might be because it’s the weekend and Mr. Cow and I spent our time running errands and stuff.

Day 12:

Finish editing second book. Feel entirely badass.

Manuscript, you got pwned.

Day 13:

An update from Junior Agent! “Out of the 9 editors we pitched to, 3 said it didn’t fit their list/their list was too full. The rest asked for the full MS. I will follow up with them in the new year.” Is that good or bad news? I can’...

*Note: All this happened overa year ago. The novel being subbed was a YA Fantasy.

Day 1:

Senior Agent calls me to talk me through the subbing process. She has sent out the pitch to a few editors. She tells me the best thing to do now is to forget about being on sub and keep myself busy. “Okay,” I say with confidence. I know submissions usually take at least two to three months. I’m totes chill.

Like Tyrion, I know the way this game is played.

Day 3:

I’m still chill. This whole submission thing is...

WARNING: This contains SPOILERS for Season One of The 100.

What it’s like watching Season One.

This is one of the main reasons why I can’t get into The 100. The frikkin’ false tension means that whenever a major character supposedly dies, I assume they’re still alive somehow. So far, I’ve been proven right, although that does mean the show delivers zero tension for me. Maybe Season Two gets better?

So, I started gettingemails asking if I offer signed books. Or . . . *drumroll* signed bookplates!

To which I thought: well, no, I don’t offer them, BUT I COULD. Why not?

Above is what the ones I’m currently making look like. (If it turns out these labels don’t hold up well or I can’t find more, the design might vary.)

If you would like a signed bookplate, emailsl AT slhuang DOT comwith the subject line BOOKPLATE REQUEST, and tell me:

Black Mirror is a thinky British TV series set in a near-future UK. The vibe is like The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. The main theme is dystopian, but the culprit is really the masses, not so much the government. Basically, the future sucks because people suck. The masses are fickle and prone to mob mentality. When we get better technology, we can’t handle it since it enables us to do bad things in badder ways. Technology progresses so fast that our moral maturity can’t keep up. It’s l...

This is not a movie review. I thought of doing a review of Vice, but in the end, I realized I didn’t care about it enough to do a proper review. And here’s why.

1. Every other guy ever is a murderous, raping scumbag. Those who aren’t rapists or murderers seem to need a reason to not rape or murder anyone (one is still in love with his dead wife and the other’s a cop).

I mean, seriously, given a place where you can do anything you want, why does the go-to have to be violence towards women? What...