If one considers November midsummer (I’m looking at you, Southern Hemisphere), then midsummer madness is upon us; arriving promptly on November 1st, 12:01 AM.

November Madness lacks elegance and so does this caption

Nanowrimo season is upon us again! National Novel Writing Month is thirty days and nights (and in my case it will mostly be nights) of literary abandon. Contestants are challenged to write an entire novel (40,000 words) in one month.

Not a good novel mind you.

After watching from the sidelines for a few years and a half-hearted attempt in my first undergraduate year, I’ve decided to take the plunge into madness and write that novel I’ve always been thinking of writing but instead just read a good novel instead.

Am busy plotting away (i.e. drinking tea while contemplating which handsome British actor I would cast as the lead romantic interest) this October and then November will be a wording frenzy.

The best of luck to all participants at the turning of the hour on November 1st!

My Jazz Hands Bid You Welcome

On behalf of myself, Princess Pekoe “Faildog” Brown (whom you will no doubt be hearing a lot from later) and my fierce jazz hands, I would like to welcome you to Miss Corene’s Blog.

Miss Corene is an MLIS Student at UBC, an avid reader of juvenile and young adult literature, co-founder of  Bookslingers, knitter, writer (fingers crossed for Nanowrimo this year), researcher (the horrible things I have learned about Renaissance medical men I cannot unlearn), Vancouver city fan (with reservations about the rain), tea drinker, dog owner, Bletchley Park fanatic and all-a-round enthusiast.

Hope you stick around or check out my website or browse through the fabulous Bookslingers site if you are looking for some further reading.

I think the best way to sign off on my first official Miss Corene post is with dignity. Always dignity.

My Big Brave Dog Being Chased by a Chihuahua