May 2013
1 post
“The most terrible thing about [prison life] is not that it breaks one’s heart —...”
– I’m writing the 3A portion of “Shattered” at the moment, and this seemed apt.
Here’s more of Wilde’s letter if you’d like to see it.
Posted by: Zachary
April 2013
10 posts
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Procrastination is good for you: Shade short story... →
jerismithready:
‘Bridge” is out at last, now on Kindle for 99 cents!
AND…if you order “Bridge” by the end of the day Thursday (Eastern time) and forward your receipt to Melissa AT jerismithready.com, I’ll send you an exclusive “Bridge” trading card signed by me and “Logan.” (International, too!)
…
6 hours left to get a trading card signed by me, and then THAT’S IT.
any cards not...
Kilt-Wearing Men Are More Fertile than Others -... →
Kilt-Wearing Men Are More Fertile than Others
Uh oh.
Posted by: Zachary
(via @KiltandKeeley)
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2nd draft of Bridge cover copy
this, i think, is an improvement over yesterday’s first draft, which sounded a little clunky to me when i read it out loud.
whaddya think, peeps?
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Logan is barely seventeen, and barely dead. To find eternal rest, the ghost punk rocker must make peace with his brother Mickey, before his guilt over Logan’s death drives him to suicide.
Krista sees ghosts everywhere, but never...
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HELP--need feedback on my cover copy!
here’s what i have for the “Bridge” blurb:
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Logan Keeley is barely seventeen and barely dead. To find his eternal rest, this ghost punk rocker must make peace with his brother Mickey, who blames himself for Logan’s senseless death.
Since Mickey can’t see or hear ghosts, Logan seeks someone to speak for him, before his brother’s guilt and grief drive him to...
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are you guys EXCITED for "BRIDGE" yet???
it’s coming NEXT WEEK!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
go add it on Goodreads!
posted by: LOGAN
Things I sometimes say to my characters.
authorlife:
and y’know what? i say it right back to her.
posted by: Logan
De-kilting scene at last!
jerismithready:
During Zachary’s second round of the YA Crush Tournament, I wrote a fun little scene on the fly depicting his and Aura’s adventurous Senior Prom night. (Kidnappings! Fight scenes! What’s under the kilt!) For every 100 votes he received, I added 100 words—ultimately a lot more—and I promised that if he won, the kilt was coming off.
He didn’t win, but I decided to write the...
Why I use an iPhone →
Even though many Android phones are better.
Secrecy and security above all.
Posted by: Zachary
March 2013
7 posts
K&K SHADE read-along--and SHADEboys dance...
Logan: Kilt & Keeley is doing a read-along of the entire SHADE series (including my upcoming ebook, “Bridge,” which you should totally get when it comes out).
There’ll be discussion posts, prizes, a chat with The Woman Upstairs at the end, and who knows, maybe me & Z will throw a #SHADEboys chat at some point. we’re SPONTANEOUS like that.
it starts next week, so...
Procrastination is good for you: Last chance EVER... →
jerismithready:
(Note: I originally typed up this post before news broke of the S&S/B&N dispute I posted about earlier. After waking up to that, what I’m about to tell you makes me even sadder/madder.)
I recently learned some very sad news: after nearly six years of bringing you fantastic service in…
Logan: AAAAAAH, this SUCKS! Z, remember that time we interviewed Lauretta at...
TWU is on tumblr!
i probably should’ve mentioned this when it first happened, like, a couple months ago. but if you didn’t know, there’s a ton of posts for you to read and listen to and look at.
she calls her tumblr Procrastination is Good for You, which is totally true.
posted by: Logan, who now realizes he should’ve had Zachary tell you about TWU’s tumblr, cuz you guys listen to...
Top 10 Douchiest Guitarists of All Time →
This one’s for my partner in madness, Logan Keeley.
Posted by: Zachary, in response to L’s 10 Douchiest Drummers of All Time post.
The 10 Douchiest Drummers of All Time →
this one’s for you, Brian Knox.
posted by: Logan
January 2013
12 posts
the next winter storm's name begins with L...
please say ‘Logan,’ please say ‘Logan, please say ‘Logan’…..
posted by: Logan
Procrastination is good for you: SHADE quote... →
jerismithready:
The innovative folks over at the SHADE fan site, Kilt and Keeley, have just installed a sweet new widget on their sidebar that randomly selects quotes from the SHADE trilogy. When you refresh the page, a new one appears.
Look, here’s one from SHADE!
And one from SHIFT:
And from…
K&K = awesome. i want one of those widgets for our tumblr, except with Community...
so this happened. →
posted by: Logan
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December 2012
22 posts
SHADEboys watch Die Hard
Since Logan posted the transcript of our #SFCX event (the first and hopefully not last Team Kilt movie night), I decided to share our rewatch of my favourite Christmas movie, Die Hard. The story of how we came to watch it is all in the screen caps below.
Enjoy, and don’t expect much!
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Happy Christmas, everyone.
Posted by: Zachary
Sean Faris Christmas eXtravaganza (#SCFX) tweets!
Team Kilt had its very first movie night last night, when we watched Sean Faris (Zach’s doppelganger) in Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Christmas with Holly, based on the Lisa Kleypas novel. it was AWESOME, and i hope we can do it again with other Team Kilt-themed movies. maybe a monthly Team Kilt movie night?
anyway, here’s a semi-transcript of our tweets, downloaded using...
fiftytwotunes:
Week 15: Don’t call it a spade if...
SHADEboys Truth or Dare Part Dà
Zachary: Dà being, of course, Scots Gaelic for Two.
Logan: you may remember back in March, me and Z did a night of Truth or Dare for charity and votes. it was pretty cool.
Zachary: Wednesday we’re going to do it again! You know why? Because YOU were instrumental in getting Splendibird 1000 views on her Blog INK entry. And we promised.
Have a look (and like and share) if you’ve not...
TV.com's Best of 2012 - TV.com →
fuckyeahcommunity:
KEEP VOTING! LET’S WIN BY A MILE!
VOTE ENDLESSLY for Troy & Abed until your hands fall off. Then VOTE WITH YOUR FACE.
Reblogged by: Zachary
aurasalvatore:
My perfect Logan.
aww, thanks!
reblogged by: Logan
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Shards of Shattered and Untitled Brilliance
Cheers, everyone! While we were sleeping, you got Sya’s BlogINK video over 400 hits! And all we asked for was 300. We are humbled, and amazed, and more than a bit peckish.
*searches for stray crisp packets behind bookshelf, where they tend to fall, finds a half-empty one*
Hmm…
(For a review of what in God’s name I’m talking about, see yesterday’s post. Then...
