April Jo Young
My blogs
| Introduction | Hi, I'm April Jo Young, and I'm a writer. I have lived in eight states and traveled many more, although originally I was a corn-fed Indiana girl. I'm now in Iowa, so the corn theme continues to follow me... I get along best with children, writers and artists. With them, I can let my dork out. Don't get me wrong: I do love the serious side of life. It's funny. Please see my website! www.runamokink.com And my writing group's blog! Write Brainers (see below) |
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| Interests | Reading, writing, (no 'rithmetic please), Playing Mario with my son, catching bugs with my daughter, Dark humor, Laughing, Wolves, Lake Michigan |
| Favorite Movies | Anything Dysfunction-as-Funny: The Royal Tenenbaums, Little Miss Sunshine, Thumbsucker, Garden State, Running With Scissors, Cousins, Amelie, High Fidelity, Lost Boys and Underworld, Kill Bill I, Being John Malkovich, The Jerk, Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Kung Fu Hustle, Wes Anderson films, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, Matador, The Princess Bride, The Weather Man. |
| Favorite Music | My taste is eclectic and depends on my mood. Great lyrics are important. I love Wilco and swear that Jeff Tweedy blew a kiss at me at a concert once., Magnetic Fields, Leonard Cohen, CoCo Rosie, Over the Rhine, Beth Orton, Lucinda Williams, Odetta and the blues, the Cranberries, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, System of a Down, Eartha Kitt, Freddie Mercury, Ben Folds, ALL the Wainwrights |
| Favorite Books | BOOKS! Too many! Since I write for a younger audience, that is what I mostly read. Here are a few of my notable favorite authors, Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, Rudyard Kipling, Scott O'Dell, Katherine Paterson, Cynthia Rylant, Ruth McNally Barshaw, Debbie Diesen, Sue Stauffacher, Shutta Crum, Linda Sue Park, Connie Willis, Gail Carson Levine, Jon J. Muth, Orson Scott Card, Jon Scieszka, Kate DiCamillo, Edward Gorey, I also love David Sedaris, Mark Twain, Jerome K. Jerome, Jane Austen, Kurt Vonnegut, Anne LaBastille, David Mech, Douglas Adams, Erma Bombeck, Terry Pratchett, anything by or about Ben Franklin, I am crazy about graphic novels, Folklore and fairy stuff, I'm a sucker for a good vampire story (and bad puns) |