Welcome to our 118th Road Trip Wednesday! Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway's contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In the comments, you can hop from destination to destination and get everybody's unique take on the topic. We'd love for you to participate! Just answer the prompt on your own blog and leave a link - or, if you prefer, you can include your answer in the comments.
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we're a group of young adult authors from all over the world. come join us on our global road trip as we read, write, and adore all things YA!
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Ooh! I know! Not blogging this but:
ReplyDeleteA Liar's Autobiography
And everyone here is too young to get the reference, especially me, but that still doesn't stop me from referencing it. :)
I would never write a memoir and I explain why and if I did what it would be called here: http://wp.me/p1NlZX-la
ReplyDeleteHere's my thoughts on the vital matter of my own memoir
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http://beck-nicholas.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/my-interesting-one-day-life.html
Interesting :D
ReplyDeleteMy life version of The Butterfly Effect
Interesting question. I'm all about music so my memoir title would have to be as well. Here's my answer: Memoir Title
ReplyDeleteLove Will Save the Day
ReplyDelete:D I'm planning on being around for a while...
ReplyDeleteOh, I like this one. :) I'm going to go with Times Like These.
ReplyDeleteI always thought if I wrote a memoir it would be called All the Guys I Never Dated (with chapters on all my major school crushes), because it would be a lot more exciting than a recounting of the guys I did date. I have also toyed with a memoir of my life growing up with a brother with autism entitled My Brother the Spy.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of All the Guys I never Dated :) Would be fun to write and read!
DeleteThat sounds like a great title for a comedic memoir. Even for a YA novel :)
DeleteOohh, I love that title, too!
DeleteLoved this question, because I already knew the answer: Eight-Legged Demons.
ReplyDeleteThis was actually easier than I thought it would be:
ReplyDeletehttp://jenniferpickrell.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/my-memoir-or-it-was-mine/
What a fun question to ponder!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine
Here's my response.
ReplyDeleteQuestion -- how is everyone posting a link as text?
ReplyDeleteHey Bess :D This website explains it quite well: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp
DeleteThanks!
DeleteI totally cheat--I open a new post in blogger and convert my text to a link like usual, and then copy it here. I usually have the Blogger dashboard open anyway since I'd just finished my post.
DeleteCool.
ReplyDeleteHere's Mine!
Tough question! Here’s mine
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: http://jessicalovewrites.blogspot.com/2012/03/road-trip-wednesday-name-that-life.html
ReplyDeleteEasy one! Here's mine:
ReplyDeletehttp://thewordsonpaper.blogspot.com/2012/03/girl-on-fire.html
Here's mine. That was tough! Can't wait to read everyone else's.
ReplyDeletehttp://daydreamertowriter.blogspot.com/2012/03/name-this-life.html
I kept coming up with stupid ones (Teched By an Angel? Come on!) so I also recommended a few books. here's mine See everybody on the road later today, gotta dash!
ReplyDeleteHad to have a good think about this one. Found one that's quite fitting :)
ReplyDeletehttp://r-moran.blogspot.com/2012/03/rtw-story-of-my-life.html
Here is mine.
ReplyDeletehttp://functioninginsanity.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-memoir-title.html
Here's mine http://kiwislife.blogspot.com/2012/03/rtw-its-my-life.html
ReplyDeleteHere's Mine!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting topic today! Here's mine: My Life In a Title
ReplyDeleteI think I'd call mine The Closet Sinistral. Even though deep down I knew even before I knew, I was in the closet about the true extent of my left-handedness for most of my life, and rather confused and discouraged because a lot of people still don't understand that handedness is not measured solely or primarily through one's primary writing hand.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine!
ReplyDeleteI didn't blog on this because I was working on a campaign challenge today, but I came up with Almost Awesome.
ReplyDeleteFirst time participating! Here's mine :)
ReplyDeleteIt's been awhile, but I'm back!
ReplyDeleteAnd here's mine! Memoirlicious
Here's mine - not as easy as I thought it would be.
ReplyDeleteNaming Your Life
I love it! My memoir's already been performed...Like a Nuprin
ReplyDeleteI have two titles! One for my "adult" self and one for my "teen" self.
ReplyDeletehttp://colleenclayton.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/title-to-my-memoir/
My Response: http://hsgust.blogspot.com/2012/03/memoir-titles.html
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