Sarah Harper

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Hello Tumblr + Chronicle books. This gallery shows sample pages, including a front and back cover, of our proposed book, Activitorium. The back cover contains a synopsis as well as critical quotes and the last page contains some information about The Tangential. We would be honored if you would consider us as we are big fans of what both of you do for publishing.

We’d like to thank our designer Caroline Royce for creating the identity for this whole book pitch. The content was created by Becky Lang and Katie Sisneros,with additional fun ideas from Sarah Heuer and Crispin Best, as well as input from our entire staff. We would plan to put our whole staff to work creating original content for the entire book, and continue working with Caroline for design. We are also open to the idea of collaboration with editors and designers outside our collective.

reblogged from thetangential

Dumb smart things to do before you respond to a text

Text someone else for a second opinion on whether you should respond to the text

Brainstorm

Do a free write

Text someone else for a third opinion on how you should respond to the text

Compose a rough draft

Compose a flirty draft

Compose a final draft

Send your final draft to your closest opinion-givers

Read them your flirty draft just for fun

Send final draft

Have regrets

Words I’m shocked to see those wavy red lines under

iPad

sarah

oughten

boughten

harper

winningest

Secret Pinterest boards

Things You’re Gonna Buy When You Have the Money
Clothes You’re Gonna Wear When You Have the Body
Cool Posters To Look at When You’re Drinking Alone at Home
Inspirational Phrases to Scrawl at the Bottom of Your Overwhelming To-Do List
Young Celebrities You’d Kiss if You Could
Things To Make Fun of at Other Peoples’ Weddings

My favorite song right now

Always have more alcohol around than you think you’re gonna drink. My dad, who expanded on this for about 5 minutes

A short ode to one of my favorite books about Florida

I had torn through all the Little House on the Prairie books and I was looking for something more hardcore. “Strawberry Girl” was a natural option because it’s the most hardcore thing I’ve ever read, to this day. It’s about a girl and her family in the Florida backwoods and the foreword from the author seriously says:

“My material has been gathered personally from the Crackers themselves, and from other Floridians who know and understand them. I have visited in Cracker homes. I have made many sketches of people, animals, the natural surroundings, their homes-plans, furnishings and details.”

Rereading it today. Hilarious

When I was 16, part 1 of an endless series

When I was 16, I briefly wanted to go to massage therapy school because my boyfriend was like, “My back hurts,” and I tried to give him a back massage but ended up just nervously squeezing his shoulders a few times. I thought maybe if I went to school for massage therapy, I’d be able to give people killer massages whenever.

I told my boyfriend that and he said, “Wait, don’t you wanna go to college?”

I said, “Isn’t massage therapy school a little bit more useful than college?”

I was completely correct then and I have regrets about not following that gut instinct