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Samantha

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About Me

ABOUT MY BOOK: This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder. When Samantha Schutz first left home for college, she was excited by the possibilities--freedom from parents, freedom from a boyfriend who was reckless with her affections, freedom from the person she was supposed to be. At first, she reveled in the independence--but as pressures increased, she began to suffer anxiety attacks that would leave her mentally shaken and physically incapacitated. Thus began a hard road of discovery and coping, powerfully rendered in this poetry memoir.

My Interests

pancakes, sleeping in, fraggles & muppets, smelling people, nature specials (preferably about fish that glow), photography, Gunther von Hagens, people who have crap that's worth money on Antique Roadshow

I'd like to meet:

people who want to read my book, someone who: smells good, can respect the healing properties of my couch, can watch marathons of good series television, eats nutella, rereads their favorite book annually, frequently laughs so hard they cry, snort, fart, or piss their pants, remembers their Garbage Pail Kids name (Soft Boiled Sam)...

Music:

lamb, bjork, beth orton, thievery corp, radiohead, air, massive attack, morphine, portishead, nina simone, ella, billie, nightmares on wax, talivn singh, sigur ros, soundtrack to moonsoon wedding, peaches, princess superstar, black sheep

Movies:

Spider, Princess and the Warrior, Run Lola Run, Secretary, Lolita (Kubrick), Amelie, Sex and Lucia, Swimming Pool, City of Lost Children, Pillow Book, 9 1/2 weeks, Murder by Death, John Hughes circa '83-'87, Muppets Take Manhattan, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth

Television:

Blue Planet (Discovery), Twin Peaks, Buffy, Six Feet Under, Whose Line Is it Anyway, I Love Lucy, The Sunday Night Sex Show, Lost, Sopranos, 24, Grey's Anatomy, Rescue Me.

Books:

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, Crank by Ellen Hopkins, The Burn Journals by Brent Runyan, The Queen of Everything and Wild Roses by Deb Caletti, Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn, Tithe by Holly Black, The Journals of Anais Nin, and books Nabokov, Henry Miller, Flannery O'Connor, and Dorothy Parker. The Stink Squad by Katherine Pebley O'Neal, The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton by Brian Anderson, The Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. And most definately, books about Barbie.

Heroes:

Captain Underpants and James Lipton

My Blog

More info about new book...

So I promised I would update about the new book, so here I am. Thanks to all who emailed me girl names...I finally decided on Annaleah. I've been working on the outline a lot recently and even enliste...
Posted by Samantha on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:17:00 PST

Great Review from www.teensreadtoo.com

Rating: 5 StarsMillions of people suffer from anxiety disorder (panic attacks) on a daily basis. Most suffer needlessly, either due to lack of medical treatment, misdiagnosis, or ignorance of the cond...
Posted by Samantha on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:19:00 PST

Free podcast of me reading from I Don't Want to Be Crazy

Listen to a reading I did at KGB. It's very NY--you can even hear the occasional fire truck go by! It's free... http://www.indiefeedpp.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=122874  ...
Posted by Samantha on Sun, 27 May 2007 11:53:00 PST

NEW BOOK!?

So I've started thinking about my new book. "Started" isn't really the right word as I've been tossing around an idea for the last year. But it's summer and this weather (and sitting in a coffee sho...
Posted by Samantha on Sun, 27 May 2007 12:19:00 PST

Library "Awards"

Whoopie! I was nominated for these two library booklists:American Library Association Best Books For Young AdultsAmerican Library Association Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersThanks to all...
Posted by Samantha on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:56:00 PST

REVIEWS!!!

Yippie! More reviews.This one is from VOYA (Voice of Youth Adovcates)http://www.voya.com/In this moving memoir, Schutz details her struggle with anxiety disorder. She has always been a perfectionist, ...
Posted by Samantha on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:54:00 PST

chat at realmentalhealth.com 10/10 9pm (EST)

Hi all, I will be doing a chat at realmentalhealth.com on monday oct 10th at 9pm (EST). I'll be talking (writing?) about my book and anxiety disorder. Hope you'll stop by and check it out.   htt...
Posted by Samantha on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:47:00 PST

It's all about the P

I have been reluctant to post random happenings in my blog, but today I was struck by something so bizarre that I had to write about it. Today I had lunch with a co-worker at a Thai restaurant in Soh...
Posted by Samantha on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:16:00 PST

Reviews for I Don't Want to Be Crazy

I feel like it's my birthday! I just saw these two reviews and couldn't be happier! "A young author makes a stunning debut with this poetry memoir documenting her personal battle with anxiety disorder...
Posted by Samantha on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:15:00 PST

From Scholastic.com

From Scholastic.comThis week at Scholastic headquarters in New York, Trade publishing editor Samantha Schutz told coworkers about some of her greatest personal struggles. No, this wasnt an impromptu g...
Posted by Samantha on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:14:00 PST