BODIES OF WATER
In the acronym HOMES, it's the "H"
A storm--in Shakespeare or a teapot
(7 letters)
Tempest
The Fault in Our Stars" was largely inspired by a young friend, Esther Earl, who died of cancer at 16; & the title was inspired by a line in this Shakespeare play--"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves
Julius Caesar
This capital, fittingly, lies on the Kansas River
Topeka
Idiomatically, you do this "at straws" in making a feeble argument
Grasp
Differing by a letter, these 2 rivers both rise in Switzerland; one is about 830 miles long & the other, more than 500
Rhone and Rhine
Doorway part brides have been carried over
(9 letters)
Threshold
The title of my novel about Aza & how her OCD affects her life comes from a philosophical joke in which the Earth is flat & resting on the shell of a reptile, & what is that reptile standing on? It's these all the way down
Turtles
This California capital is about 90 miles from San Francisco
Sacramento
This pencil product can also be used as an industrial lubricant
Graphite
You'll find the United Arab Emirates at the south end of this body of water
Math term for a digression
(7 letters)
Tangent
With a mission to increase awesome & decrease suck & to champion causes to help others, fans of my brother Hank & I & our VlogBrothers videos are called these from the misreading of the name of a video game
Nerdfighters
Daniel Boone's grave is in this Kentucky capital
Frankfort
It can mean to wrestle, or to cope with a difficult problem
Grapple
Under an agreement first drawn up in 1903, the U.S. maintains a strategically important naval base on this Cuban bay
Guantanamo
Boss Tweed's corrupt Hall
(7 letters)
Tammany
One meaning of this novel's title is the phenomenon where mapmakers put fake places on their maps as a copyright trap to see if anyone is copying their maps
Paper Towns
This Arkansas capital is home to the Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Little Rock
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall is sculpted from this durable rock
Granite
In ancient times the Dardanelles Strait was called this & was associated with the story of Hero & Leander
Hellespont
A really fast heart rate
(11 letters)
Tachycardia
I wrote alternating chapters with David Levithan for a novel that follows two very different teens--one gay & one straight--who share this same name
Will Grayson
This Montana capital is about midway between Yellowstone & Glacier National Parks
Helena
A top music industry award gets its name from this old-time record player with a big horn
Gramophone