Monthly Archives: October 2008

Finally, the Perfect Workspace

It’s hard to be a stay-at-home writer.   I mean, it’s great . . . but it’s hard.   You just don’t have that home/office distinction most people have, which means it’s easy to get to a place where you’re still in … Continue reading

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Best Halloween Costume Ever!

It’s that time of year again–the time when a young girl’s fancy turns to thoughts of witches, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night.  With four kids, I feel a certain amount of dread mixed in with more … Continue reading

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May I Have THAT Problem, Please?

This weekend, The New York Times Sunday magazine published an interview with the MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.   I’m a settled and staid matron and mother of four, and it’s been years since I’ve had a girl-crush, but lately I’ve found … Continue reading

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This Is Dedicated to the One I Love

If you’ve dreamed of being an author, you’ve probably dreamed about writing a dedication.  In fact, the dedication-writing part may well have inspired the book-writing part.   Long before I had a book agent and even longer before I had an … Continue reading

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Right on Target

I used to have big aspirations.  When I was twelve, I wanted to write like Virginia Woolf.  Really.  I read everything she’d ever written and I wrote these endlessly long stream-of-consciousness stories that were all deep and pithy and emotional … Continue reading

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Part II: The Sequel: The Story Continues As We Revisit the Characters in a Return to Our Story

Sometimes I get fan e-mails.  They always make me smile.  But some of them make me smile AND scratch my head a little in befuddlement. Those are the ones that ask me whether or not I’m planning to write a … Continue reading

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My Totally Rockin’ New York Party

Dear Diary, OMG, my book party was totally awesome!   You should have seen me!   I looked really really hot–like Paris Hilton hott only much classier ’cause she’s kind of skanky.  I wore my kind-of-new-but-not-really-cause-I-wore-it-on-the-cruise-but-at-least-I didn’t-spill-anything-on-it black dress from bluefly.com–you know, the Park Vogel … Continue reading

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