Monthly Archives: January 2009
I Never Finish a Project
But I make my deadlines Yesterday, I sent my husband a text at work. It said, “I’M FINISHED!” He knew I’d been working on the rough draft of my novel, so he called me back later and said, “Congratulations! Let’s go out … Continue reading
When Do You Find Time to Write?
Balancing being a mother and a writer. Or not. It’s one of the most common questions I get asked when I actually poke my head out from under my shell (which is as seldom as possible these days): “How do … Continue reading
Jerry Lewis, Mickey Rourke, and . . . Me?
Zee French, Zay ‘Ave Good Taste, Non? So I got a royalty check recently. That alone is big news: I haven’t gotten a lot of royalties in my eight-year career. Some. Not a lot. Royalties are much cooler than advances, … Continue reading
Avoid the Stomach Flu–Or Embrace It
What to do when a virus races through your house? Get it. That’s my answer: get sick and get over it. I write that as I sit here, trying to figure out whether I’m feeling sick or not. I’m tired–normal, … Continue reading
Filed under illness
Book Club Guide for The Smart One and the Pretty One
Fun questions to discuss with your group A few months before The Smart One and the Pretty One was published, I wrote an entire book club guide for it that was supposed to be bound into the final book. For … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, book guide, writing
It’s the End of the World as We Know It. Well, No, Not Really. But What if It Were?
What would you do on the last day of life as we know it? A year or so ago, I read a Ray Bradbury story that really got to me and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. Because my … Continue reading
Guest of a Guest
My guest appearance on guestofaguest.com Hey, check out the blog I wrote for guestofaguest.com! I mean, if you want to. I didn’t mean to sound all pushy. I just got excited and then . . . pushiness came rolling in. … Continue reading
Why Does Michael Pollan Keep Shouting at Me When I Don’t Even Know Him?
The French Fries-ivore Dilemma I haven’t read any of Michael Pollan’s books, and I’ve certainly never met the guy, but for some reason he’s been making a lot of noise inside my head lately. Pollan wrote The Omnivore’s Dilemma which, … Continue reading
Filed under food
How Original: A New Year’s Resolution Post
Change I Can Believe In. The marking of the new year has always seemed a bit silly to me. For one thing, it’s totally arbitrary–so much so that other cultures have different dates for theirs. And ours is so clearly … Continue reading
