Your hair!
My mom said on the phone, “I meant to say to you the last time I saw you–your hair!” I started to laugh, and she said, “It’s curled!” If you’ve been around for the past two years, you may remember…
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Monthly Archive: August 2010
ebooks and enhanced content
When my husband got an iPhone, we experimented with reading text on it. Although the screen is tiny, we could see the appeal. I said, “Do you know what I heard is having a resurgence? Choose Your Own Adventure books….
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A magic space
Last week, it rained for 64 hours straight. On Monday, after 30 hours of rain, I found myself sitting in the car with Kiddo#4, in a parking lot, waiting for Kiddo#3 to finish up an activity. Yes, there’s a waiting…
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How Mom writes a novel
How Mom Writes A Novel, a drama in 5000 parts. Part 482: “Mom, can I watch TV?” {set up TV, sit at computer to type} Kevin and his partner were just finishing up when they got a call about a…
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Driving stressed: the follow-up
After posting last week about driving under the influence of stress, I began an experiment. My experiment involves convincing myself I do not care if we are late. My theory since I first learned to drive is that speeding doesn’t…
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What are they eating?
Kiddo#3 came to me rather excited. “You have to see what they’re doing!” They were ants. In a rare moment of insanity, I’d allowed the kids to have a snack-sized bag of Doritos while playing outside, and a tiny triangle…
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The musical binge
I was wondering if anyone else experiences what I call “musical binges.” I don’t recall them happening until I was college-age, although they probably did. Without understanding why, I would suddenly develop a hunger to listen to one album repeatedly….
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I’m a soccer mom
Getting directions home from NYC, I asked about taking the Merritt Parkway. “Don’t do that,” said my cousin. “It’s gorgeous and has all these fabulous bridges, but it’s a super-highway for soccer moms.” This year I became a soccer mom…
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The book diet continues
On Sunday night I finished the first pass of my “Book Diet.” If you recall, my agent asked me to reduce the word count on Honest And For True by between thirteen to eighteen thousand words for marketing purposes, and…
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wasted art?
“I wish Mary hadn’t been the one to buy that piece,” she told me. “She’s wasting it.” I was on the phone with a relative, listening to a description of a fundraiser at her church. A couple dozen volunteers had…
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