Want to know the coolest thing? I grew up here. This is a picture that my friend just took of the grocery store in our hometown. I’m from the sticks, yo. And I’m absolutely charmed.
My Hands Are Stained White With Sorrow
No, wait, that’s paint. My hands are stained white with paint, because I’m trying to painting the kitchen. Which is difficult with three little ones who need constant attention. For Valentine’s Day, we’re having a nice dinner and then my hubby is watching the mugwumps while I, yes, paint some MORE of the kitchen. Needless to say that life is horribly … Read More
More Free Stuff!
Shock Totems! Free! Amazon! *faints* So download away, my friends. And if you like that sort of thing, read them. And if you dig ’em, we would love it if you’d write a review. Reviews make the literary world go ’round. 😀
Free Shock Totems! Run! Hurry! Flee!
For a VERY short time, you can get the digital version of Issue #2 and Issue #3 for free. Yes, free. You know how magazines always say, “Check out our mag and get an idea of what we’re about before you submit?” This is your chance. Hurry. Also, I have essays in each issue. I cried while writing both of them. You … Read More
Best New Writing of 2012
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I was on the short list for the Eric Hoffer Award. Woo! While the very worthy “Peep Show” by Louise Beech won the award, I made it into their Best New Writing of 2012 anthology. I squee! I genuinely squee! And why do I squee oh-so-genuinely? When I was in college, their Best New Writing was … Read More
Two Awesome Things
1) Jay’s running my reading of “Butterflies and Battleaxes” on his blog. It’s part 2 of the Williams Syndrome post for Rare Disease Day. You can find it here. 2) You have the incredible opportunity to win a free pass to the San Francisco Writer’s Conference next week! Hurry and enter now.
Let It Fall: A Guest Post About Coping With A Diagnosis
Did you know that February 29 is Rare Disease Day? It’s also Jay Faulkner’s birthday. Jay is a family man, editor, and friend who allowed me to do a guest post on his blog to raise rare disease awareness. I’ll actually have a few posts there through the month, since my family and I seem to constantly hit the rare disease jackpot. … Read More
Ten Word Review: Ghost Hunting
Ghost Hunting: True Stories of Unexplained phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman Hawes obviously rules the roost. Finished in two hours. Fun! (Don’t you love how the title is vastly longer than the review?) To get a more in-depth look at the book, check out my review on the … Read More
My, Uh, 41 Books of 2011
My goal was to read 52 books in 2011. I listed the books here. While I didn’t manage the whole 52, I did a few books better than last year. It’s also fun to see my true crime/faeries/nonfiction phases. This list does not include reading The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales to my kids 600,000 times. Which it should. … Read More
The Stokers
So apparently I was the last to know because I am off in my own little Mercedes La-La Land, but Demons has been nominated for a Stoker. Woo hoo! I’m so delighted to be part of that collection, and a Stoker nom is just too cool. (Wait! Correction! Recommended for a Stoker. Thanks to Ken for the correction. I am … Read More