Random acts of kindness are some of the coolest things on earth. I so dig, believe me. But while I was looking through some ideas online, I came across one that made me double-take. It suggested that you pick up some inexpensive vases and flowers, pick a few names at random in the phonebook, and drop the flowers off early … Read More
The Shark Of My Dreams
I am in love. His name is Dirk. My husband used to kick him off of the bed every night, but now he wearily accepted that this act is futile. Dirk is with us to stay. I even wrote a story about him, and it was one of the first ones that I published. If you have a second, please … Read More
Tales From A Slush Bunny: Slushing With Children
It’s happened more times than I can count. The doorbell rings, I open the door, and somebody stands there with their mouth open, their gaze hovering somewhere half a foot above my head. “I’m wearing my bunny ears, aren’t I?” I ask. They nod. I shake my head, sign for the package or whatever, and leave them to wander back … Read More
How Deep It Goes
There was a point in college where I was working five jobs in order to hold everything together. One of them was cleaning the buildings at night. I remember being the only person in one of the buildings, sweeping up and singing this song at the top of my lungs. Welcome to my childhood, everybody. 🙂
Winkin, Blinken, and Nod: The Baby Update
I’m telling you what this post is about in clear, bold letters so you can choose whether or not you wish to read it. There’s some difficult news, but as always, there’s a thread of hope in there as well. Most of you know that I was surprised and delighted to find out that we were expecting a baby. YAY! … Read More
15 Minutes To Sanity: How I Balance Housework And Writing
When my house is dirty, I go bonkers. This is my workspace. This is my play place. How am I supposed to write about assassins, angels, demons, and sarcastic vampires when there’s a spider web in the corner? A train set in the dryer? Toast crumbs ground into the carpet? I’ve learned to intertwine cleaning and writing. They go hand in hand … Read More
Gah, Curse You, Internet!
The Internet has betrayed me. It crashes at the most inopportune times. For some reason, my phone also goes down with the Internet, leaving me with a feeling of abject isolation in the middle of the city. It’s a fairly lovely feeling sometimes, but not when I’m waiting for a response from my agent. Or asking how a sick friend … Read More
Ten Word Tuesday: Shoes Hair Nails by Deborah Batterman
A thoughtful, evocative collection demonstrating the bittersweet strength of women. I wrote a more in-depth review here.
Fail Spectacularly
It’s been a rough couple of weeks, but I’ve learned something new about myself. Something that will help me in my personal life, and something that will help me in my career. I have discovered that I’m not afraid to fail spectacularly. Oh, failure used to be my number one fear. I spent so many years not daring to write … Read More
I Did It!
And I’m very happy with it. This is a pic of a nice, smooth, mod bob, but today it’s all punked out. Rock on.