Secrets
Whoosh!
That’s the sound summer makes as it is flies by. Can you hear it? The kids start school in just over a week, and there’s still a long list of things we want to do. More time! I need more time! But the time we’ve had so far has been pretty special. Long days on…
Read MoreShe Wears High Heels, I Wear Sneakers…
Yes, I am referencing a Taylor Swift song in the headline. Don’t hate me. There’s nothing that soothes the pain of a poor review like blasting “Mean” and dancing around the kitchen with your daughter. Try it sometime. However, today I am not writing about reviews, mean or otherwise. Today, I am over at Women’s…
Read MoreOooh, Shiny!!!
I still have HIGH HOPES for this blog. I have a fun slobbering beast update all planned, but unfortunately the slobbering beast is making it difficult to actually write about him, as I am too busy dealing with the chaos he creates to actually sit down for longer than thirty seconds. I swear, he and…
Read MoreConnect, Then Blow Them Up
Last week (possibly the week before — life seems to be moving at the speed of light these days) I attended Cindy Pon’s Diversity Tour in Cambridge. I learned several things, the first being that Cindy, no slouch herself, rolls with some amazing authors. The panel discussed, among other topics, how to get YA readers to…
Read MoreRiding That Success Train
The ever-charming and entertaining Joshilyn Jackson posted a blog post today that started me thinking. I’m the kind of person for whom “good” is not usually “enough,” and my definition of success is constantly being adjusted upwards. It’s a good thing, having goals, but there’s also something to be said for enjoying the moment, for…
Read MoreFinding Your Way
Sunday I went letterboxing. Letterboxing, for those of you who might not know, is like going on a treasure hunt in the woods. You have a map, and hopefully a compass, and you search for hidden boxes that contain rubber stamps, which you then stamp into your notebook. I had volunteered to lead a Girl…
Read MoreScooby Dooby Doo, I See You
Every other week I spend a few minutes volunteering at the school library. It’s a fun, quiet half hour for me before I walk down to the Kindergarten class and the controlled chaos of a swarm of six-year-olds. I chat with the aide who runs the library (she’s a saint — the librarian position was axed…
Read MoreRandom Woos and Bad Big Brown Dogs
I know, I know, I’ve been slacking. I started out with such good intentions, but somehow my three posts a week have dwindled to an anorexic one or two. I promise to be better in April. It will be SPRING! and WARM! and everyone will be HAPPY! (Those of us who live in New England…
Read MoreNo Pajamas for Me
I am not doing writerly things this week. (Writerly things roughly translating to mean hiding in my office in my pajamas until noon, attempting to put down words and surfing the internet in hopes of inspiration.) I am out and about doing the opposite of writerly things, and I promise to share those things with…
Read MoreEditing, Actually
I have a set playlist for the holidays when it come to movies. Every year, my husband and I kick off the season by watching Home for the Holidays the night before Thanksgiving. (If you haven’t seen it, watch it next year — it will make your holidays seem blissful by comparison.) Then, in no…
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