Posted Aug 17 2010 in social networking
To steal blatantly quote from author Evan Mandery, it’s later than you think. My mother’s diagnosis made me realize that tomorrow is not a promise. It’s an expectation, an act of faith, a possibility. I’ve been doing too much waiting for tomorrow but what if there is no tomorrow? When I was in the process […]
Read More...Posted Aug 9 2010
At the risk of incurring yet more of my twitta sistas’ wrath, YES, I WAS ON VACATION last week. Go ahead. Curse me. Shake your fist. You know you want to. I’ll wait while you get it out of your system. Feel better? Fantastic. For what it’s worth, this was the first full week off […]
Read More...Posted Jul 29 2010
Last night, I had the great fortune to (finally!) meet Twitter pals @byseanferrell, @jeffreysomers and @janet_reid at Paper Cone Stories, a monthly book reading held at Jack’s Stir Brew in Manhattan. They invited Evan Mandery along. Sadly for us, Evan does not Twitter. I learned after the readings that Carrie, another twitter friend, was also in […]
Read More...Posted Jul 26 2010 in Miscellany
This weekend, I made the trek from Long Island to the back woods of Connecticut, where my sister and mother live. This is the first time I’ve seen Mom since her Stage 4 cancer diagnosis in June. I have no good reasons. I have excuses, but no good reasons. Rob’s graduation, work, cars in various […]
Read More...Posted Jul 21 2010
In Spiderman, Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn utters this exclamation while murdering an employee in a most spectacular ‘roid rage. Mr. Osborn doesn’t like formula very much. And neither do Twitter pals Trisha (@trishaleighKC) and Matt (@mattdelman). Trisha brought up Nicholas Sparks and we exchanged some tweets about our favorite stories. When she said she no […]
Read More...Posted Jul 19 2010
It had to be ninety-two degrees in the shade today when I got a craving for some good old-fashioned spaghetti sauce. I’d spent a few hours after lunch writing a scene in which my MC, a former juvenile delinquent, describes the difference between his mom’s cooking and the food served in The Hall and set […]
Read More...Posted Jul 12 2010 in Miscellany
OK, I know the internet can be a big hairy evil thing what with pedophiles posing as teens, sexting, cyberbullying, identity theft and all the other headlines. My WIP, Send, is built on just that premise. But after this week, I’m here to tell you it’s still the thing of wonder it was in 1995, […]
Read More...Posted Jul 7 2010
After two days melting to goo in the hundred-degree heat as I accompanied my teen around his college orientation, I looked forward to three things: air-conditioning, catching up with my Twitter pals, and being able to eat chocolate without a straw and a wet wipe. I am writing this with my blistered feet propped up […]
Read More...Posted Jul 2 2010 in Miscellany
I was catching up on my blog reading, found this post by twitter pal Tawna Fenske, and had a pang of envy. Um. You’re probably thinking penis (pen) envy (I should caution you not to click this link if you’re at work, like I was), but you’re wrong. It’s desk envy. There. I’ve admitted it. […]
Read More...Posted Jun 20 2010 in Miscellany
You’d better move away from me. A little farther… just a little farther. There’s been a black cloud over my head for the past month or so. I wouldn’t want you to get hit by the lightning bolt when it strikes. I’m not sure what, exactly, it is, or what I did wrong. Bad luck? […]
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