For those of us NOT going to the LA SCBWI conference this weekend.

Us chickens should have some fun, too!



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One of my goals for the next few weeks the kids are in camp is to improve and increase my cooking repertoire. Focusing on dinner, of course, that being the real bug a boo of my daily existence ( Read more... )

I already finished the rought draft.

Time for a break!



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I'm going to try to outsmart myself this week to reach my self imposed deadline of completing rough draft of WIP before school's out, i.e., this Thursday at 12:45 ( Read more... )

Has anyone ever gone to BEA, not as an author but just as an attendee? Is there any reason to go if you are not promoting something? I've looked at the website and I'm still unsure exactly what you do there ( Read more... )

His name is Tyrell. I'm old enough to be his mother. Oh, and he's a fictional character. But when I think of him I get all smiley and mushy on the inside ( Read more... )

1. Decide you deserve to splurge and buy yourself a book. It's been a long, bad week--husband has pneumonia, you had to EVERYTHING around the house, then you had to go to the dreaded dentist because you had a toothache. Go buy the darn book. You'll feel better ( Read more... )

My daughter is a cellist, so we were especially saddened to hear of the passing of Mstislav Rostropovich, perhaps the premier cellist of his time. Within the cello world, his reputation surpasses the more popularly known Mr. Ma ( Read more... )

No cupcakes here this Saturday so I thought I'd share some with you.

Enjoy.



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The response rate for the April 28th Writers lunch, book talk, and cupcakes has been low. Very low. Lots of interest but very little "I'm going to be there."

If I don't get a couple of more people saying they will show up, I think we will just cancel this one.

I'll wait to hear if the cupcake lovers make a come back and win out in the end.



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