Today Simon got his long hair all cut off. It was bittersweet for me because it was like a symbol of him getting older. In some ways it seems like yesterday he was getting his first haircut.

Here it was:


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So, I'm a romantic. Big shocker when you see my user pic and all that, and I have been very excited about the Royal Wedding. When I was in college, my friend Heather sent me a beautiful post card with a lovely aqua blue background that was a photograph of a non-creepy mannequin in Princess Grace's wedding dress. I LOVED that dress. It was--until ( Read more... )

I just got back from seeing the new Jane Eyre movie. I have been looking forward to this for a long time. I even wore my fan-girl t shirt that says, "I know what Grace Poole does in the attic..." Yes, I am a geek. I restrained myself from bringing my Charlotte Bronte bag. I figured one fan-girl prop was enough. No one got it anyway. They never do. ( Read more... )

I haven't written in a while because, well, I've been a bore ( Read more... )

Tonight was the Annual Salt Lake City Zombie Walk. Yes, Salt Lake City has an annual Zombie walk. Everyone knows Salt Lake City has Mormons. Everyone knows it has great skiing. Everyone knows it has a cool, weird, large salty lake. Everyone knows it's generally politically conservative. Not many people know it has a vibrant and very playful arts ( Read more... )

I started this blog four years ago right when I started working on Palace Beautiful and started persuing my writing career in earnest. It has been a wonderful place for me to get to know other writers and to share my life with family and friends ( Read more... )

A year and a half ago, I got my book deal, four years ago last week, I started working on the book, nine years ago, I wrote a few short stories that were the seeds for some of the story lines in the book, and today it is released to the public ( Read more... )