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Breaking Up with Alexandra Diaz
While some people might have great stories about one break up or another, in my experience there are two kinds of breaks ups.
The first one starts off with me assuming that everything is going fine. I enjoy his company, he seems to enjoy mine. But then he stops calling. Or doesn’t return my calls. The paranoid side of me wonders what I did wrong ( Read more... ) -
Beauty Routines in Books
So I got called out by a blogger over the weekend for having my curly-haired character brush her hair throughout My Big Nose And Other Natural Disasters. I ended up having a nice online chat and then I wrote about it on my body image blog.
I would love to hear other writers' pet peeves about how authors write about beauty. If you've got a minute ( Read more... ) -
Too Timid To Take Risks?
My 7th grader suffered through another skiing lesson yesterday. While her little sister was labeled "a bullet," my eldest was called "meticulous," which is simply code for slow, and far too cautious. With two spine surgeries in the past five years, she has good reason to be timid, but will she ever be able to ski? Learning to ski takes a bit of ( Read more... ) -
Writing Resolutions for 2009
Okay here are my writing resolutions for 2009 ( Read more... ) -
Writing Resolutions
Okay, so I searched through my old writing notebook for my 2008 writing resolutions. How did I do ( Read more... ) -
Revising
Spent a long quiet day, alone--what a treat--working on novel revisions, while listening to albums over and over again, and drinking cup after cup of tea.
