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September 4, 2007

Anderson’s Bookshop Event You’re Invited to Our 4th Annual Young Adult Literature Conference! Featured Authors & SpeakersScheduled to date: Sherman Alexie, Christopher Crutcher, Christopher Paul Curtis, Julie Halpern, James Lecesne, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Sonya Sones, Robert Sharenow and Janette Rallison Quick…

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What’s in a Name?

August 31, 2007

I was just eating some dried plums. I am pretty sure these used to be prunes, but apparently ‘prunes’ isn’t an appealing term anymore. Who wants to eat prunes when we could be eating dried plums? In this spirit, I…

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A Great Book Signing

August 29, 2007

As faithful readers of my blog know, (Hi Mom!) last Friday I did a book signing with very cool author Tina Ferraro (Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress). It went great. And if you could hear the tone…

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All In a Day’s Work.

August 23, 2007

Today was another typical writing day. I wrote a few pages on my new story. (Tentatively called: The Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Saving Troubled Teenagers.) I looked up gopher facts on the internet, called a gold coin company, called the…

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Ex-boyfriend Stories/ studies

August 12, 2007

Okay, first off I’ve had a few questions about when I’m going to put Ex-boyfriend stories on my website. I still have some coming in, so I’ll keep the contest open for two more weeks. Then it will be tell-all…

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Kindergarten Update

August 8, 2007

For those of you who are wondering–no, I haven’t succumbed to watching day-time TV now that my youngest is at school. However I have caught myself talking to my cats, so I can’t claim to be completely well-adjusted. I mean,…

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Cravings

August 5, 2007

Readers Digest, in one of their weight loss articles, wrote that the average craving only lasts ten minutes. I find that mine last much shorter than that. I mean, really, how long does it take to get the wrapper off…

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But besides all that, I love the playlist . . .

August 1, 2007

With all my reviewing of Harry Potter lately, I realized I have seriously neglected another important avenue of reviewing—specifically reviewing the music my husband just put on my Ipod. Now granted, he put the music on the Ipod unasked, just…

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Potter Review–which parts made you cry? Spoilers abound

July 30, 2007

All in all, I loved the last book of the Harry Potter series. I really liked books 1-3, was disappointed in the way books 4 & 6 ended (I am not a big fan of tragic endings or killing off…

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Okay, I read the book (Spoiler Alert, kinda)

July 26, 2007

Even though I said I wasn’t going to read the latest Harry Potter book until I’d finished my short story (I’m about half way through writing it,) I did in fact read and finish the Deathly Hallows. I had to.…

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My baby started kindergarten today.

July 23, 2007

I’ve been looking forward to my new found free time, but still I cried after I dropped her off at her class. Which was especially bad because I had to stop by the grocery store and pick up milk. Oh…

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Reason number 7 to write: meet cool people

July 22, 2007

Okay, it’s probably optimistic on my part to even post a blog when I know the whole world is busy reading the next installment of Harry Potter. (What? You’ve already finished? You overachiever. I haven’t even started the book yet.…