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ALA Anaheim 2012
went to ALA Annual this year and here is some stuff I saw. A guy (or girl) in an inflated Captain Underpants suit. I was too lazy to stand in line for a real pic. My photo on a poster outside. I read from The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns. People were milling…
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Roses in Entertainment Weekly
I got a nice surprise yesterday when my EW came in the mail and I saw my book mentioned. Yay! I immediately showed my kids. The two younger ones were gratifyingly excited. Eldest said, “I want proof!” and read it and said, “Cool.”
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Writing Wednesday: Writing Over Your Head
Today, I saw this quote from John Updike on Caroline Leavitt‘s Facebook page: “If you don’t feel you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then what you’re doing probably isn’t very vital. If you don’t feel that you are writing somewhat over your head, why do…
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Secrets Your Lit Professor Wouldn’t Tell You
Breaking the hearts of English and Lit teachers everywhere, I have to admit a secret. Book clubs often ask me this question, or a variation on this question: “We noticed the theme of XYZ in your book. Did you include ABC to support that theme?” Usually, it’s an incredibly perceptive observation, and I…
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Easter Weekend
This weekend felt like it was really long. That’s probably because the kids had a week off for spring break and because the week before that was all half-days. Cadillac took Thursday off and had Good Friday off, so he got a 4 day weekend. That probably made it feel longer! I kept thinking Thursday…
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More Stupid People Being Stupid
Okay, so you would steal the money if your kids weren’t there, but not if they were? What about when they READ ABOUT THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER? It’s on the AP wire, lady! It’s all over the world!
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Veggie Tales Saves the Day
Little Girl did not have a good afternoon. She has half days all week, so she has extra time to be pouty if she doesn’t get to do what she wants, as she did not today. I’m sorry. The life of a kid whose mom works out of the home is sooo rough. Sometimes we…
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March Photo a Day: 29
I am way way behind on these, and probably won’t catch up, so here I present to you, a day in advance, the assignment FEET. Not technically a foot but close enough. I like the reflection of the fence and the blue sky in the puddle.
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Food Friday
On Thursday, I went to a Moms’ Night In at a friend’s. It was Craft Night, meaning everyone was to bring a craft to work on (or knitting or whatever) meaning that we basically stood around talking, eating, and drinking and doing very little in the way of crafting. Typical MNI. I did manage to…
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Having that Third Kid: Are You Crazy?
There is a line in Sarah Jio’s book The Violets of March that stuck with me. Well, the gist of it stuck with me, because I can’t find it again (I guess this is a time when an e-copy comes in handy, to search out phrases). The main character knows somebody who had three kids…
MARGARET DILLOWAY 