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Dear Readers

published on September 30, 2010

My plants are dying, and I think they may be reacting to my mood, though my sister says it’s lack of sunlight. But then what does my gardening, green-thumbed sister know? These are my plants after all, not some…

A Peek at the Future

published on September 20, 2010

Certain readers have the ability to crush your ability to type another word. In the past, my sister has been that reader. This is why she didn’t get to read Touched until months after it was complete. See…

Dinner with the Fam in 20 Stages

published on August 16, 2010
  1. Plan trip to LA for SCBWI conference. Believe I will have loads of time to see family. Ask Sister and Brother #1 in separate conversations to meet for dinner.
  2. Panic when realizing I only have one night free. What to…

When Things Aren’t What You Expect

published on July 8, 2010

Sunday was my first Fourth of July in San Francisco. I was pretty damned sure the fireworks were going to be SPECTACULAR. I felt that excitement, like when you’re a kid and you know Independence Day is the one…

When Someone Reads You, I Mean, Your Novel

published on December 5, 2009

So, if you’re a writer or a child of six who just learned how to draw a clown, then you know the gut-wrenching horror of standing under a hangman’s noose AKA lying to a jury about double-parking so you…