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Tag Archives: 2012
Wrinkly Time, Melamine
I recently discovered that anything made of melamine, i.e., my preschooler’s plates and bowls, should not be tossed into the dishwasher. Ever. And if you make a knife cut in melamine? Chances are toxins will seep into your child’s food. … Continue reading
Posted in Adult writing, books, Children's Books, Fiction, Madonna, Writing, Writing Progress
Tagged 2012, children's literature, fencing, fiction, fiction writing, life, London, Marcel Proust, melamine, Molly Ringwold, preschoolers, Swann's Way, yoga
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Short Story Writing Drama
Because I’ve been a Glimmer Train Finalist several times and, once, long ago, when GT published poetry, a Top 25 Finalist, and because, of course, GT is one of the best fiction journals in the country, I subscribe and receive … Continue reading
Guest Blogging
Yesterday, which I thought was Sunday due to the 3 day weekend and synapses firing improperly or not at all after my husband and I watched a late-night Sunday (which I thought was Saturday) Mad Men marathon accompanied by intensely seasoned … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fiction, Writing, YA Novels
Tagged 2012, beach, children's literature, fiction writing, Santa Rosa Island, writing, YA Muses
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Quote For The Weekend (Super Late Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Edition)
“The Californians are an idle, thriftless people, and can make nothing for themselves. The country abounds in grapes, yet they buy, at a great price, bad wine made in Boston…” ―Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Well, Sir—we’ve come a long way. … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Quotes, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2012, beach, Dana Point, fiction, ocean, preschoolers, quotes on writing, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before The Mast
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Pig Wings
This M’s Day I opened up the kind of box obviously designed for special gifts and found a glass pig. According to the teeny tiny piece of paper that comes with her, the pig’s name is Penelope. Nestled into satiny … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Pets, Writer's Angst, Writing
Tagged 2012, fiction writing, Mother's Day, pigs with wings, preschoolers, writer's angst, YA Muses
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Quote For The Weekend (Wildlife Edition)
You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important than how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made … Continue reading
Trickle-Down Poem For May (Thank You, April)
Full Flower Moon May (mostly), the petticoat swirl of rising pink meadow, petite showers, buds. I say: rose, peony, phlox. And I say: petal- shorn, plucked, blown until only the head remains, one pale sticky oval crushed by u- niverse … Continue reading
Quote For The Weekend (Feverish Edition)
There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before. —Henry David Thoreau In the cocoon with a flashlight. Outside of it all, I hear … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, Writing Progress, WTF
Tagged 2012, Health, Henry David Thoreau, Writer quotes, writer's angst
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Get Thee To Rivendale
Whenever I feel the slightest hint of a scratchy throat, whenever I’m knocking back the EmergenC or playing The Ladybug Game for the 5th time with a box of tissues in my lap, whenever I’m carrying on despite what I know … Continue reading
Posted in Avoiding My Writing, Fiction, Writer's Angst, Writing, WTF
Tagged 2012, chaos, fiction writing, Frodo, Gollum, Ikea, LOTR, preschoolers, writer's angst, yoga
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Spring Spirit Conference, 2012
What a delightfully smooth, well-run, 1 day conference. As I drove away, the GPS taking me on a spooky off-the-freeway-then-back-on mini-adventure, as I sped past miles of crops (previously mist-blanketed, cooling off from a day of baking in 93 degrees), … Continue reading
Quote For The Weekend (Roadtrip Edition)
What is the feeling when you’re driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? -it’s the too huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Poetry, Writer's Angst, Writing
Tagged 2012, Jack Kerouac, On The Road, poetry, USC, writing
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Tulip Red Umbrella
In case you missed it, Carol Muske Dukes has an appreciation of Adrienne Rich right here, in the Sunday, 4/16/12 edition of the LA Times. There you will find reference to a tulip red umbrella and its owner. Speaking of Carol, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2012, Adrienne Rich, Carol Muske Dukes, Kindle Fire, LA Times, Pink Tuxedos, poetry, preschoolers, Rita Dove, Rocklin, Spring Spirit 2012, YA Muses
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KNOCK IT OFF, CUCKOO
Please go to this wonderful post by Beth Hull and read—especially if you are a certain literary agent. Or any literary agent or critiquing-type who believes they are so busy and important it’s perfectly fine to be brusque and quippish instead of … Continue reading
Posted in books, Children's Books, Fiction, Writing
Tagged 2012, children's literature, critiquing, cuckoo, fiction writing, Literary Agents, middle grade writing, yoga
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Quote For The Weekend
Once the realization is accepted that, even between the closest human beings, infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Quotes, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2012, fiction writing, life, preschoolers, quotes on writing, rain, Trader Joe's
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Not A Zombie
1. Recently I slouched on a bale of hay, waiting for my son to appear at the bottom of a tube slide attached to a combine machine turned playset. A boy of about 10 popped out of the slide first, … Continue reading
Posted in dog, Fiction, Pets, Writer's Angst, Writing, WTF
Tagged 2012, chaos, Easter egg hunt, fiction writing, Jesus, Kindle Fire, ocean, personal goals, preschoolers, writer's angst, zombies
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Quote For The Weekend (Rich Edition)
Sleeping, turning in turn like planets rotating in their midnight meadow: a touch is enough to let us know we’re not alone in the universe, even in sleep… —Adrienne Rich Diving Into The Wreck made such an impression on me … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Quotes, Writer quotes
Tagged 2012, Adrienne Rich, Diving Into The Wreck, poetry, writing
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Kindle Kinks
Kinks in my brain as I reach for pages to turn, repeatedly startled when THEY’RE JUST NOT THERE. The Content-O-Meter that obediently appears when I tap my finger on the screen does show me how far I’ve progressed in the book—but I … Continue reading
Quote For The—Blrrrrrrrrrrgh
This is what I remember about Friday: feeding the boy, hug-sandwich as we said bye-bye to his dad, finally getting the boy to preschool (I thought I was a slow eater!), speeding to Starbucks as forgot to buy coffee for … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fiction, middle grade, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2012, children's literature, fiction writing, middle grade writing, personal goals, writing
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Book Bits (Courtesy of NPR)
You’ve probably already been here as I’m never the earliest anywhere except the zoo, museums, playgrounds and places in which excessive queuing is involved. But here is an excerpt anyway and you can listen to the whole interview with Jonah Lehrer … Continue reading
Posted in Avoiding My Writing, Fiction, Writer quotes, Writing Tips
Tagged 2012, fiction writing, Fun In The Workplace, Jonah Lehrer, life, NPR, personal goals, Pixar, preschoolers, quotes on writing, Steve Jobs, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Rain Edition)
There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down. —Don DeLillo Yes. And a curious fear in the short time it takes to crack open the cover of … Continue reading
Posted in books, Fiction, Me and Us, Quotes, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2012, Don DeLillo, Falling Man, quotes on writing, rain, White Noise, writer, writing
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