Hi, y’all. I can say that because I’m in Dallas now. I know–doesn’t it seem like I was just in Ann Arbor six hours ago? ‘Cause I was?
First of all, let me publicly acknowledge that my husband is right about something. I’ve always hated that he plays the lottery. I […]
Here’s where I am: Ann Arbor.
Here’s how I feel: elated, exhausted, satisfied by the vegetarian lunch in between two separate school events, followed (finally!) by a massage from a woman with really muscular thumbs, washed down with a snack of yogurt-covered pretzels (which were my white chocolate macadamia cookie for today).
And […]
I shouldn’t even be writing this right now. I have ten minutes to change for dinner, the escort is already waiting downstairs, but I have to tell you I’m here and still going, even though last night’s bookseller and librarian dinner went late and I didn’t get to bed until 11:30, then I had […]
Hey, gang, I have about twenty minutes before I go to my afternoon event here in Seattle.
Remember that massage I was so proud to have booked for right after I arrived here? Yeah, well either the spa people don’t read my blog (huh??) or they wrote my name on their Secret Do Not Massage […]
[I’ll report on my wonderful, crazy, exhausting afternoon and night appearances in San Francisco later. For now, let’s just talk about books.]
Thank goodness for airline travel, because it means I actually got to finish a book this week.
There are those Writer writers who seem to understand how to use the English language in ways […]
I know this is going to sound weird, but if you’re not used to that from me by now, I can’t help you.
First, by way of background, I’ve spent a large portion of my life being a chubette (get it? A “large” portion? I am so clever). And finally the thing that […]
I’m sitting here in my VERY fancy hotel (thank you, Random House!) in San Francisco near the waterfront, having just enjoyed a delicious Vietnamese dinner with my agent Laura Rennert and her husband who shall remain nameless because I’m not sure if I’m supposed to tell that he’s her husband. Just like I don’t […]
I’m on my way to San Francisco today to begin my book tour tomorrow, so I thought I’d send you over to my best writing pal Barry Lyga’s blog today, for an insider’s look at authors’ royalty statements. One of the things I’m enjoying so much about watching my writing career and Barry’s develop […]
The other day my friend was telling me about this speaker she heard who pointed out that in any crowd, you have to assume that ten percent of the people won’t like you, no matter what you say or do.
You can try to draw them out, try to be funny, try to connect with them […]
As we discussed yesterday, it’s time to make a special project out of ourselves. Our own personal spring cleaning.
This isn’t about fixing anything or improving anything–I declare us all fine as we are. This is just our chance to notice once a week whether we’ve done enough nice things for ourselves. […]