Trying to set a good example here. Yes, it’s been a hectic week, but I’m still trying to keep my eye on priorities. So I’ve been working hard at revising my current manuscript–finished the first pass through it yesterday, and now on to pass number two–but I’ve also set aside two or three [...]
PAST:
Pint of Baskin-Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge or Pralines and Cream
An entire sleeve of Thin Mints (when in season)
An entire row of Samoas (when in season)
Peanut M & Ms
Homemade chocolate chip cookies with milk (don’t forget the luscious dough phase)
Barbeque potato chips
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
PRESENT:
Brownies someone sent me as a gift. Damn it.
Tortilla chips and [...]
Bit of a time crunch here, friends. My previously self-imposed deadline to turn in my new manuscript has now become an editor- and agent-imposed deadline (or let’s just say “preference,” which I’m hearing as “deadline”). So all that leisurely, I’m-taking-the-summer-off kind of attitude is officially out the window for the next week or [...]
Finished Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. WOW. To know what the human mind and body and spirit are capable of–mind-blowing.
But that’s it for my non-HP reading. From now on it’s all Harry Potter, all the time until I finish books 5 and 6 and happily welcome book 7.
Which [...]
Here’s how I feel about Tonks: I want to be her. Sometimes I pretend I am her. I do weird things with my hair color, I walk with a certain self-confidence I might not feel at that particular moment, I might even say things like, “Wotcher, Harry!” if only I knew what [...]
I don’t know, maybe it was reading comments from both Jules and Vivian yesterday about how they’re taking vacations from their blogs so they can catch up with reading and other matters, or maybe it’s because of the essay I read yesterday about how we give clocks and other timepieces WAY too much sway in [...]
Have you guys been watching the ever-growing RSVP list? Holy moly! Authors, librarians, many of your favorite kidlit bloggers–this is going to be such a great time! And I think we’re even going to do t-shirts! I will go practically anywhere if there’s a t-shirt in it for me.
The time is [...]
Bought myself this. Because sometimes the kid in me needs a $6.00 toy. I also treated myself last night to my third viewing of House of Flying Daggers. I also decided to take the week off from reading the newspaper. All I’ve been looking at every morning is the entertainment section [...]
I mentioned on Tuesday that I’d read Deepak Chopra’s The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success last week. There’s so much in that book to love and ponder over, but I’ve found myself quoting one passage in particular in several conversations lately, so I thought it was time to bring it to the blog:
From Law [...]
First of all, wouldn’t that make an excellent title for a movie? Sorry, I’ve already called it.
Second, this was going to be a post about how I wish I could look like my avatar. About how cool her clothes are, and how much I love her hairstyle and her boots, and how cool [...]