Back to reading three books at once, but at least I finished one this time: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra. What I love about Deepak’s books is that as a medical doctor he always combines his spirituality with science. As you’ll see from my upcoming novel, I’m particularly [...]
I think I finally have to admit to myself that I really, really like extreme time pressure. It makes me happy. It gets my blood moving. It was definitely one of the parts about lawyering that suited me–all those crazy deadlines and the long hours it took to meet them. Brew [...]
Okay, please tell me this is not one of the weirder things that could happen to you.
Yesterday I got a MySpace friend request. From Mena. Who is the main character in my novel EVOLUTION, ME, AND OTHER FREAKS OF NATURE. And I have no idea who made her website. She has [...]
I’ve developed this policy in modern times of trying to always give my body the food that it wants. Some of you may remember my cookie policy. It’s why I got so excited that time Jen mentioned on the Friday List that she wanted this particularly great pizza and she went out and [...]
Thanks to the remarkable and tireless efforts of Annette, we finally have a hotel! APPLAUSE FOR ANNETTE!
It turned out to be much, much harder than any of us thought, since for some reason the Chicago Marathon had to be scheduled for that same weekend in October, which means that there was not a single [...]
Yesterday during my annual Fourth of July Freedom From Chores Fiesta (a.k.a. sitting on a couch all day reading) I came across this article by Don Miguel Ruiz, who wrote the New York Times bestseller The Four Agreements. It’s about the various agreements we’ve come to live by–agreements with ourselves, with others, with God [...]
I’m sure a lot of you saw Adrienne’s report a few days ago about her high school reunion. And maybe some of you, like me, thought, “High school reunion. Shudder.”
Not that I hated high school–I loved parts of it enough to keep wanting to write about them in my novels–but I sort of [...]
I had to give this post its own special title, because what was I supposed to be doing yesterday? All manner of bill-paying and errands and whatnot. What did I do instead? Read Shannon Hale’s Austenland cover to heart-thrilling cover.
I am SO in love.
Not with Shannon, although I have it on good [...]
I wasn’t going to post about this, but then I figured you guys already know I’m weird, and I do weird things, so really, what’s the harm? Besides, every strange thing I try is really just “research.” (Cough.)
A little background: I have a wonderful massage therapist, Michele, who’s been doing this technique [...]