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Archive for June, 2008

Yep, saw my past lives

Monday, June 30th, 2008

It’s too long to go into now–and besides, I may want to save it for my next book–but I wanted you to know that last weekend I was hypnotized by Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many Masters and other incredible (actually, credible) books about his experiences as a psychiatrist helping patients through past-life [...]

Typical conversation these days

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

“So, how are the revisions going?”
“Next question.”
“What do you do when you’re stuck?”
“Watch Top Chef reruns, make vegan chocolate chip cookies (I’ve finally perfected the recipe), make another batch of hummus (my husband claims I excrete garlic through my pores now–sweet!), hope someone sends me a funny video–”
Which brings us to this! I especially [...]

Hot dang!!

Friday, June 13th, 2008

This is so cool! I just found out about it a few days ago, but now that they’ve officially announced it, I can tell you guys. Here’s from the press release:
“The Teen Services Division of the Michigan Library Association (MLA) is pleased to announce that Evolution, Me, & Other Freaks of Nature by [...]

Rowling’s fabulous commencement speech

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

If you haven’t seen it already, treat yourself to J.K. Rowling’s recent commencement speech at Harvard.
Ignore the transcript of the speech and watch the video. It’s so much better hearing her say it!
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This is the kind of advice I need

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Hey, y’all, how’s it going? Me? After eating about 30 (okay, maybe 14. Or 20) homemade vegan chocolate chip cookies yesterday (just to see if the recipe was any good–you understand), I realized last night as I clutched my stomach in agony and bloating that maybe I’d finally bottomed out. This [...]


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