Archive for the ‘General’ Category
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Gone Campin’
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
If you’re reading this, I successfully managed a delayed posting. As of right now, I am camping with five girls between eleven and eighteen years old. With a little luck, no major travesty will befall me and I’ll be back to post next week. Pray for me.
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My Favorite INFJ
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
First, the promised writing news: My next YA novel, BACK WHEN YOU WERE EASIER TO LOVE, officially releases April 28, 2011! I have an almost-final copy of the cover, which I should be able to post by next week. If you’ve already seen the “working cover” you know how much I love it and can’t [...]
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And the Winner Is…Plus, Weekend Plans
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
And the winner of the Warriors in the Crossfire giveaway for true BFF and fellow author Nancy Bo Flood? My own sister-in-law, Shannon Smith, who commented on my blog via Facebook! Congratulations, Shannon! I promise I did not rig this, even though now it means I won’t have to actually package and mail the book! [...]
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How To Be Prepared…For An Impromtu Found Art Exhibit
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
The other day I was telling my agent Michael, who recently moved to Los Angeles, about my fear of earthquakes. We’re talking verging-on-paranoid fear (some might say I’ve already reached the point of paranoia). He assured me that one of the first things he did when moving to California was prepare survival kits for the [...]
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This Would Be A Sweet April Fools. But It Isn’t.
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Ah, American health care. Truly, you are an admirable foe. One of your many mysteries in the Flex Spending Account. Supposedly at the beginning of the year we intuit how much money we will spend on health care the following year, and if we predict correctly, we get to use it tax-free. If we guess [...]
