This last week, driving my car has cost approximately $7.50 a gallon. I blame this entirely on the (un) fair city of downtown Salt Lake. I can drive in my little suburb for a fraction of this price. But when I want to do something, uh, not entirely lame, I MUST PAY!
Imagine if you will: [...]
I am now a real author.
Okay, so, actually no.
I don’t know how or when anyone actually becomes a real author. When their first book is published? Their fifth book? When they have something, anything, accepted for publication? When they wake up and say, “Today I am a real author?”
To me, it’s always been, [...]
1) I hate frosting so much that I used to think the saying “the icing on the cake” meant the really bad part of something really good (i.e, “losing my luggage was the icing on the cake of my trip.”) This has caused no small amount of confusion in my life.
2) I read the [...]
You might think it’s easy for authors to tell you what their book’s about. As in, “Oh, you’re getting a book published? What’s it about?”
Perhaps other authors have no problem with this question. But I do.
What’s it ABOUT? Well, I mean, I wrote it, and don’t get me wrong, it’s [...]
Today’s post was going to be about my book. That is, after all, the reason I started blogging. I was going to reveal all these juicy book details, but instead I am so busy recovering that all I can offer is a restaurant review.
Recovering from what, you might ask? Well, from spending [...]
I need to go to Las Vegas.
No, seriously, I really do.
It’s research for the newest book I’m working on. I already had parts of the LV scenes written from when I began this story many moons ago. Simply put, they blew. I knew I needed to go see Vegas for myself. [...]
Your Birthdate: October 14
You work well with others. That is, you’re good at getting them to do work for you.
It’s true that you get by on your charm. But so what? You make people happy!
You’re dynamic, clever, and funny. And people like to have you around.
But you’re so restless, they better not expect you to [...]
Yesterday was a typical Day in the Life of Emily Wing Smith. Not necessarily because it is what I do on a typical day. Yesterday exemplifies the issues I face on a typical day.
9:00 am—woke up. Yep, I don’t wake up until 9. Or, actually, later, depending on the day. [...]
So I’m not one of those people hooked on American Idol, but I did record last night’s season finale on my DVR. I work with the teenage girls in my new congregation, and with their adament love for Blake…well, I had to see it all wrap up.
Thank goodness for the miracle of the DVR. [...]
So, I’m realizing that the things I find significant enough to write about are rare, indeed. In part, this is because the whole livejournal thing confuses me a bit. But let’s not kid ourselves. I’m just really bad at keeping a journal, and as much as I wish this bad habit didn’t [...]
