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I need a math geek who likes books
We are still slogging through all of last year’s math. (In addition to doing our taxes – always fun for two self-employed people – we are doing one of those Analyze Ever Blasted Penny We Spent Last Year things, in the hopes that maybe we won’t have to live in our grandchildren’s tree house in [...]
Shhh…
I’m writing. Come back tomorrow. Scribble…scribble…scribble…
Finding order in chaos
Spent all day yesterday sorting through receipts. Things are fairly under control. Now I have to total things up and prepare the package to send to my accountant. This is something that few of us think about when we dream of becoming a writer. If the stars do line up and you are making a [...]
One Month and Counting!!!!!!! (and more W&PQ)
Let the countdown begin! WINTERGIRLS goes on sale one month from today!!! In a month, I’ll be on my way to the airport to catch a flight out to California for the beginning of the book tour. The spring will be almost as much of a travel blur as last fall was. Laurie’s Totally Excellent [...]
W & P Q #7, with swimmers and the smell of chlorine
Madwoman in the Forest, Sports edition….. Spent Saturday at the Section III Boys’ Swimming Championship down in Syracuse, because Number One Son qualified in two events. Actually, BH spent all day at the pool. I spent most of the day in the car in the parking lot, working on my laptop. BH would text me [...]
W & P Q #5 & vacation ideas & literary tattoos
Looking for a place for a vacation combined with books? You can stay at Nora Robert’s B&B or follow the Bookstore Tourism blog and plan your trip accordingly. Then there’s always the Library Hotel. Do you have any other book/author-friendly vacation spots? Unrelated, but fascinating, to me anyhow. Do you remember, in TWISTED, the English [...]
Writing & Publishing Questions Batch #3, with ice and snow
Must start with art today. Nature’s art. Our back porch has a metal roof. The last two days have been warmer than usual and the thick blanket of snow on the roof has been slooooooowly sliding down. Then it refreezes. Next day it warms up, slooowly slides some more, and refreezes. Early this morning, it [...]
25 random… one day late
Yes, it’s a Facebook meme, but I feed my LJ to my Facebook, so this is called efficient blogging. 1. I am too busy for this meme. 2. – 25. See above. Honest – I’ll try it again in the summer. Everything that came to mind to write in the meme had to do with [...]
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