happy birthday to my baby

Yes, 9 years ago today, I was in the hospital begging for drugs.
Frankly, I’m too young to be the mother of a (soon-to-be) teenager and now, a 9 year old.
Happy Birthday, Rader.

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little earthquakes

I haven’t been inspired by a book in a very, very long time. And I certainly haven’t been moved to write an author since I wrote SEP a while back. (no, I did NOT heckle her and make her cry at last year’s RWA Conference. No matter what LUCY says…)
But I digress…
Little Earthquakes broke my [...]

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i had a dream

This morning, I was sleeping peacefully, trying to enjoy my dreams.
And I would’ve enjoyed them, except that they were dreams full of farts. Now, anyone who knows me, knows I have fart issues. I’m not a fan. Do I fart? Sure. Haven’t you seen the commercial on Nickelodeon? Everybody farts! Okay, who I’m I kidding, [...]

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the prodigal blogger returns…

So, I’m back. I know you missed me.
The weekend was lovely and cold. It sleeted Saturday for a while, which sounded wonderful on the tin-roofed deck at my parents lakehouse. For a little while, I bundled up in a quilt and sat outside and just enjoyed the ting and ping above me.
I did get some [...]

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last minute details

I have known myself for almost 38 years now and I still don’t understand myself. Why do I bother trying to make plans if I’m still gonna wait to the last minute to do everything on my list.
For instance, I’ve known for months now that I was going out of town this weekend. Originally my [...]

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so now what?

I have no idea. I guess I’ll learn as I go here. Contracts have to be finalized and signed, which could take several months. (something I did not know! I guess I always thought the contracts came with the offer!)
Last night I celebrated with a few of my girlfriends in town. We had a great [...]

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the call

January 12, 2007 at approximately 4:00 CST–I received a call that will change my life.
Or at least, it will change the writing part of my life…
Because, that call was from my lurvely agent. And lurvely agent, who I heart with all my inside parts, told me that HarperCollins wanted to make me a two book [...]

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weather wonderland

While the rest of the country seems to be experiencing winter overload, we here in Oxford, MS seem to be heading right into Spring.
Yesterday it was 75 degrees. Today — 65.
El Nino is having a grand time playing with our minds and our wardrobe.
Oh, well. I’m not complaining. Just think it’s strange that just about [...]

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antonia’s bargain

As of about 1 minute ago, I am the proud owner of a brand new book.
I was very priveleged to get a chance to read this book before it was published. According to my friend Kate, she even managed to make some improvements on the manuscript after I read it…I’m not sure how that’s possible. [...]

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armed and famous

I. Can’t. Stop. Watching.
Some favorite things so far:

Wee Man. I may have a wee crush. Who knew?
LaToya at the laundrymat. “I can’t get the dollar in.” Um, yeah, that’s because it only takes coins, chica.
Poncho farting during one of the training sessions.

This show is the scariest kind of awesome.

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