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So I’m having one of those weeks (I know, it’s only Wednesday) where I am really not wanting to be a grown-up. You know the type. Too much responsibility, bills to pay, errands to [...]

I am REALLY excited to finally be able to officially announce my Canada events. Yay! Wednesday, September 21st, 7pm: talk and signing at Indigo, Eaton Centre  Thursday, September 22nd, 7pm: talk [...]

1. Okay, so it’s 3:39 on Friday as I am writing this, and the wind is JUST starting to ruffle the trees a bit. Hurricane Irene is getting closer and closer to the NC coast, expected to make [...]

…you know, had sushi for lunch, watched some Franklin with my daughter (a show that gets on my nerves, which makes me feel like a rotten person) then naptime and diving back into the newest [...]

1. I think I’ve mentioned here before that I am a serious documentary fan. I LOVE them, all kinds, but especially ones about personal stories and crime. Years ago, on HBO, I watched [...]

Yeah, I need to start writing on a regular schedule again. Discipline is, for me, the hardest and MOST crucial part of the writing process. I have said before I am not and will never be the kind [...]

Okay, so regular readers know that I have NOT been keeping up with my normal blog schedule. I’m actually not sure I even HAVE one anymore. Years back, when I first began this blog, I did an [...]

1. Someone help me, I cannot stop adding apps to my phone and iPad. It’s a serious sickness. I keep thinking that somehow, if I just look hard enough—and waste enough precious [...]

Clearly, the deer are WAY too comfortable in my yard. Aren’t bucks (and these are both bucks!) supposed to be elusive and hard to find? Isn’t that what the sport of hunting is [...]

1. I’m back from Asheville, where I had a GREAT reading at Malaprops on Wednesday night. A fabulous crowd, some of whom stood the entire time and it was HOT at some points. You guys are the [...]