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Jul.20.2012
Good news today amid the bad of the morning.
We made the mistake of staying up to 2 a.m., and were caught up in the "Breaking News" of the terrible Aurora, Colorado, Batman Massacre. We foolishly gave the inept morning anchors "another half hour," and then, "another half hour." ...
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Feb.21.2012
It's the small things that bestows much joy on me many days. I don't know if it's because the world is too much with me, rich with killing and abuse, greed, and political and economic hypocrisy, but I find and take happiness in little things - like pet adoptions.
Friends of the Animal Shelter -...
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Feb.15.2012
Two weeks ago I blogged about how weird rankings were, and how my ego was going out of control checking my Amazon ratings. I have calmed down and not obsessively checking anymore, thank God. But there are times when a person has to brag. Especially when she sees this:
Yep, I'm number one! And...
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Dec.19.2011
I was tired of hearing and reading bad news so I went on a good news search. I googled great news.
I found a web site dedicated to great news, thegreatnewsnetwork.
They had some great news. I, though, am a habitual doubter. I sought confirmation. For each story they listed as great news, I googled...
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Sep.20.2011
Okay, friends: It's official and I can blab the giddy news. Grove/Atlantic has made an offer on "Fobbit" and we (my agent Nat Sobel and I) have accepted. If there's a Cloud 9, then I'm on Cloud 10. It's been a long road (6 years!) and I have many people to thank for getting me this far: first...
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Nov.20.2009
I'm so happy to announce a new book deal! I'm thrilled and grateful and yes, proud. It's a two-book deal, which means Books Three and Four (since Book Two, THE LIFE YOU'VE IMAGINED, is completed and scheduled for August 2010).
What does this change for me? I'm tremendously fortunate to have this...
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Oct.03.2009
I lit the stove tonight and the kindling took off into wild spits and crackles and orange glows and so I settled myself down on the couch with the newspaper at hand and put my sock clad feet on the coffee table to delve into a good old-fashioned read. I trusted the fire to thrive, I never ...
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Oct.03.2009
I lit the stove tonight and the kindling took off into wild spits and crackles and orange glows and so I settled myself down on the couch with the newspaper at hand and put my sock clad feet on the coffee table to delve into a good old-fashioned read. I trusted the fire to take, I never questioned...
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Jul.23.2009
When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson
When Will There Be Good News is a literary crime novel by Kate Atkinson. This bestseller is published by Black Swan and its ISBN is 0552772453. It is a tale concerned with fate, loss and memory. Her story’s theme is irrecoverable loss of love ones and...
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Jul.20.2009
This is a fascinating article on book publishing in the era of digitization — it deconstructs the industry, showing how the pie is divided (as writers know, it’s not so great for writers), and how this will likely change with increasing digitization; the three big waves currently hitting the...
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