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Oct.07.2010
You know how when J.K. Rowling or Stephanie Meyer or Suzanne Collins releases a new book there are VERY STRICT RULES about what day it is allowed...
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Oct.08.2010
Went to sleep last night with stars in my eyes, because FORGE has been granted its THIRD starred review. (I will disclose the source and the review...
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Oct.23.2010
Things are shifting into high gear in the Forest as the book tour approacheth. The suitcase is semi-packed and the washing machine is busy. Hotel...
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Oct.23.2010
I’m leaving for the airport in a few minutes! This is an experimental book tour; I’m only traveling with a carry-on bag and a big purse. Am...
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Oct.23.2010
First – apologies for not posting in the past week. Things have been crazy, wonderful and busy. Second – thank you, Garrison Keillor!!! I have been a...
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Oct.25.2010
WHATTA BIRTHDAY!!! Thank you to everyone for the kind messages and good thoughts. If the rest of the world knew how much fun it is to turn 49, they...
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Oct.25.2010
Some people have asked about my decision to travel with only a carry-on on this tour. So far, it’s going great. It helps that I am not terribly...
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Nov.05.2010
In a hurried early morning phone call to the Forest, Laurie asked that I fill you in on her activities since she last posted. Laurie is so grateful...
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Nov.12.2010
Most of you know that Laurie is very into running; her enthusiasm for the sport even rubbed off on me and my sons when we ran in Paige’s Butterfly...
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Dec.09.2010
Remember when I used to blog? A lot? Well. I got out of the blogging habit during the FORGE booktour! ARGH! I’m sorry! I miss you guys! So I am...
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Jan.14.2010
I could pick many, but Ned O'Gorman is a pretty much unrecognized poet I'd love others to discover. I could pick many of his, especially from the...
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Apr.21.2010
a thing it is will make me want to fly over the world looking for people to save from all the things. You might think I would be wiser by now. A...
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Apr.26.2009
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1. Frosted Flakes that are extra-frosted.2. Reusing bottles as flower vases.3. Owning more than one hair clip (currently not the case, but it's...
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Apr.27.2009
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1.  Best part about living in Bogotá: everyone here understands perfectly that lime and salt make everything better, and I do mean everything, from...
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Apr.29.2009
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1. Arranging colorful food on white plates. 2. When my phone rings and I am not expecting it! 3. Adorable little mixed-heritage Latinas like Demi...
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May.04.2009
Because because because because becaaaauuuuse... I am going to Ecuador tomorrow!! For those of you not in the know, my daddy was born and raised in...
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Apr.29.2010
It was only two days ago when I finally realized how busy I’ve been in the past months. I always feel tired and exhausted but I never knew the reason...
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May.01.2012
  In a 1911 letter home Marion Nicholson describes catching up with the Montgomerys who are in town to buy a new car, their second in two years...
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Jun.15.2009
Thanks to all of you who have subscribed to Ancient Rising! We have breached the top 10 of Podiobooks.com in just a few short days! If you haven't...
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Jun.22.2009
An Interview with Amelia "Book Junkie" As anybody who has read me reviews interviews or heard my comments on either my own radio program or...
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Red Room Blogs banner photograph (at the top of the page) is of writer Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925; photograph used courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.