My boyfriend is really into movies, so every year he hosts an Oscar party. Sometimes he tells me they’ve been black tie affairs, complete with an actual red carpet (so fun!)… but this year we were staying in a cabin in the mountains, so I was in my yoga pants and a sweatshirt. Oh well. (Next year, ...
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I’m in a log cabin in Strawberry, AZ with a group of friends this weekend, working on my next book—trying to get back into the flow of the story. It’s like our own little art retreat. I’m hoping for me it will also be sort of like a “reset” button. Lately I’ve done very little writing, and I’m not ...
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My office manager tells me that she dislikes “Frozen” more than any of the other Disney movies because it is “too realistic.” “We don’t watch Disney for realism!” she protests. When Prince Hans turns out to be a slimy jerk, or when the nobles from the surrounding countryside show up to exploit Queen ...
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I joined a couple of local book clubs recently, because I like to read and I figured it would be fun meeting up with other people who like to read. Each club meets once a month in a coffee shop or a wine bar (which I like even better). :) You get to make new friends and have a ready-made topic of ...
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I just love that word, don’t you? It makes me think… well, actually it makes me think of cat jewelry, come to think of it, because I used to be obsessed with cats when I was little (probably because I was allergic and couldn’t have one), and I used to pore over catalogs that sold crap like that. I ...
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Over the holidays, my brother and sister in law and their kids came to stay for two weeks. For the first week I was on vacation too (which was AWESOME), but I went back to work the following week. Every day that week, it seemed, I came home complaining about crazy cases. Here’s the odd thing about ...
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Writer's block happens to all of us (at least that’s what I tell myself). I’ve been working on my next series since May, technically. That’s when I first brainstormed the initial outline. I picked it up and put it down while getting my second and third books out from the “Piercing the Veil” ...
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Anybody who follows me on Twitter probably knows I LOVE “The Four Hour Work Week” by Timothy Ferriss. Here are a few of my favorite nuggets of his wisdom in the area of creating a fulfilling life: “Focus on being productive instead of busy” (p. 33). “If it’s important to you and you want to ...
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