So I finished my first draft of “The Liberty Box,” and sent it off to one of my editors for mostly character work stuff. A quick synopsis: Kate Brandeis has it all: a famous reporter at the age of twenty-four, she’s the face of the Republic of the Americas. She has a loving fiancee and all the ...
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It’s been months since I’ve blogged. I know. But I have a lot of good (and I do mean GOOD!) excuses. First, I got engaged!! :) To this awesome man… …on this amazing beach… …with this gorgeous ring! In the ensuing months, we decided to get married in mid-January 2016 on this fabulous Costa ...
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“Nothing hinders a cure so much as frequent changes of treatment” — Seneca I’m a doctor, but my impatience makes me a dreadful patient. This is mostly because I’m impatient in general—you know, when I decide it’s time for a haircut, I don’t want to wait to make an appointment, I want one NOW (so ...
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Every now and then you see a performance, or a movie, or see a piece of art, or read a book, or hear a song… and it just makes you want to cry and cheer at the same time. Know what I mean? I keep an unofficial list of these in my head. They’re rare, but when they show up, it’s magical. I remember ...
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John Eldredge once wrote that there are two things that pierce the soul: beauty and affliction. Nothing else has that kind of power. We can spend our lives chasing something that we believe will give us significance or a sense of immortality, but ultimately these things will all come up short. At ...
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Pardon me while I vent a little… We spend a crap ton of money in this country for which we get absolutely nothing in return. First, the insurance industry. I have medical insurance, car insurance, renter’s insurance, business insurance, malpractice insurance (I’m a doctor), and because I have ...
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So there’s this website for online courses called Udemy (yes, I am giving them free advertising). Periodically they send me coupons to take their courses at a discounted rate, and since I still want to learn about almost everything, I do it when I can find the time. Last week I didn’t really “have ...
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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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