Wreck This Journal

Posted by on Aug 5, 2008 in dish | 3 comments One of my main partners in crime, Katherine Garbera, is amazing at finding exactly the right thing. I’ve been whining about writing (is there any other way?), and she emailed me before conference to say that she’d found me a journal. Now Kathy knows that journals and I don’t always get along. I’ve posted on my difficulties with journal keeping before. I haven’t...
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RWA National: Day 2 Recap

Posted by on Aug 1, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Workshops today, and lots of them. Some notes:The Art of VoiceTeresa Elliott Brown, Catherine Kean, and Nancy Robards Thompson, along with industry professionals Michelle Grajkowski of 3 Seas Literary Agency, and Tessa Woodward, Assistant Editor at Avon Books I kicked off the day by moderating this workshop because they asked me to, and they’re my friends. But I have to say without the...
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RWA National: Day 1 Recap

Posted by on Jul 31, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Squeezed in a treat before the conference got into full swing by traveling to the Woman Impressionists exhibit at the Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum. That’s Avon assistant editor Tessa Woodward on the right, with my “Art of Voice” buddies Nancy Robards Thompson, Teresa Elliott Brown, and Catherine Kean.Seeing so many gorgeous paintings in one place, all by women artists,...
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Musings: Miss Potter

Posted by on Jul 3, 2008 in dish | 0 comments I’m a sucker for movies about writers, so when I saw previews for Miss Potter, I knew I’d want to see it. Of course, like most thoughtful movies about women, it lasted all of two nanoseconds in the theaters, so I had to wait for it to scale the Netflix queue. It was worth the wait.Miss Potter, of course, is the Beatrix Potter of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddleduck fame. This movie is...
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Operation Adult Bedroom

Posted by on Jun 16, 2008 in dish | 0 comments It’s not what you think.DH and I are taking advantage of the fact that both kids are at camp for the next four days to launch Operation Adult Bedroom. And no, it doesn’t mean that we’re installing a trapeze or a mirrored ceiling. Although…Seriously though, if your bedroom in your house with young children is anything like mine, amidst all the adult trappings are an...
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