Archive for January, 2009
Dressing up for rewrites
I am preparing to sit down and tackle the re-writes of the new book, which is never my favorite part. The verdict came in earlier this week, and whilst my editors loved my characters, and particularly the storylines between them, they all agreed that the mystery element didn’t work, and so I will be rewriting [...]
Dune Road…here it comes…
I finished the first set of edits on my new book today, Dune Road in America, and Girl Friday in the UK, (different markets with different needs require different titles, but we’re doing our best to ensure everyone knows this to prevent people buying the same book twice…) and now I have the horror of [...]
Holiday cards for 2010
I’ll admit it. Since yesterday’s blog, I’ve been on YouTube, and I’m now, officially, obsessed with The Snuggie infomercial. But this time it’s different. It’s not the product, it’s the ad. It’s HILARIOUS. I could watch it for hours, and my favorite part, I have to confess, is, as one of you has already pointed [...]
It’s a family disease
I was lying in bed, reading, the other night, and the twins were watching television, when suddenly they started leaping about in excitement. ‘Mom! Mom! I want that! Can we get that? Pleeeeeaaaasssseeee????’ I looked up expecting to see a Fisher Price toy, but no. It was an Informercial. For the Snuggie. For those who [...]
Check your child’s homework…
This arrived via email. I suspect it’s apocryphal, but it made me laugh… The following day, the mother sent the following letter in to the teacher: Dear Mrs. Jones, I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot [...]
