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The Ruins Of Us
This is the week. The week my sister's book, THE RUINS OF US, goes on sale. Keija once equated writing and publishing a novel to giving birth and being a mother - an analogy I detested at the time, being pregnant and ...
Postpartum Postcard: The Great American Novel
True or False - I have been busy writing which of the following books: * Love In The Time Of Colic * Tears Dry On Their Own (But Burp Cloths Work Well Too) * Choose Your Own (Birth) Adventure - Subtitle: Baby Got VBAC * Pump-In-Style DJ: Rock Out To The Rhythmic Beat Of Your Breast Pump * Pride & ...
A Bad Case of the Stiegs
The symptoms are always the same. Rapid heartbeat with plot ascension. Character empathy. Author crush. Disinterest in reality coinciding with interest in unreal vicarious adventures. It's called "a bad case of the Stiegs." As in the author Stieg Larsson. Originally a Swedish illness characterized by an addiction to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, becoming an obsession with The Girl Who ...
The Emasculation of Mr. Seahorse
When Mr. Seahorse was interviewed by Eric Carl for his famous children's book aptly titled Mr. Seahorse, he put on a Caldecott-award-winning performance: Watch as I lovingly carry my babies through gentle currents! Look! I've scheduled play dates with Mr. Stickleback and Mr. Tilapia! I'm raising 1,500 beautiful, scaly children! But once the ...
Snooki: A Writer and Her Process
Being a published author is no easy feat. And writers are such fickle creatures. They are not just artists. They are artistes! Guided by the passion of language! The creation of imaginary realms! The pursuit of a written rhythm in which plot and character intersect in a perfect, brilliant arc! And Snooki is no different. Guided by the ...
The Happiest Librarian On the Block
The evil eye. The back-talk. The acting out. Is it a stage? Some passing storm of behavioral regression? No. Because I’m not talking about toddlers or teenagers. I’m talking about librarians. Those uptight, rigid taskmasters who rule literary sanctuaries with an iron fist. Even literary sanctuaries for children. You know. That space in the library dedicated for grubby hands and active ...
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