Category Archives: Pride: a Virtue Not a Sin

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 ...

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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 ...

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Fame! Fortune! Book Deal!

Last week was a rough one. Here are the Cliff Notes:  I became a sick, complaining person.  My son became a sick, whiny toddler.  My family came to town.  My husband (wisely) left town.  And I got my old on.  Which is like getting your groove on, except in this case I marked the day of ...

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