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Author M.J. Pullen blogs with humor about her life as a writer and working mom raising two padawans with her own personal Mr. Darcy.

Pride, Joy and Sadness

posted on 06/13/2011

It’s been a banner few days at our house. If you’ve read the last couple of blog entries, you know that I somehow managed to wrangle what was a story in my head six months ago into an actual, published e-book yesterday. (The paperback and non-Kindle versions are coming soon.) It might sell 10 copies […]

Animal Kingdom

posted on 06/09/2011

We have this cat, Two, who is 13+ years old. She came from a shelter in Portland, Oregon in 1999, when she pawed at me through the bars of her cage and convinced me to look past all the adorable kittens in the next room and take a chance on a seasoned adult with a […]

Hello again, hello…

posted on 06/02/2011

I’ve noticed that the long gaps in my blogs (such as the one preceding this entry) seem to take place when I either have too little or too much going on in my life. Too little, and I don’t feel I have anything of substance to share. Too much, and I have no time to […]

Alpha Readers, Passover, and Paci-over?

posted on 04/25/2011

Hope everyone had/is having a wonderful Easter, Passover, and beginning of spring. We’re on Day 7 of Passover at our house and I’m proud to say I’m still hanging with the dietary restrictions thus far. My track record during pregnancy is slightly blemished in this regard: when I was prego with Monkey I fell off […]

Super Mommy and the Amazing Choo-Choo Car

posted on 03/28/2011

Until yesterday, I’d been away from the keyboard in almost every way for the last week. I barely managed to keep up with critical e-mails, much less to find time to blog or work on my novel. (Isn’t it funny that I feel like a pretentious ass saying ‘work on my novel,’ even though that’s […]

Mommy’s Writing Process

posted on 03/08/2011

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. ~Thoreau Okay, sure. I’m on board. I found this quote while looking for some motivation since I have been feeling […]

Gestation Explanation

posted on 02/28/2011

I’ve been chastised by a few people lately for my sporadic, infrequent blog posts; and I have to say I’m flattered to know that at least two or three people miss me when I’m not around. So, thanks for that! Now, the reasons for the cyber-doldrums… First, as many of you have learned in the […]

Love and Finding Home

posted on 02/14/2011

Today was a fantastic day. If you live in or near Atlanta, you know that the weather was absolutely perfect today – sunny and low-60’s. And since Sunday is our family day (the only day neither of us works), we got to enjoy the wonderful weather together. First on our agenda, we went to a […]

Weird Have Been My Dreams of Late

posted on 02/10/2011

I was driving somewhere with my family, I don’t remember where. We were near the intersection of Piedmont and Bells Ferry in Kennesaw. The blue lights in the mirror were a surprise; I checked my speed and verified that I was going 37 in a 35 zone. I wondered if I’d missed a school zone […]