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I just got back from a lovely, mostly relaxing long weekend at the beach with my husband’s family. Everything on the trip went as smoothly as we could have hoped: the five kids (our two and three cousins — all eight and under) behaved and got along great. The weather was perfect, the ocean clear.  […]
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People often say that after you settle down and are married or committed to someone for a long time, and especially after you have kids, life becomes less exciting and romantic. And, well, yes. It does. Sometimes it’s hard to feel sexy when you’re sleep deprived, exhausted and all the bathrooms in your house smell  […]
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Skywalker: I don’t want to go to camp next week. Dad: No? Really? Skywalker: No. I want to have camp at home with Mommy. Mom: You’re going to have lots of days at home with Mommy later in the summer. What’s wrong? You’re not enjoying camp? Skywalker: I like the swimming, but we can do  […]
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A couple of people have asked me lately about my ratings on Goodreads and why I don’t seem to write reviews of the books I’ve read there. People also sometimes come across my blog and ask me to review their books here, and I almost always politely turn them down. The answer is that I  […]
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Happy Almost-Truly-but-in-practicality-it’s already-Summer!! I just this morning finished listening to Neil Gaiman read me his novel, Ocean at the End of the Lane. It’s not my usual kind of book, but I enjoyed it and I like that his voice sometimes sounded like Alan Rickman. (<– This is why I don’t write book reviews!) Since  […]
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I’m feeling a bit of turmoil the last couple of days. The kids have been crazy off, especially Skywalker, who is still adjusting to the long hot days at his new summer camp. Maybe it’s because today Friday the 13th AND a full moon, and the whole week has been weird in preparation. It could  […]
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Well, we did it. We managed to conquer the various kingdoms of Disneyworld in Orlando last week, hauling around a couple of tired and over-stimulated kids who, in my opinion, seriously don’t appreciate how much more fun life is for them than it was when we were kids. Exactly like our parents did before us.  […]
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I came across this great YouTube compilation of someone’s Top 50 romantic movies and thought it was good enough to share. Do you ever get the feeling from a list like this that you could absolutely be friends with the person who made it? Some of the highlights of this list for me are: Shakespeare  […]
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I’m making my way through my 2014 reading list, which I probably should update for you soon, and I’ve just started listening to the audiobook version of the YA dystopian mega-hit Divergent. (Yes, I’m waaaay behind the times, I know). For those who haven’t read it yet, Divergent is based on a future in which  […]
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This post is part of a blog tour series in which writers answer a set of questions about their writing process, and tag other writers to keep it going the following week. Many thanks to my friend and critique buddy Chris Negron for tagging me! Chris is an agented writer on the verge of international  […]
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