Posts Tagged: writer

Advice from the Alphabet Lady

posted on 04/08/2010

Today I read this interview with Sue Grafton – the author of the alphabet murder mystery series, “A is for Alibi,” etc. – and she was responding to questions about her life as a writer. It’s fascinating to me, because she’s been working on the series since 1982, publishing a novel every two years. At […]

Grateful Woman Walking

posted on 03/25/2010

I’m in my second week of training for the walk (and I promise that not every blog for the next 10 weeks will be about this). It’s going pretty well, though I am realizing how much I’d been neglecting my exercise routine lately. Walking five days a week and cross-training on the other two is […]

First Steps (Mine, Not the Baby’s)

posted on 03/16/2010

I felt I needed to clarify the title, to keep people from getting all excited that MLM might be walking and read on, hoping for adorable “Bambi-on-the-ice”-type video ending with my son falling on his adorable little baby butt. Well, sorry. Not yet, anyway. Now that you’ve presumably recovered from the disappointment that this is […]

The Breast Blog of the Year – Part Two

posted on 03/04/2010

You know you want to. You do. You’re going to do it. You’re going to click this link and make a donation to the Avon Foundation for Breast Cancer in support of my 39.3-mile walk in Chicago this summer. The fact that you’re going to give isn’t in dispute. What might be up for discussion […]

The Breast Blog of the Year – Part One

posted on 03/04/2010

Boobies. Ta-tas. The Girls. Cleveland. The Good China…. Our affectionate nicknames for them are endless and often hilarious. And our breasts serve many purposes in our lives: from that awkward moment when they signal the onset of puberty and we try on our first training bra, to trying desperately to direct the attention of men […]

This is my laptop. There are many like it, but this one is mine….

posted on 02/23/2010

Some bonus, baby-free downtime came my way today, so I indulged in a little “directed surfing” (which I guess is my way of rationalizing that avoiding work by reading blogs is okay as long as they are about writing, as opposed to celebrity gossip). While wasting time, I read some really great tips about writing […]

To Do Today…

posted on 02/18/2010

Here is the “To Do” list I made for myself for today: – check office vm (every 2 hrs)– reflection journal for class– bank– lunch w/ —-– finish marketing flier & e-mail to group for approval– make baby food?– f/u w/ potential client But here’s my “hidden agenda,” the one that isn’t written on my […]

Churn, Baby, Churn

posted on 02/12/2010

I don’t know about you guys, but it’s a month-plus in, and I am sick of 2010 already. It’s been a wild six weeks for our family: the hacker fiasco, a busted water heater, craziness at work (for both of us — and I’m not referring to my clients!), a death in the family, resuming […]

Sometimes it takes a crying baby to tell you about the leaky water heater

posted on 02/03/2010

When it comes to my night last night, the title pretty much says it all. Our little monkey has been more or less sleeping through the night for the last six to seven weeks (so my brain is JUUUUST starting to recover from chronic sleep deprivation — apologies for stupid things I’ve said during that […]