In my book, “Next Year I’ll be Perfect”, Sarah Bennett is given a copy of a list she made on her 25th birthday outlining all of the goals she planned to accomplish by the time she turned 30. Spoiler Alert: She is not as close to her goals as she hoped she might be. (Yeah,… Read More What does it mean to be perfect?
For those of you who know me or have read my essays in the book “Write for the Fight: A Collection of Seasonal Essays”, you know that Nantucket is one of my favorite places on earth. I try to renew my love affair with the island by visiting it on an annual basis as I… Read More Weekend in Nantucket
My book arrived today! I promise to write more when I am again capable of coherent thought…
“How long did it take you to write your book?” Without a doubt, that is the question I get asked most frequently when I tell people that my novel is being published. I wish I could give them a straight answer, but the truth is I don’t really know how long it took. Some days… Read More The Journey to Publication
We’re getting closer to launch day! It is amazing the amount of work that goes into marketing a book – beyond the expected proofreading and editing. I often wonder what Jane Austen or Arthur Conan Doyle would have thought about the blogs and tweets, e-readers and websites that every author now counts as necessities? Would… Read More Dribs and Drabs
My DVR is currently at 2% full. I’ve got last night’s episodes of Copper and Leverage and then it will be empty. Uh oh. I haven’t had an empty DVR menu since I first got a DVR. I tape various television shows because (like many people) I love TV. (Come on, you know you do…) … Read More Prayers for the Fall TV Season
If you’ve visited my blog before, you’ll notice that I have a brand-new, spiffy layout. Take a look around! Things aren’t perfectly in place yet, but I’m pretty pleased with how things are shaping up. I can’t believe it, but there are only 52 days and counting until Next Year I’ll be Perfect is published! … Read More Countdown to Publication
Over the last several weeks I’ve either gone to see or rented eight movies. While not a shabby number for a self-confessed movie addict, that’s also not even close to my record which usually occurs in late winter. Dark dreary days combined with the desire to watch as many nominees before Oscar night as possible… Read More Mid-Summer Movie Reviews
Here’s a list of the top 10 things I love this week: 1. Martin Freeman’s fedora at Comic Con. 2. The little kid who starred in Moonrise Kingdom 3. Weather forecasters who can predict an accurate forecast. (Unfortunately, much like unicorns and Bigfoot, I don’t believe they actually exist.) 4. The wonderfully supportive people… Read More Things I Love
I’ve been telling folks my exciting news in dribs and drabs but haven’t yet publicly announced it, so here we go: My novel, “Next Year I’ll be Perfect” is going to be published. I can’t begin to describe how it felt to type that last line. That is something I’ve wanted to be able to… Read More Exciting News
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