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You know how it physically hurts when someone makes a film out of a book you adore, and the film either makes you angry*, or you walk out going, “meh,**” or you want to reach through the digitally projected images and strangle some actor/actress***? Well, I’m here with a suggestion that hopefully won’t make you

Husband has fled the frozen mountaintops, and I will join him soon. (In a week.) He is making a film in Hawaii. Before you start swearing, please remember your New Year’s Resolutions to cut back on that potty mouth of yours. And maybe remember that he was gone (there) over my birthday and also again

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With a yawn and a stretch, and HOORAY FOR ME! I totally slept in past seven! This is so much fun, that I did a little jig and got directly into my exercise clothes. (Don’t get to proud of me, I haven’t actually DONE anything in those clothes quite yet. Except a load of laundry.

My little Grandma Wright died today. She was always Grandma Wright, even before we were related. She was my Grandma Jennie’s best friend, and every time I went to Oakland to see Grandma Jennie, we visited Grandma Wright, too. She’d lean over the counter at the distribution center and kiss my face. She smelled perfect

Monday we’ll be doing a blog interview with Sara Zarr, author of the newly-released “Once Was Lost” – giving you time to run out and purchase/borrow/locate/steal a copy to read over the weekend. You won’t be sorry. Unless you steal. Then your conscience will peck at you like an angry duck. So don’t steal it.

Easy for Me: Reading a good book fast. Hard for Me: Reading a good book once. Easy for Me: Proofreading. Hard for Me: Editing. Easy for Me: Waking up at 5:30 a.m. Hard for Me: Staying up past 9:30 p.m. Easy for Me: Cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. Hard for Me: Coming up

1. I can write half a novel in half a month. * 2. I am better at beginnings than middles or endings. 3. There is a community out there for pretty much whatever it is you want to do. 4. Dialog is fun. 5. 2,500 words a day is possible. 6. Or, I can have