4 a.m. The Girlie woke up at three and I’ve been lying awake since getting her back to sleep, my body all jangly and nervous. I’ve been riding a wave of anxiety for a couple days now. I think it’s …
Month: July 2012
The post I’ve been wanting to write since I started the blog in 2003
Hey, so…guys? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am proud/thrilled/honored/excited/overwhelmed-and-wanting-to-cry to announce that my debut novel, The Revolution of Every Day, will be published by Tin House Books. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tin House! I mean, seriously… TIN HOUSE. I can’t imagine a better home for this …
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Writer, with Kids: Susan Choi
Susan Choi, Pulitzer-Prize finalist, author of: The Foreign Student, American Woman, A Person of Interest, and a forthcoming novel the title of which is still under debate Age of kids: Dexter will be 8 on July 9, 2012. Elliot will …
We went camping this weekend
We went to Cape Lookout, on the coast. I grew up camping in the woods alongside a river. Camping at the beach is completely new to me. You can hear the ocean from your tent as you fall asleep! And …
Writer, with Kids: Emily Gray Tedrowe
photo: audrey keller photography Emily Gray Tedrowe, author of Commuters: a novel Age of kids: 9 and 6 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? It’s weird—so much of my writing …
Fishing without my father
We took the kids fishing for the first time last weekend. Kiddo had spent a week in fishing camp at the beginning of the summer, but this was the first time we all went as a family. I come from …
Writer, with Kids: Elise A. Miller
Elise A. Miller, author of: Star Craving Mad, “Forgive Me,” “Some Great Reward” Age of kids: 8 and 6 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? I only began writing seriously …