Big Editorial Meeting
It happened this morning. It went well. Very well. The only way it could have gone better is if they’d offered me a million bucks and a contract on the spot and a guarantee that I’d win the Pulitzer next …
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1. This week, one of my top-choice publishers requested revisions on The Revolution of Every Day. We’ll be talking about it on Tuesday. I’m stuck somewhere between excited and terrified, because I have no idea what changes they’ll ask for, …
Writer, with Kids: Kate Hopper
Kate Hopper’s first book, Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers, has just been released from Viva Editions. Kate teaches online and at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, where she lives with her family. She blogs at www.motherhoodandwords.com. …
“Nobody loves to research more than Cari.”
My neighbor said that a few weeks ago, in response to the infodump I’d just delivered about keeping backyard chickens. I hadn’t thought of myself that way, but when he said it, it felt true. I do love to research. …
Writer, with Kids: Brad Green
Brad Green, author of: mostly unrequited hope Age of kids: 1, 4, 10 What is lost: No time most of all. There’s also no space. Everything is crowded as a room full of elbows, a hallway of mother-in-laws. Reach out …
My knitting mojo is back, sort of. It isn’t ready to commit yet.
It might stay. It might take off again. It just wants to be friends, really. And while it’s here, we can bang out a few pairs of socks. You know, that might be cool. But nothing too heavy. No sweaters, …
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Writer, with Kids: Yannick Murphy
Yannick Murphy, author of: Novels: The Call; Signed, Mata Hari; Here They Come; The Sea of Trees Short story collections: Stories in Another Language, In a Bear’s Eye Children’s books: Ahwoooooooo!, Baby Polar, The Cold Water Witch Age of kids: …
In which I do a great public service by revealing the state of my kitchen
In the realm of trashed kitchens, we hit absolute bottom this weekend. It got so bad I was compelled to post a photo on Twitter. I think I made a lot of people feel a hell of a lot better …
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Writer, with Kids: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, New York Times bestselling author of At Knit’s End, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter, Free-Range Knitter, Things I Learned from Knitting, Casts Off, Knitting Rules, All Wound Up, and her blog: Yarn Harlot. Age of …
Writer, with Kids: Court Merrigan
Court Merrigan, author of Moondog Over the Mekong, forthcoming from Snubnose Press, and Spingetingler Award-nominated “The Cloud Factory.” Stories upcoming in Weird Tales, Big Pulp, Noir Nation, and Border Noir. Age of kids: Ada, 4 and Waylon, 1 What was …