First off, this post is probably the girliest thing I will ever post on this blog. I am not some Sex-in-the-City-watching, cosmo-swilling, shoe-obsessed writer type (Yes, I am going to go see the movie–Hey! stop looking at me like that!. I’ll have you know, I happen to hate cosmos. My…
After five years together, my great, clunking, 8 year old desktop computer has begun to falter. It’s up, it’s down, it’s frozen. Oh, dear. We’ll try to save it, really we will. A nice new 150 gig hard drive with a 10 gig partition for all the old stuff. So…
My mom finally let me drag her down to the best little bra shop around–Creative Woman, a.k.a. The Wizard of Bras. You’ve probably heard that most women wear the wrong size bra. Would you like to know how wrong? Mom was wearing a 36D when what she should have been…
So, you know I hate Valentine’s Day, and all the cards and schmaltzy fake romantic claptrap that goes with it. There is one exception. Every year, my dad gets me and my sister a Valentine’s Day gift. Every year. When I was a kid, it was a box of See’s…
My ARC of Ann Aguirre’s Grimspace arrived in the mail today. If her vast Grimspace Publicity Juggernaut has somehow missed you, Grimspace is an exciting new sci-fi novel which Jane of Dear Author recently reviewed very favorably and of which Sharon Shinn said the following: An irresistable blend of action…
I don’t know about you, but round these parts, it’s Super Tuesday, which means Yours Truly gets to skip happily down to the local elementary school and vote. I’m going to savor the experience. I haven’t been this happy, or this hopeful to vote ever in my life. This once…
…not the stuff you write about, or read about, but the way it really is. A couple of weeks back, when it just kept raining, my husband and I went to our favorite Japanese noodle place for dinner. We were the only people in the place, but we chose the…
Ann Aguirre tagged me to blog 7 random facts about myself on Thursday. I’m just getting around to it now. Better late than never, right? I know the place of purchase and price of every article of clothing I own, no matter how long ago I got it. If I…
It’s true. I thought I was being all noble taking the bus home from work every day when I’ve a perfectly decent little gas guzzler sitting in the garage. It’s work, taking the bus in LA. Eight miles requires two buses and almost an hour of travel time, not including…
Happy New Year, Everyone! I’m not so keen on my new hair color, but I love the look of my new webpage. Jane was brave enough to ask folks what they thought of Dear Author’s new look. She made the change so Dear Author would load faster. I just wanted…
