Today is May 14, which isn't a holiday per se, but it does mean we are now one month exactly from the pub date of Imaginary Girls. In lieu of telling you how anxious and insecure I've been the closer we get to the pub date—I've deleted a whole post I was writing about this—I … Continue reading One Month from BOOK, and One Person Who Believed in Me
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When I Realized SOMETHING Must HAPPEN
This post is for the literary writers. The ones who fall in love with their sentences and can sometimes, you know, when a sentence is extra-pretty, forget that a world exists outside it. A world where THINGS HAPPEN. Yes, I am talking plot. Don't run away! I'm scared of plot, too. But, wow, is it … Continue reading When I Realized SOMETHING Must HAPPEN
The Day You’re Older
I'm older today. That's right, the dreaded birthday has arrived. I was recently at a tax appointment with my first grown-up accountant (not that I used children to do my taxes before, only that this is the first time I am being a grown-up and using a pro accountant to do my taxes) and as … Continue reading The Day You’re Older
The Day After I Hit SEND
Imaginary Girls is with my editor as of last night. Yes. I am done. I AM DONE! (Well, until it's time for revisions... heh.) What a week. Last week at this time you would have found me staring at the pages of the novel, wary of how I'd ever finish editing and revising it in … Continue reading The Day After I Hit SEND
“Go Write Your Novel”
"Go write your novel." That was the first thing E said to me this morning when I woke him by letting the alarm snooze and getting back into bed, and it's also the last thing he said to me as I walked out the door. It's what social networking sites should say to me before … Continue reading “Go Write Your Novel”
When You Just Know
I met and fell in love with E—my first and only love—fifteen years ago when I was just a kid, really. I barely knew a thing when I met him, but I knew I wanted to be with him. October 16 is the anniversary of the day we made our being together official. That was … Continue reading When You Just Know
Drops of Possible Wisdom
I learn new things every day, about who I am as a person, about who I am as a person who writes, about who I am as a person who worries herself into such a state she can barely even write and then complains about it. For example: If you have a book contract you … Continue reading Drops of Possible Wisdom
Momentary Burst of Motivation
I hit a moment yesterday morning in the minutes before I had to leave my writing spot for the subway that sent me flying high with motivation, making plans, assuring the good half of me that I would not let the bad half give up. I have flirted with giving up on things over the … Continue reading Momentary Burst of Motivation
14 Years Today
14 years together with e today! How is it possible to be in love (more in love each year) with the same person for 14 years? I have no idea how it turned out this way, but I can tell you it is possible. E and I grew up together. We would not be who … Continue reading 14 Years Today
Favorite Day
Today is the day my favorite person, e, was born. Thus, I made him banana pancake-crepes (my mother's recipe) and we will have dolsot bibimbap (what else?) at our current favorite restaurant for dinner. In between we will do whatever he wants. I wish there was a way I could express in writing how I … Continue reading Favorite Day
