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Review: The Secret Life of Bees ****()

Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Title: The Secret Life of Bees
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
Why I Read This: Old Ward Book Club Choice for November
Short Summary: In 1964, white girl Lily Owens runs away with her black nanny Rosaleen and finds refuge in the house of three black beekeeping sisters in South Carolina.
Website: http://www.suemonkkidd.com/SecretLifeOfBees/
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I watched the [...]

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Rules of Writing

Posted in Humor, tagged on November 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »

From today’s Non-Sequitur.

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Happy, Happy Birthday, Rachel Dear!

Posted in Kids, Life, tagged , on November 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Rachel turned one this Thursday! It’s amazing to think that I have a one-year old. And it’s even scarier to think about the doctor commenting that by the time she’s eighteen months, her favorite word will be “no.” I don’t want to lose my angel, but I guess we all have to grow up sometime. [...]

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Rachel’s Cyber Game Post Mortem

Posted in Kids, Life, tagged , on November 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Game # 1 – Photo matching. Winner – Stacie!
Drek actually got all the photos right, but he cheated by hacking in for the date. So, he is disqualified. Stacie got the next most right with 6 (and got the lowest score when you take into account how far away your wrong answers are from the [...]

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Trust Mother’s Instinct is Back in the Slushpile

Posted in Life, My Writings, tagged on November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »

On Friday, I mailed “Trust Mother’s Instinct” off to Asimov’s Science Fiction. I should hear back in 5 weeks (around Dec 19). If it gets rejected, I’m going to send it to Leading Edge, and what I do after that will depend on the comments I get back from Leading Edge.
Don’t forget about the cyber-party [...]

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Cyber Party Games for Rachel’s First Birthday

Posted in Kids, Life, tagged on November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Saturday we’re having a small family party to celebrate Rachel’s birthday. But I wanted some way for others to participate, especially if they don’t live nearby. So I’m going to provide for a couple of games. The winner of each game will receive a $5 Amazon gift certificate. Winners will be declared after the 14th. To [...]

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Review: Digging to America ****()

Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged on November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Title: Digging to America
Author: Anne Tyler
Why I Read This: New Ward Book Club Choice for November
Short Summary: When two families meet through adopting Korean girls, an Iranian grandmother and an American grandfather of the infants start a romantic relationship.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digging_to_America
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I didn’t expect to enjoy this book, but I found that when I [...]

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October BIAM wrap-up

Posted in My Writings, tagged on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, for awhile I was afraid that I was slipping way behind on my goals, but I managed to catch up without doing any huge sprint days. The goal was 12,000 words, and I wrote 12,063. Thanks to Rachel for occasionally taking extremely long naps while I figured out what scenes were supposed to come [...]

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