Four Years Later
I am sitting at my desk. It is a beautiful white desk covered in things – books, papers, photographs, pens. My hummingbird paperweight. My good luck rocks. A glass of water. It is half full. Four...
View ArticleOn Encouragement
Clearly, I am not very good at not blogging. Oh well. This will be quick. And I think it’s important. Like, really, important. Yesterday, I published a blog post about drinking and not drinking and...
View ArticleHow to Feel Lighter
I just chopped by hair. More accurately, a genius named Aki just chopped my hair. And I was scared to do it because my hair had gotten so so long, but I went for it. Do it, I told him. And he did. We...
View ArticleThe Source of All My Problems
A decent hook, no? Gotcha. Last night was nice. The girls were in good spirits before bed. We read books and did our thing and when they were all tucked in, Husband and I ate very spicy Indian takeout...
View ArticleA Post About Not Posting
I didn’t post here yesterday. I did a lot of things, but I didn’t post. I woke up and drank coffee and worked on my book. Things are clicking. The momentum I feel is golden, difficult to describe. The...
View ArticleOn Being Annoying
As many of you know, I have been waking up early in the morning to work on my novel. I’ve been doing it 73ish days now, a fact amazes me, and annoys me. Yes, as it turns out, you can annoy yourself....
View ArticleDear Dani Shapiro
dear dani, Thank you. Thank you for coming to my home for a Happier Hour during your very busy publication month, for sitting with all of us in my big yellow living room, for talking so honestly and...
View ArticleOn Telling the Truth
A week ago, I wrote a post about how I’ve been holding back here on the blog. I explained that I have been dealing with some stuff that I’ve been hesitant to explore publicly. Every word I wrote was...
View Article3 Little Pieces of Advice
Decided to take myself out to breakfast. Wore a sweatshirt and skipped brushing my hair. Brought 4 writing books to keep me company. Restaurant was crowded but I found a table next to a woman waiting...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Kid to the Ivy League
dear lacy crawford, You and I know something. That my title is a joke and a sad one. That there are probably oodles of people who will land here on this page because they are desperately Googling tips...
View ArticleI Stepped on the Scale this Morning
After weeks on end of holiday eating, I did something pretty scary this morning. I stepped on the scale. Shockingly, I hadn’t really gained weight. Up a pound or two, but that could have been the...
View Article10 Ways to Be Happier
I’ve missed you guys. Does that sound strange? Perhaps. So be it. Life has been good busy as usual. We’ve been recovering from the holidays and sundry seasonal illnesses, we hosted Big Girl’s...
View ArticleHow to Have Good Relationships (& Be Happy)
Important Disclaimer: The following words were penned by a profoundly sleep-deprived but well-meaning member of the Parental Species Brene Brown, an author and thinker I admire greatly, says that,...
View ArticleAsk Lauren Slayton
Tomorrow I am hosting my friend and fellow author Lauren Slayton for a Happier Hour salon here at my place. I’ve mentioned Lauren here on the blog several times, but it’s worth repeating that Lauren...
View ArticleHow Much Television Do You Watch?
I used to watch an embarrassing amount of television. Now? Not so much. Not because I have anything against television. Truth be told, I wish we found a way to watch more of it, but come evening, we...
View ArticleADR Monday Moments 01.27.14
moments to remember… The Rowlets, bundled, happy, and holding hands, skipping on our block. Exploring the Time Capsule by the American Museum of Natural History. Hello, fellas. Looking up at the big...
View ArticleWriting Is Hard
I had this moment yesterday afternoon. I was in my writing room. It was around 5:30pm. I had been writing off and on all day, immersed in one of my character’s stories, tweaking events and...
View ArticleOn Sex & Stories
I’m polishing the first half of my novel. The plan is to send it off to my agent and my freelance editor on Friday before we fly to Cali to meet our new niece and nephew (yay!) and I had this brief...
View Article28 Days of Play: She Is Me
Okay, this was a hard post for me to write, but it was also an important post for me to write. I’ve excerpted my piece below, but feel free to go straight here for the whole thing. she is me …Every...
View ArticleADR Friday Loves 02.07.14
i’m loving… … this brilliant Modern Love. … this subway story. … this book. … these words on motherhood & eating issues. … these plates. … this list. … this practical parenting post. … these...
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