Month: September 2012

Written by on September 15, 2012

Toddlers are funny (The Library Edition)

family . motherhood

First full week of being a stay-at-home mommy. Since this would usually be my first full week of teaching, I find myself haunted by this eerie feeling that I’m supposed to be somewhere or I’m forgetting something. But mommying is fun. Exhausting but fun. Jackson was introduced to storytime this week. We attended a session Read More

Written by on September 9, 2012

Mommy & Novelist…Or Maybe the Other Way Around

family . motherhood . North Shore / South Shore . work

Alternate title: “How To Write and Market Your Novel, Be a Stay-at-Home Mom, and Deal with the Pull of Guilt from Both Your Literary Baby and Your Real Baby.” I started writing North Shore South Shore in 2007 when my husband was relocated to Los Angeles. I was working as an editor for AOL’s TV Read More

Written by on September 5, 2012

Gillian Flynn’s GONE GIRL…Reese Witherspoon as AMY?

entertainment

A NOTE ABOUT MY REVIEW: So my review of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl will be split into two parts: one that everyone can read (no spoilers) and one that only people who finished the book can read. Actually, everyone *can* read both parts. It’s a free country after all. You can read whatever you want. But Read More