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Remembrance of Birthdays Past
Today is my birthday. I’ve now had 45 of these. So I thought I’d reflect on the ones I can remember. 21My friends throw me a surprise party—my first ever. But I am flying back from spring break in Dallas, and my father, who has a time...
Snow
It is snowing. It is snowing and I have already gone up to the park with the boy for massive sledding excursion. Hurtling downhill screaming, then rolling downhill laughing, then stopping, moving arms and legs back and forth to make angels. It is snowing and I...
Lake of Fire
Okay, so the fabulous Ms. Lauren Myracle tagged me for this meme. Here’s how it works: My Life in Itunes RULES: 1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. 3. YOU MUST WRITE...
New Events!
Just wanted to remind everyone in the CT area that tomorrow night (Wednesday 2/25), I'll be at the Westport, CT library with Maureen Johnson Robin Wasserman, and Cassandra Clare.Here's the info: February 25, 7:30pm: Westport Public Library, 20 Jesup Road,...
The Contest Winners
I have recovered from my flu fugue state mostly. Ugh. So tired of hacking up a lung. But at least while I was lying around, I had the joy of going through all of your entries. Huzzah! And I did go through them. Every. Single. Last. One. And, oh my stars and whiskers,...
You lot are super talented
Wow. I'm making my way through your entries for the vampire short story contest right now and you guys are a seriously talented bunch. This is going to be an extremely tough choice. I have been inspired, moved, excited, and sent into convulsions of laughter by your...
Maureen is naughty
Maureen Johnson thought it would be funny to send this to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO2OocOVcJo&NR=1 Sleep with one eye open, Maureen. That's all I've got to say. Because this is the last sound you hear before your soul is sucked away forever.
GOING BOVINE cover art
The boffo book cover for GOING BOVINE, designed by the always fabulous Miz Trish Parcell. I'm in lurrrve. P.S. It only took me eight different tries to embed this &#^$^#* image. Edited: Sorry, I understand some of you can't see it. I tried removing the...
Why, Mr. Darcy, you’ve eaten my family
How much do I want this book? More than I can possibly say. http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/
Contest: Win a role in my latest short story
Thanks for participating in the first ever Ask Libba event. That was fun, and you really put me through a workout. Whew. The polls are now closed and I have to stop taking questions for now. But I'll do another one of those in a few months, because you might once...
Stuffs and What-Nots
I have sufficiently recovered from Obama-Palooza to get back to bidness. Today is going to be a round-up day of stuffs and what-nots. (No, that is not a department store in England. But I feel it should be.) I will try to do this even though the cafe where I am...
Horses
Friday night, after the boy’s basketball game, we were walking in the Village on our way to get dinner. The boy was hungry and boisterous (and, like his mother, a bit unfocused) and he nearly ran headlong into this woman who dodged him at the last second. “Oh, I’m...