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I've never thought much about my choice of beloved bands until I started having to explain them to my five-year-old. To wit, my son's obsession with the song, "Dracula from Houston." Him (groovin' to the Ipod): "Mommy, I like this song!" Me (filled with a sense of...

*Sniff*Sniff*Honk* I LOVE YOU GUYS, MAN!!! Thanks for talking me off the ledge. The past couple of weeks have been so rollercoaster. And that's not the rollercoaster of love, wah-hoo-hoo-hoo. I've had days where I sat for hours, burning valuable babysitter time, and...

You know all those '70's disaster type movies? The Irwin Allen years? The great long shot of the grand ship in the calm seas, the cameos of the B-movie actors as they lay out their hopes/dreams/issues: "This is just to make some bread. But after this, we're off to...

Busy, busy, busy. I've been all over the place. I had a signing at B&N, which was fun. I was pretty nervous at first. Something about rows and rows of empty chairs and a podium pulls out the insecure 7th grader, she of the Sears "Husky" jeans and Toni Tenille...

I'm just back from TLA in my home state of Texas. (Well, natch, since TLA stands for Texas Librarians' Association.) It was a whirlwind two days in San Antonio, full of fun, frivolity, and free books. Whoo-hoo. I got up at 4:30 a.m. on Friday morning so I could make a...

...well it's my birthday, too, yeah. Okay, not terribly original, but I'm older and wiped out from my bday bash last night. Sue me. Said birthday was actually Thursday the 11th, but Saturday is more conducive to party throwing, so last night it was. The bash was more...

I keep meaning to post an entry, but sometimes I just have to break down and watch "American Idol." I feel such shame, and yet I cannot stop. It's "President's Week" here in the NYC public school system. That means I'm getting precious little work done while falling...

Had a fun day hanging out at Borders today with husband of Holly. It's the big megapolis Borders down near Trinity Church. I hadn't been yet but wanted to check it out. What is it about a bookstore that gets me salivating? I WANT TO READ EVERYTHING!!! I settled for a...

Well, the big news of a week-and-a-half ago around here was that A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY made the New York Times Bestseller list. Now, as a freelancer, I've spent many a brain cell typing in New York Times Bestselling Author Blah-Blah on various pieces of...

Okay. So my live journal has been sitting here like an empty storefront for months now while I pondered, do I really want to do this? Do I really want to have this online confessional? But then I thought, hey, why should my friends and family be the only ones to know...