Nice Mommy~Evil Editor

Tuesday night I went to the bookstore for browsing for the first time in a very long while. Most of my browsing has been done online in recent months. When there was a bookstore in our mall, I used to browse there at least once a week (as often as I was at the mall) [...]

From my bookstore trip (read my Thirteen thoughts on my trip to the bookstore first, some things in this list will make more sense). Thirteen of the books (or authors) I wrote down to look up, order on Amazon (it’s cheaper than buying in the store) or otherwise find out about. Please feel free to [...]

Proof that he really did like her! One of the other moms caught this shot (thanks, Melissa!) And a bonus picture, because she’s cute

I snapped this picture at the mall today, we were there for a playdate. When we first got there, this little boy was cozying up to Brianna and kept getting closer and closer…and closer. I don’t know who he is, he wasn’t with our group, but he sure liked Brianna!

The other day, I got sucked into watching a 2 hour special on Star Wars. It’s not something I would have turned to myself, but Josh flipped to it and we were both instantly captivated by the story behind the making of the first Star Wars. It chronicles George Lucas’s struggles to get the film [...]

Last week I got the link to an article in Publisher’s Weekly featuring 10 debut authors. The article highlights debut authors of a variety of genres, though paranormal and historical lead the pack. A few things I thought were interesting: 1) people keep pondering whether the historical is dead but it’s the historicals which have [...]

Okay (Sasha), I’m all caught up with Veronica Mars. Josh and I agreed that this season is the weakest of the three seasons and part of the reason is because Veronica is not only somewhat unlikeable, but they also have her doing stupid things, when previously she’s been a fairly savvy girl.

Nadia Cornier wrote a humerous but spot on post about query letters. This holds true when writing to either potential editors or agents. And for the record, I was nodding so hard while I read this part that I probably looked like a demented bobblehead doll:

For when you’re tired of Thanksgiving leftovers. I made these earlier in the week. The pizza sauce is easy and delicious and the pizza burgers were also easy and a hit with not only Josh but Brianna. One interesting thing, these are from an episode of Rachael Ray’s show that she did on cooking for [...]