Friday, I mean Monday, Faves — February 27

My husband and I have been talking about moving closer to the beach, and last week he made the offhand comment that it would be fun to buy a dilapidated old house on a good lot, knock it down and build our dream home. You guys. I am not the kind of person you can [...]

February 27th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Friday Faves | 9 comments

An Ode to the Series of my Childhood

The Baby Sitter’s Club. The Holy Grail of the late 1980s series. The series that inspired millions of tween girls everywhere to start baby sitting clubs of their own. Did any of those ever get past the first planning meeting, btw? If you’re a girl and you’re reading this now, chances are [...]

February 21st, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: Reading | 14 comments

Friday Faves — February 17

This post is brought to you by the letters F, A, I and L.

Favorite blog posts I read this week: I swear I had like half a dozen things starred in Google Reader, but now only one of them is coming up. FAIL. The one that was salvaged is a good one though. [...]

February 17th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Friday Faves | 12 comments

Things I Am Thinking About on this Tuesday

1. I’ve been slogging through the same book for nearly two weeks and I’m not even at the halfway point. Part of it is me being lazy and part of it is me having a hard time getting into it, but most of it is me being terrified that it will wind up being [...]

February 14th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Me, Miscellany | 7 comments

Friday Faves — February 10

Favorite blog posts of the week: Sophia Richardson continued her Sex in YA series this week by talking about how strong female characters do not equal masculine characters. It’s a great read, here. And I really liked this post from POSSESSION author Elana Johnson on how to write better.

Favorite tubmlr of [...]

February 10th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Friday Faves | 6 comments

Friday Faves — February 3

Holy blink of an eye. Has it been two weeks since I last dusted off this here ‘ole blog? Wow. I know saying I’m busy sounds like a cop out, but seriously? So busy. It seems like every waking second that doesn’t involve a toddler involves revision and more revision and even more revision. [...]

February 3rd, 2012 | Category: Friday Faves | 4 comments